CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 March 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

LIiLECIUIC XELEGUiAI'H —COfZKIGUX.J L*"BK tfUHSB ASSOCIATION. J MADAME , SARAH BERNHARDT. Paris, March 'd. Madame Sarah Bernhardt is no convalescent. (.Received This Day U. 20 a.m.) DEMANDING AN INC'IEASE. London, March t). Vickers' shipyard employees at Barrow are demanding five shillings weekly increase. FALSE ENTRIES IN THE REGISTER. At the trial of George Smith, Mr Bodkin, K. C., stated that there wor'e several other marriages. One woman stated a few days after her wedding in September Smith took her savings, £90, and disappeared. In another case he married an eighteen old daughter, whose parents had refused their consent. On February 4th the Home Office ordered the exhumation ot the bodiee of tho two wives of George Smith, both of whom died in a bath shortly after their marriage with Smith. Smith was charged with making a false entry in a marriage register. (Received This Day 10.35 a.m.) A MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION. Sydney, This Day. Sir Samuel McCaughey has offered to donate to the Belgian Fund £100 a month till the end of the year. BUTTER FACTORY BURNED. A fire destroyed the Singletowu butter factory, one of tho largest factories in New South Wales. The damage is over £5000. BIG WHEAT IMPORTATIONS Melbourne, This Day. The Premier stated that wheat cargoes already secured represent 1,300.OUO bushels from the Argentine and America. Tho landed cost will oe 8s per bushel. PAYMENT FOR SUGAR CANE. The Colonial Sugar Company agreed to give Kew South Wales and Queenslaud suppliers the option of payment on a sliding scale; the concession applying to last season's crop. SENTENCED TO DEATH. Perth. This Day. C'utay has been sentenced to death for the murder of the girl Bell. (The girl, aged 12, was murdered while sleeping on.the verandah of her home. C'utay was working for the girl's father, and at the Police Court trial handed in a written confession).