MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18367, 28 April 1925, Page 9

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

The German Alpine Club has completed preparations to send an expedition this year to try to scale MiEverest, provided it is able to :-e«.'iir«' the necessary British permit.

M. Kopp, Russian Ambassador t' l Japan, lias arrived iu Tokyo. He ».i> received by large crowds A strong police force was present, owing to tears of a possible- anti-Bolshevik dcinoustralion, but all was quiet.

The search for the murderer of Joan Ammett. at Crow borough. <ontinut> The bloodhound used on Sunday follow od a trail to Broadwater Forest, whore it again lost the scent.

Mr Justice F.vc, who was asked in the Chancery Court to interpret tho will of tho late Marie Corelli. decided that Bertha Yyver, of Stratford. wa< entitled to the iIO.tXW deposited with the Bank of Scotland, also to all tinroyalties under the novelist's copyrights.

Fire members of a racing g»n<; on Saturday savagelv attacked Georyo Kent, turf commission agent, near Euston station, slashing his face with razors. Xo one dared to intervene, and the attackers escaped. Kent fell to the pavement uncontrous. and now lies in hospital in a. critical condition. A similar gang previously slashed Kent from hand to elbow- with razors.

A sensation occurred during the trial at a Polish Ccnrt of 7d Communist terrorist agents, who were proved to have received subsidies from the Soviet legation at Warsaw. M. Hofmokl. defending counsel for t»o of the Communists, suddenly whipped out a revolver and tired six shots at a Polish lieutenant a witness for the prosecution. During the ensuing disturbance the accused tried to escape, but the police and witnesses prevented them. Hofniokl was arrested.

In connexion with the death of Mrs Richard Lenthall. who was found in her home at Maryborough. Queensland. with her throat cut with a razor, and died i" hospital, a fisherman named Thomas, who lives next door, has been detained hv the police, whose statement is that Thomas, who has been in indifferent health for some time, had several slight quarrels with his wife. Anparontlv the dead woman sympathised with Mrs Thoma.-. Thomas spoke to Mrs Lenthall over the back fence am! then went through with a razor in his hand. Mrs Lenthnll's throat **> frigbtt'ullv gashed and she died in a few' minutes. Another neighbour witnessed tho deed.