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Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1921, Page 1

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‘ ‘BONfc- iMtY ’ ’ PRO VINCE'S

VANCOUVER, Dec. 1. Nova Scotia and the three prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Maiiit'obia, have decided to try the “hone-dry’’ experiment, hut the vote cannot he described as enthusiastically favourable to prohibition. There is a marked retrogression from the first careless rapture with which John Barleycorn was originally told to begone a few years ago. Especially in the cities the wet sentiment is stronger than formerly, notably in Winnipeg. But the net result is that intoxicating liquor has been legally banished. There has been throughout Canada a feeling, not without foundation, that prohibition was hardly being given a fair chance to show what it could do, as long as liquor could he imported for personal use. The arrangement left a loophole by which tho householder could keep is cellar stocked, while the bootlegger arid the illicit dealer still catered to the wants of the transient trade.

In the four provinces that have voted on the question of preventing the importation of strong drink, alcoholic stimulants for beverage purposes will cease to he openly obtainable. For good or for evil the decision of the majority is to leave liquor alone themselves and to see that their neighbours do likewise. Under peisent conditions Canada will now have the advantage of watching the working out of several methods of handling the liquor problem. In addition to the provinces that are hone dry, there will he Quebec, which licenses the sale of beer and light wines, Ontario which permits importation, hilt no sale, and British Columbia with the sale conducted under Government control. This variety should at least yield some practical wisdom for future guida nee.

£IO,OOO FUR COAT. PARTS, Nov. 14. Furs are to be dearer than ever tin’s year in Paris. A client of Messrs Pavilion lias ordered a sable coat wh will take 120 to 150 chosen skins. As each skin costs £BO, the coat will be worth about £IO,OOO. A beautiful black and white opera cloak made of broad slips of white Chinese rabbit, with alternating monkey fur, costs atiu.it £SO, AIR SPEED RECORD. PARIS, November 15. Lieutenant do Romanet, who yesterday made a new air speed record at Rue, near Paris by flying during part of a lest at 199 1-3 miles an hoiir, more than 3 miles a minute says that he is confident lie can do even better. Tn a month he hopes to go 10 per cent faster. Meanwhile M. Sadi Lecoinite, who has heel) engaged for a year in a dingdong battle with Lieutenant de Roma in t for the speed record, will not let liis rival remain unchallenged. Both these airmen fly machines not fitted with any special devices, aid nearly all the records the pair have made have been made at low altitudes. M. Breguet is experimenting with a new machine designed for high altitude, arid it is expected that it will attain 300 miles an hour with only three engines working. GENEROUS MASTER’S PENALTY. NE AVYORK, November IS. A new terror to the domestic-servant problem in tin* United gthtes is shown by a suit brought against Mr Lucius Barnet, of Lynn, Massachusetts, by his cook, Mary Gaffey. Like many other heads of households in this country. Mr Barnet provides motor-car privileges for his servants. In tho ease of Gafi’ey lie agreed to have her driven to church on Sunday mprning. She alleges that on August 1, Mr Barnet’s chjuiffeur drove Lite ca*r carer lesslv arid j| overturned. She ejjtims £2,400 arid Annie Walsh, a cluimbermaid, who was with her at the time, claims £250 damages, KILLED BY HIS OWN BOMB. ROME, Nov 15. There was a sharp struggle in the town hall Verona yesterday when tlie nationalists and war veterans, celebrated the anniversary of Italy’s armistice witji Austria, tore down the red flags, hoisted by the Socialist municipality and flew the national flag. Socialists made a strong resistance, Many people on both sides were injured by revolver bullets. Signor Sonravollo, ail extreme Socialist M.P., was forced a.raiosL a wall in the fight and a bomb in his pocket exploded, killing him and wounding Socialist fripnds. STATION PISTOL SCENE. LONDON, Nov 15. When on the point of being arrested at North Wall Station in connection wit|i the .shooting of a woman, John McClowrv, a railway detective, halted on the platform, clicked his heels together, put a pistol to his head, and shot himself, it was stated at tlie inquest at Dublin yesterday. Two girls who had pointed him out to the police rim away screaming when he produced the pistol, and a constable shouted “Don’t shoot,!” A verdict that the wounds were self-inflicted during temporary insanity was returned. Another railway detective said he thought McClowrv had gone suddenly mad.