GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

/Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) N.Z. APPLES. LONDON, Nov. 1. New Zealand is exhibiting at Manchester Fruit Show choice Statesman and Stunner apples, which have been in cold storage since July. Sixteen out or twenty cases were in excellent condition.

THE RIGHT TO KILL. (Received this day at 31.0 a.m.) LONDON. Nov. 3. For the second time within a week (reference first cabled on 23rd. Oct.), the suggestion of the right lo kill was raised in Court, following a dramatic story from Tonbridge. Mrs Margaret Delvinge, aged 31. was charged with attempting to kill her mother, Mrs Margaret Waite, who is in hospital t suffering from cancer. 'The prosecution set out" that Delvinge visited the ward in the temporary absence of the matron and administered poison. Doctor Newton, who was in charge of her mother’s case ’phoned Delvinge saying: “AVhat did you give your mother.” The latter replied : “T gave her arsenic, about 10 ounces. T got it from the surgery in the absence of the dispenser.” • The second doctor said Delvinge .summoned him and said : “I have given mother arsenic in order to save Tier weeks and months of suffering, before death came.” fltlier medical evidence concerned Delvinge’s mental condition. She was committed for trial.

FLYING MEN’S PROGRESS’. BAGHDAD. Nov. 1

Lancaster and Miller left Zizu, hut a high wind causing a sandstorm compelled them to alight at Putba, a de-d.rC)-d waSpITV P-fllKni :c s.irt post of the Royal Air Force, which is provided with a big Vickers’ Vernon bombing plane. Tt is Imped if the Weather clears the 2bo miles of the trans-desert flight to Baghdad will not present any difficulties on Wednesday.

A COMING FLY. LONDON. Nov. 1

Hinkler and Mclntosh will start on Tuesday or Wednesday, when there will he a full moon. For two nights they will he in the air, and will follow Carr’s route across Europe to Constantinople, Baghdad, Karachi and continue until 740 gallons of petrol are exhausted. Tt .should last forty or fifty hours, and be sufficient for four .thousand to 4500 miles. Thus they will he able to heat Chamberlain’s and Levine’s 3,00 b miles record. It is interesting if a privately financed scheme will ho successful in winning a most important international air record for Britain. Hinkler is now at Bristol making final tests with Jupiter.

DIVORCE GRANTED. LONDON, NoCountess Kinnoull was granted a di vorce undefended.