THEFT OF £2,500,000.
» BELGIAN FRAUD BRINOS RUIN TO MANY. By ToleEr&ph—Press Assoclatlon-Copyrleht BrwsselJ, October 18. .'After committing frauds involving a . sum of no less than .£2,500,000, Wilmort, the manager of the Ghent-Tcrneuzen railway, has disappeared. The frauds have causcd widespread ruin in Belgium and France. Ono Brussels bank has lost JEW,OOO, tho Public Savings Bank ,£IO,OOO, and another bank i£28,000. A leading stockbroken, who lost .£28,000, committed suicide. Wilmnrt was a well-known 3portsman and director of many banks and industrial ooncerns. MISSING WIRELESS MESSAGE. "♦— : RECEIVED AT LAST. By Teleeraph—Press Association— Copyright f Mslbourne, October 17. The missing wireless , message from " Wellington has turned -up. The operator here detected the signals of the new. link of the wireless chain, 1 and thereafter, tho conditions being favourable, had no difficulty in maintaining communication. Official greetings were exchanged, also private business. ■.' The rates to New Zealand have not yet teen fixed. 1 . >.•.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1574, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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149THEFT OF £2,500,000. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1574, 18 October 1912, Page 5
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