MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[Reuters Telegrams.]

TWO YEARS FOR .MURDER. • t.ON DON, June 15.

The “Daily Chronicle’s” Daris correspondent states At. Granjent and his wife, who has just retired from a wine business at Gcnevilleres, might have been happy ever afterwards, hut the wife, aged 26, was a confirmed snuff taker. Her husband constantly reproached her with that] and words led to missiles. Then Aladamc produced a revolver, and shot her husband dead. Through the wonderful ways of the

French juries, .Madame was found not guilty of murder. She was sentenced to two years' imprisonment “for blows and injuries not causing death.” COWBOY INCIDENT. LONDON. June 16. Sixty thousand witnessed an accident at Rodeo contests on Saturday. A steer broke its leg and immediately they commenced hooting and hissing. Directly the cowboys realised the position a pistol shot rang out and the Htoor dropped dead. The Soeiotv fur the Rrevciition of Cruelty to Animals

is applying for summonses in connection with the matter and telegraphed to the Frontier protesting against a coil tin nance of the performance. Air Cochrane announced that steer roping would lie discontinued, but will lie continued privately till the championship is settled, in order to keep faith with the cowboys. DUXLOD RUBBER COY. (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. June 16. At a meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Company, Erie Geddcs said the nett trading profit for the last eighteen months after paying debenture interest was LI .538.000. not including a deficit of £383,007) of one American company. Geddes emphasised the point that the proposed reduction of capital merely expressed the relative values. The nett deficiency was £11.353,000. The report was adopted. 1

A NEW LINER. LONDON, June lli. The largest steamer in the New Zealand service, the Aorangi of 17,5530 tons, six hundred feet long, speed 171 knots, built to the order of the Union .Steamship Coy. to plv between Auckland and Vancouver, will ho launched at Covam on the 17th. June. She is essentially a passenger slfip, luxuriously fitted up with engines of the Diesel type. She is claimed to be the largest vessel afloat with this kind of power.

CADE ELECTIONS. ("Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received tin's day at 12.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, June Hi. The most .strenuous election campaign in history has closed with an exciting demonstration at all centres. General Smuts' supporters predict a majority of seven, while the Nationalists and Enboiir pact leaders are confident of securing a majority in the vicinity of 20. It EFRIO ERATIOX CONOR ESS. LONDON. June 16. 'file fourth International Congress on Refrigeration opened at London under the presidency of Sidney AYcbb. Thirty nations were represented, in addition to delegates from Britain and the Dominions. Speeches were made emphasising the importance of rclrigeration and developing freer interchange between communities. WOOL. LONDON. June 16. Bradfdrd market is quiet with more inquiry for wools. Very tittle business in tops.