GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

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CARLE EXTENSIONS. LONDON, Jan. 21

The Eastern Extension Cable Coy. opens the first Palestine cable next wee... It is installing a regenerator at Port Said and Suez, to accelerate communication to India.

DOG RACING BOOK-MAKERS. LONDON. Jan. 21

Mr T. P. O’Connor has personally written to the Home Secretary and Treasury ollieials, stating that he is aghast at the audacity of a dog racing bookmaker advertising himself on tin back of Treasury notes. 'I here arc hundreds in circulation in the northeast of London with the bookmaker’s name, followed by the words “ Sale as the hank ” on them. It is stated that the law at present has not grounds for prosecution, hut iue Treasury is consulting legal experts.

ADMIRAL DE KOPECK

GENERAL lAN HAMILTON’S TRIBUTE.

(Received this day at 9 n.m.) LONDON, Jan. 21 Admiral Du Robeck died suddenly of heart failure while dressing for a dinner at a London residence. General lan Hamilton, paying a tribute in the “ Evening Standard,” says: Little did I ever imagine myself penning these words, for De Robeck was a man of outstanding physique, energy, athletic and as ha..; as nails. We were both up to our necks iii a great adventure at Oie Dardanelles, and in the end were carried off our feet by the current, hut so long as we could hold on, the vital necessity was that we should hold on together. Among the four leading actors in this enterprise were Admiral Do Rebeck, Sir Roger Keyes, Sir Walter Brailliwaite and myself. There may not have been unanimity of opinion, hilt there was complete loyalty, one to another, as well as unity of action, and for this the credit is Do Robeek’s. Ho was a man in a thousand. Other wrters recall De Eobeck’s words: “ I am sad at the loss of ships and the heart aches when one thinks of it. One must do what he is told and take risks, otherwise we cannot win.”

STORY OK HEROISM. LONDON, Jan. 21. The Yorkshire Post features a thrilling story of heroism related in Hyde (Cheshire). A lonely tramp walking on an embankment heard screams and saw a hoy, Herbert Knowles, with his foot wedged in the points in a railway cutting. The tramp vainly tried to release the hoy, by undoing his hoot. Then the Manchester train whistled and the tramp twisted the hoy's hoot parallel with the earth and lay down beside him and pressed him between the rail. The train whizzed overhead. Both were unscathed. The rescuers collected a few sliilings and gave them to the tramp who declined to give his name..

INDIAN PRINCESS INJURED. (Rec-sived this day at 111.35 a.in.) LONDON, Jan. 22.

Tlie Maharanee of Coochbehnr suffered a serious accident hunting with the three Princes, Wales, York and Henry, at Quorn, Melton Mowbray, where she had taken a house for the hunting season. She and another rider came into collision causing her horse to fall. The rolled on the Princess, severely crushing her. It is feared that her spine is injured. LONDON'. .Jan. 22. Princess Maharanee is improving. marriage souvenir. LONDON. Jan. 22. An idea of public interest in Royal weddings is conveyed hv the presentation to Crown Prince Leopold of lielgium, of a memento of his marriage to Princess Astrid, of four huge volumes, containing as many newspaper articles, reports and photographs as were obtainable. The volumes contain 'more than seven thousand cuttings, and twenty-five hundred photographs.

MR cosy R A VIC'S V TSTT. CHICAGO, Jan. 22. .Mr Cosgrnve has arrived. He was greeted by Mayor Thompson, who gave a luncheon in his honour. Despite the protests of various Irish societies of Republican leanings, he will proceed to Washington to-morrow. SHARPEN THE KNIFE. MOSCOW, Jan. 22. Bukhuren was the principal speaker to- commemorate a demonstration at the fourth anniversary of 1/cnin's death. Ho said every, decent man must sharpen his knife to settle those well-dressed generals, diplomat's, scientists and brokers representating this capitalist world's noble civilisation. A POLICE RAID. LONDON. Jan. 22. The week-end witnessed cinema-like police activities in London. Many associated it with the brutal murder of Police Constable 'Gutteridge on 27th September. This is uneonfirmable. An intercepted telephone message resulted in elaborate plans to surprise motorists returning to a garage at (Battersea.. These were successful. One man was taken to the police station and detained. He was reported to have attempted suicide in a cell. A search of the garage and car revealed a service revolver loaded with dumdum bullets, a number of surgical instruments, and drugs. The police went to a bouse in Tooting, and discovered another service revolver fully loaded. Returning to the garage they found a third. Some reports say ihreo men are now ■detained. The search continued night long. It is recalled that the murderer of Clutteridge was supposed to have stolen a doctors ear wherein were drugs and instruments.

AN ANECDOTE. LONDON, Jan. 22. Every day a military guard goes to the Bank of England. When duty time fell on the Prince of Wales as young Lieutenant 'of the Grenadier Guards, a Sergeant asked:—Are we walking or riding. Sir. It is a privilege for the officer to decide. Do you mean we can ride if we like asked the Prince of Wales. Yes. sir. Then vide by all means said the Prince ot Wales. So they marched to Saint James’s station where the Prince of Wales bought cigarettes and magazines for all, and then entered the Mansion house close to the hank. Tt Was tlie-cushiest guard I've ever been on, said the Sergeant. This was one of the tales told at a round table at the Grenadier Guards old comrades dinner a.‘ Nottingham whereat the Prince of Males was piesent. LONDON, Jan. 22. Another Sergeant told how a young Guardsman in wartime was shot in the chest and dying, gasped— There's a letter in inv tunic pocket. Mas anybody going hack to the second lineNobody was going, even the cooks ot the Grenadiers had forsaken their dixies for rifles, hut a young officer came* up and heard him and said he had to go back to divisional headquarters so he took and posted the soldier’s letter. The officer was the Prince of M T ales. The letter was. fot the boy’s mother the last she would ever get from her hoy,

GERMAN RUMOURS. BERLIN, .Tan, 22

Rumour is busy concerning Zoubkoff, the young husband of the exKaiser’s sister. Since he was discovered in a sanatorium at Shraeweilcr one newspaper alleges he is a ding addict and lias been spending his evenings at night clubs. At a recent carousal in a tavern he revolvered the ceiling and pictures. The Princess placed him under a specialist. ihe Princess, however, says he is an a sanatorium secovering from a recent motor ceding accident. My relations with my husband are the bent imaginable. When he is belter we will travel together.

A GIRI/S BET. PARIS. Jan. 22

A beautiful girl won a hot by posing as a wax model in a window in a milliners, where she sal unrecognised for a whole morning among groups of fashion models. Window gazers were amazed when she suddenly walked

INDIAN JAIL REVOLT. DELHI, Jan. 21

There was a serious revolt of Indian prisoners at N'aini central jail. Alla--I,ambad. A battle with armed warders lasted several hours. 'I lie rising took place at a given signal of complaint at the midday meal. I lie convicts overpowered the warders, armed themselves with weapons from the jail stores, cut oil the nose of the chief overseer, and disembowelled the cook. The jail superintendent summoned assistance and drove the convicts, when they showered tiles and stones on tlie heads of the warders, who volleyed killing the ringleader and injuring seventeen. Several warders were hurt before the riot mis suppressed. M. BRIAN !)’.«■ REPLY.

Australian Press Association & Sun.) (Received this dav at 11.15 a.m.) PARIS, Jan. 22.

M. Isrianil’s reply to Mr Kellogg which has been published, accepts the United States suggestion of a multilateral pact. He considers America should remember that the members ol the League signed in September 1927 a resolution declaring aggressive "nr coudemnable as an international crime and recommending a pcaeetul solution of differences. Era nee is ready to support the United States in every way compatible witii her internal obligations.

GREYHOUND RACING. BERLIN, Jan. 22

Von Mumm, a member of the famous champagne linn, backed by hankers, lias formed a company to start greyhound racing in Germany. He hired a stadium accommodating (10,000 in Berlin. and expects tlie sport to spread throughout the country.