GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1920, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

« y. .... — AUSTRALIAN ,& N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] A POISON SENSATION. LONDON, Nov. 4. The newspapers gave great prominence to a sensational poison trial at Carmarthaen, known as the Kidwelly case. Harold Greenwood, ii prominent solicitor, is charge,d with poisoning his wife. Ho shortly afterwards married Misß Gladys Jones, with whom the prosecution alleges lie Rad relations prior to Jijs first wife’s death- The Court was densely crowded. The greatest cri- 1 mjnal lawyers are engaged on the pose. Trains brought great crowds to witness the trial, tlie scenes round the courthouse having ,a resemblance to a national Eisteddfod. A FAMOUS SIGNAL, LONDON, Nov. 3. The “Eyening N e W s ” publishes the text of AdiuiraJ Rea, tty’s fainous allegedly suppressed signal to Lord Jeljicoe .at t.he Rattle of J,utland. It reads: — “Follow me, we’ve got them cold.” j THE LIQUOR POLLLONDON, Nov. 3. Ten .thousand .organisers and canvassers employing all sorts pf media, including aeroplanes ape .engaged in tlie Scottish liquor poR. Publicans and parsons vied with ope another through a strenuous day. Intense public interest was displayed, tlip opposing parties parading streets with banners, abouting war cries. The only dull places were .the hotels. SCOTTISH POLLS. LONDON, Nov. 4. At the M u b c ’ipul elections in Glasgow, Labourites gained .twenty seats and now hold forty-four put of 113. At the Uq,uo,r poll twenty-four wards voted n,Q .change, nine yoted limitation , of licenses, and four no license. Ninetyfour out of sixteen hundred licenses will he cancelled. j I Aberdeen voted .continuance in all j wards. LONDON, Nov. 4. ( The widow of Frank Brooke, cabled j on July 30th. was awarded £95,00 compensation. She claimed tw.onty-thr.ee thousand on behalf of herself, son and ] daughter, but the sons and daughters: claims were disallowed. PARIS, Nov. 3. r The National Miners’ Council resolved in favour'of a strike on the 15th if the demands cabled on Oct. 24th are not granted. SALE OR SHIPS. LONDON, Nay. 3. Mr James Craig stated in the Commons that since the armistice the admiralty has sold 1231 vessels for ten piillion sterling and .scrapped 038, for which £3,364/KX) was obtained. JAPANESE EXCLUSIONSAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. It is indicated that the Japanese Exclusion Amendment wiJJ be carried by two to one,

DEMPSEY AND WILLARD. t OTTAWA, Nov. 3. v According to a Montreal message, t I)enips,ey has announced that lie ha; agreed t.o meet Willard for a fifteen 3 rounds bout on March 17th, 1921. The 1 oca ton of the fight is not settled yet. j INDIAN JJNREST. J LONDON, Nov. 3. The “Timea” Bombay correspondent writes that a general survey of Glandliis’ non-co-operation movement shows tlie campaign has generally failed. No Indians have renounced responsible posts and foreign goods are not boy,cot- 1 ted. There is an abundance of caruli- 1 dates, including Moslems, offering for ‘ tlie new Council elections. Grandhi ha? alienated tlie responsible elements ! of the community by his vehemence and violence- Nevertheless the non-co-opera- | foil movement has grievously affected tlie prestige and authoritye of the new Council. The country is in a state of great tension and trouble is anticipated. The Council elections are fixed for the middle of the month. The correspondent states thaf the only hope of reestablishing confidence in British justice will he a determination to lead India progressively to self-government. SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY. LONDON, November 4. The first voiinijc of Mrs Margot Asquith’s autobiography lias been published for which the writer lias received thirteen RiQUstn4- Tjie hook is the literary sensation pf tlie year, despite the fact that Long .extracts were previously published serially. The newspapers are publishing reviews running jnto many eolumijs: Generally they protest against wbM they oajl an utter ly false picture of London life. _ They say there is a Jack of proper roticienee in retailing personal reminiscences of living notabilities. Nevertheless tho extraordinary ability of the author and tlie capacity for self revelation making it a book of interesting reading. It includes accounts of numberless flirtations and piquant sketches of such men gs N. Q. .Gladstone, A. J. Balfour, Lord Roseberry, Professor Jowl#, Lord Curzon, Lord Tennyson, Lord Money r ?nd her own husband Mr H. H. Asquith. Lady Gwendoline Cecil in a. letter to tii,e press points out that her father Lord Salisbury, has been dead a year before a conversation which Mrs Margot Asquith, describes in delail. Mr

Sidney .Colvin denies certain ugly allegations against Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife. Mr Winston .Churchill lias published a long review of the book. He denies the accuracy of Mrs Asquith’s picturesque account of the British Cabinet awaiting the declaration of war, she writes they were all sitting smoking and saying nothing until “when the clock on the mantlepiece hammered out twelve but we were at war.” Mr Churchill asserts war commenced at eleven in the morning. Tlie “Post” describes the hook as “malice in blunderland.” Tho “Daily Chronicle’ says: -‘lt is pot pourri of indiscretions.”