GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)

DRAMATIC ESCAPE. LONDON, Jan. 23. St. Brigid’s Military Hospital at Dublin was the scene of the dramatic, rescue of a wounded prisoner, James Nugent. He was lying in bed in charge of an armed detective. Suddenly two armed men appeared in the ward, levelled revolvers at the head of the detective, and ordered him to surrender his gun. The detective refused. and one of the armed men fired, but missed. AA'lien the smoke cleared away tbo armed men had disappeared and tho bed was empty, though Nugent was wearing nothing but pyjamas and bad to climb a wall in order to escape. ITALIAN CASINO.

RIVAL TO MONTE CARLO

ROAIE, Jan. 22.

By the King’s decree, a company with a capital of £2,000,000 will build a luxurious casino at San Remo as n rival to Alonto Carlo, whither Italians have been forbidden to go since Signor Mussolini lias been in power. OILER AND WARSHIP COLLIDE. OFFICER KILLED. RUGBY, Jan. 22. An Admiralty communique, reporting a collision between H.AI.S. Caladon and tbo Italian oiler Antares, states that the mishap occurred in the |)oro Channel during the dark hours of Friday morning. The Caladon, with her hows badly damaged. reached Ivarysto Baj. H.M.S. Cardiff and H.AI.S. Calypso are standing by the Antares. which' was towed by H.AI.S. Ceres to Piraeus. Regret is expressed that the first officer of the Antares was killed ami a steward is missing.

TO VISIT DOAIINION. LONDON. Jan. 24. Air A. Gough, manager of the Overseas Farmers’ Co-operative Association. is sailing by the Oronsav to consult the Board of Australian Producers. He will visit all the States, and also New Zealand.

N.Z. STAGE SUCCESS. LONDON, Jan. 24. Air G. H. R. Young of New Zealand, produced at tho Tvew Theatre, his farce, “Just as You Say Dear,” which was received with roars of laughter and continuous applause: It was first produced by Victoria College students at Wellington a couple of years ago. PETITION FOR REPRIEVE. LONDON, Jan. 23 The question of the reprieve of the Rowlands, of Driscoll, was mentioned in many Cardiff churches, and of numerous street gatherings. Women knelt outside the jiiil praying some minutes on Sunday morning. Mrs Edward Rowlands spent the day distributing petition forms. Mr T. P. O’Connor says tho signatures will soon number a million. BRITISH TOTE BILL. LONDON, Jan. 23. Air Walter Guinness has announced a measure to legalise the totalisator in the coining session. It would not ho a Government measure, hut the Government would take the opinion of tbo Commons. Personally, Tie would vote according to tlie wishes of his constituents. DOG RACING. PARIS. Jan. 22. Frenchmen were introduced to greyhound racing at the Velodrome at Dhiver. There was no betting, as permission to use tbo pari-mutuel has not yet been obtained. Newspapers state that there is nothing in tlie sport to arouse emotion in Frenchmen. The absence of any individual effort on the part of the dogs to beat an opponent lias robbed the races of interest.

GUYOT REPRIEVED. PARIS, Jan. 2,\ M. Doumergue, exercising the President’s privilege, reprieved Gaston Guvot. WARDER SHOT. LONDON, Jan. 24. Three men, apparently revolutionaries, attempted to murder Chief Warder Grace, of Mount Joy Prison) Several shots were fired in a Dublin Street, and the Warder was wounded in the foot. BOUVET ISLAND. [“ The Times ” Service.j (Received this day at 9.?0 a.in.) LONDON. Jan. 24. In a leader anent Bouvet Island, the “Times” says: “Perhaps as interest is chiefly concerned in whales, the League of Nations ought to organise an expedition with a two fold object: to report on the future of the whale fishery and investigate the problem of Bouvet’s ownership. It would lie interesting to know whether any islands are still unappropriated. Only the League can he trusted for the task, since the League alone lias no flag.’" THE MAFIA GANG. [“Sydney Sun” Cables.] (Received this day at 9.30 a.m). LONDON, Jan. 21. The "Daily Mail ” Rome correspondent states since the sentences cabled on the 11th. evidence has poured fn against other members of the Mafia and arrests are made daily. Two thousand are awaiting trial, causing the disappearance of one of the most impudent, picturesque and deadliest gangs of cut-throats throughout the world, responsible for four centuries of terrorism. Crimes in 1923 included seven hundred murders, twelve hundred robberies with violence, two hundred cases of incendiarism, three hundred of blackmail, seven hundred of cattle maiming, chiefly against landowners.

WIRKRESS INVENTION. ROME, Jan. 24

In the interest of national defence, the Government has taken over the invention of Signor Manrico, ensuring the secrecy of wireless communication, lielieved to he based chiefly on a system of telegraphy and radio telegraphy combined, with a special typewriter invention, is based on the possibility of direct Herztian waves, evidently some form of the beam system.