CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20175, 2 March 1931, Page 7

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

LORD BIRKENHEAD >S ESTATE. ■ ' LONDON, -February 27.- ■ Lord Birkenhead's gross ©state - was valued at £68,223, and the net personality at £10,459. ~ , ti , v . \ y '-J * - 4*" v ' BANK IN PERU DECLARED' 0 BANKRUPT, ; - - . - * . ' 1 ... V ' v-4 ' i (Received March'lßt, ,6.6-p.m.) ; . LIMA, February 28. Sen6r J. C. Bernalles," Superintendent of Banks, has' formally' announced that the Bank of Peru y Londwa-to. be bankrupt/ .and .that" liquidatJon has beeu ordered, for Tuesday, DEVOURED BY ' i (Received March-Ist, 5.5 p.m.) ' F6b.. 28 ■ A large' contingent of jwasants while visiting in Malatia district,. Was overwhelmed' a\*soifeiT& i snowstorm,' which'obUtef ated -fche f roaas, and laaamarks. ' * The " contingent; divided i<o find, the- way, but wolves attacked ttie, smaller party, devouring 17. - " * " -i' - ' TENNIS PLAYER INJURED. (Received March ,Ist, 6$ t • MELBOURNE, March lwiY Norman Brookes,,the tennis has been admitted hospital with an injured head as the result of a' motoring accident. His car over an embankment by another./ a speeding car, wbich hit and ran. ( ., 4 - > ' 'W , SOLDIERS' BONUS BILL. WASHINGTOiN, JV&bruaW'27:^ The Senate passed the Bonus Bill, which now automatically" becomes law. - - % ■*< BRITAIN'S OLDEST GENBRAIi' STORE. * LONDON; . Harrod's have purchased' -James Shoolbred and Company, which wait into voluntary liquidation in. June las^». and have since been'^. seeking *a' ptuf-< chaser. The price -is stated to -be£Boft,f3oo a$ a,going concern. Shoolbred'ii is the oldest general store, m Britain, and was founded in 1817. ;Jt bosustu Charles Dickens among its early patrons. " - / RETRENCHMENT' AT . DIAMOND. , v . MINES. s t , ; CAPE TOWN, February 27. Owing to'.the parlous state' of the diamond market, all tho South African' diamond mines; except. De con-, template drastic retrenchment, -The. directors of the Premier .Mine-at Pre. tori a have deferred the_ proposal to close down the mine, which will, probe,, qbty work half-time.-