AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1929, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS.

UNITED STATES ACTION

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright,]

(Received this day at 12.25. p.m.) WASHINGTON, November 28.

The United States Government has formally asked for the views of British, Japanese, Italian, and German Governments with a view to determining what steps could be taken by the powers to avert more serious Chinese-Soviet hostilities in Manchuria.

TARRED AND FEATHERED

(Received this day at 1.5 p.m.)

VANCOUVER. Nov. 28

A message from Penticon states Unit Charles E. Oliver, son of the late Provincial Premier, was arrested and released on bail. He was charged hv Dr X. E. Latimer with assault and doing grievous bodily harm. Latimer states he was stripped naked and tarred and feathered by thiree men after being kidnapped and driven into an 'lndian reserve. The automobile victim was left with only an overcoat and had to walk home. Ho says he recognised Oliver’s voice.

CANADIAN VETERANS’ MOVE. VANCONVER, Nov. 28.

A Regina message stated there is strong determination among Canadian veterans to join any international world peace movement. This was expressed in a resolution passed to-day by the Canadian Legion of British Empire Service League. CANADIAN CROPS. (Received this dir at 1.30 p.m.) WINNIPEG, Nov. 28. The annual report of the Canadian Wheat Pool shows the total handlings approximate 253 millions bushels of wheat, thirty-six millions coarse grains. The gross turnover for the year is approximately 283 million dollars, a reduction on the previous year of thirty-five million. The report states taking into consideration the modern methods of farm management and seed producers finance operations in the early fall have no hesitation in stating that had some such means as a pool not boon provided there would have been a complete and utter demoralisation of the market last fall, which would have been disastrous to Canadian business generally. The figures should go far to dispel the erroneous' impress ions that the policy was to hold sumdios. The renort shows that of Canada’s 2U million bushels carry over thev held onlv forty-eigld millions bushels cm August 31st a.nd of the crop year marketed fifty-one percent of the cron.. Rumour credited them with holding eight per cent- of the carry over.