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MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) The Belgian Government is expelling all German and Austrian subjects. Dispatches from Lima, the capital of Peru, say that business there is paralysed owing to the strikes. Thirty people were killed and fifty injured at Boston by the explosion of a tank containing molasses. The King has approved a parade by the City of London troops in the summer. He will inspect them at the Palace. The London "Daily Express" states that another class of mystery warship was the M class, consisting of submarines carrying a 12in gun. Captain F. C. Dpeyer has been appointed to H.M.S. New Zealand as Commodore and Chief of Staff to Lord Jellicoe. A. message from Buenos Ay res says that five provinces have asked for Government troops, as the strikes find riots ar© spreading. A Paris message says that the National Tourist Office is arranging for motor tours to Rheims, Arras, and Verdun during the spring. A plague of rats is being experienced in Britain. The trouble is so serious that tho Board of Agriculture has established a special department, under experts, to cope with the evil. At San Francisco forty-three I.W.W: and anti-war agitators were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from one to ten years. Sabotage plots were disclosed. Tho Kirkcudbrightshire lias arrived! ai London docks from Australia, via Now York. She is the first sailing ship to arrive in the Thames since sailers were permitted to traverse the danger zone. The pseudo Count Bouyon, a friend of Rodin, has been arrested at Paris on a charge of fraud. obtained a genuine piece of Itodin's art, and induced an Italian sculptor to make copies, ■which he sold as originals bearing Rodin's name. ,«■ The Swiss ' Government is dealing drastically with. German and Russian Bolshevist agents. Many are under surveillance, and a number of arrests' have been made. A special train is to convey undesirables to the frontier. In the American Senate, Senator Johnson declared that it was humiliating to the President of tho United States to have • to sit with his lips closed amidst the meshes of European secret diplomacy. A strictly American policy was wanted. The Prince of Wales arrived at Cologne in an aeroplane, from Spa. He persuaded the pilot to do sttints, which he thoroughly enjoyed. He also flew to Bonn, qnd attended tho Canadian dance and danced with the nurses. He will later visit the Americans at Cob- . lenz. _ Prince Antoine of ' Orleans is plaintiff in an action for the recovery of a pjfarl necklace lent to a lady named Carman Koreis,. to wear at an evening ' party, and which she never returned. ' Carmen is now leaving for Spain. The necklace consists of 148 magnificent pearls, once the property of Charles V., and is valued at several million francs. The Australian destroyers Swan, Torrens, Warrego, and Yarra, after a buffeting in the Bay of Biscay, reached Plymouth. The mother ships are expected shortly. The destroyers, when entering the bay, were separated in "a terrific gale, though they occasionally saw each other. All lost some deck gear and are refitting at Devonport prior to their return to Australia. The Hungarian Government has demanded the extradition of Prince Louis Windischgraenz for the misappropriation of four million kroner from the Secret Service, funds, and also for other thefts of public moneys. Windischgraenz was confidential adviser to the ex-Emperor Carl and later acted in Switzerland as head of the counter-re-volutionary party, aiming to replace Carl on the throne, which is another reason for Hungary's desire for his extradition. Mr J. B. Joel's theatrical activities are creating widespread interest in London. It is understood that he is behind Mr Alfred Butt, who has made an offer for the Drury Lane Theatre. Mr Joel already has a greater or smaller interest in six West End theatres, arid recently provided the money for the purchase of a seventh, with a view to rebuilding, also to erect an entirely new theatre. It is believed that the last two ventures will involve an outlay of £2,000,000. It seems cer- * tain that he can acquire Drury Lane it he cares, as already he is one of the largest shareholders. It is estimated •• that Mr Joel's investments in London theatres aggregate about £6,000,000, and the properties are constantly appreciating: 'with the current great theatrical boom. Mr Joel recently acquired a large holding in a leading catering firm, probably with a view to controlling the Criterion Restaurant, the leading theatregoers' resort. William Allison, a timekeeper at the North-Western Locomotive Sheds, Rugby, states that he has inherited the sum of £50,000 from an uncle, a pastoralist, who died in Australia. Three years ago he saw an advertisement by a Melbourne solicitor seeking news of Allison's father, who, however, was dead. Allison's sister answered the advertisement, but no reply was received for a time. He then learned that the unde's fortune amounted to £100,000, and was divided between himself and Mb sister.

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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16425, 20 January 1919, Page 8

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MISCELLANEOUS CABLES Press, Volume LV, Issue 16425, 20 January 1919, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES Press, Volume LV, Issue 16425, 20 January 1919, Page 8

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