GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.> BIG BLAZE AT CAPETOWN. CAPKTOWX. Feb. 11. A disastrous fire, involving half a million, destroyed the greater part of the Imperial Cold Storage premises on the seafront. The hut ter. margarine and bacon fed the flames. The firemen battled with ammonia fumes. Fortunately the ammonia was discovered in the early stages and the spare tubes were removed. The adjoining new buildings were not affected. ’The company states it will restart operations on Monday. NEW AEROPLANE. LONDON. Feb. 9. The Air Ministry has made a successful trial of a new fighting ’plane. The machine carries two small cannon. firing explosive shells, instead of machine guns. It is understood that the new gunplane has solved the difficulty of the recoil. TRAM SMASH DEATHS. PARIS, Feb. 10. The death roll in Thionvill tram smash was 17. The debris is hamper, ing rescue work. SIR A. MONO MOBBED. BAGHDAD. Feb. 11. Sir Alfred and Lady Mond and daughter, Lady Erleigh, and eleven others, in order to avoid a threatening m .b of ton thousand, were forced to enter the city by a circuitous route, alter a journey across the desert front Palestine. They wore transferred into light motors, and drove to the British Residency undetected. The mob’s attitude was due to politit ai propagandists declaring that Sir Alfred Mond was coming to into Iraq. Zionist principles, basetT on the Palestine regime. The students held a procession in the streets, shouting. “ Down with Zionism.” They were quickly reinforced by thousands of idlers and a sprinkling of native officials. They stopped other motors and robbed the occupants. Mounted police dispersed the demonstrators. Several were injured. ,11’RV FAIL TO AGREE. LOXDOX, Feb. 10. A perplexing dilemma occurred at the Dublin Criminal Court, when two youths, Russell and Price, charged with membership of an illegal military force, refused to plead. wThe Judge ordered- the eide by the customary formula sonors are mute of malice or by} a visitation of God. The police gave evidence that prisoners were able to speak, but the foreman of the jury announced that there was no chance of an agreement. The Judge asked why, but the foreman kept silent. The Judge ordered the jury to reensider the verdict, and the foreman again reported a disagreement. The Judge replied : ”lt is a long day, gentleman; try again.” He then heard the other c-a-vvs, but the jury persisted in its verdict. The Judge discharged them, saying that the verdict was perverse. Meanwhile, James Donnelly, with escaping from prison, similarly refused to plead, atul the jury similarly reported that it had failed to agree if lie was dump or maliciously mute. Donnelly interrupted: ‘‘To savo trouble. T plead guilty.” The jurymen offered to explain, but the Judge demanded silence, and add(Xl; “Prisoner has now spoken. He says he is guilty. I direct a plea of guilty be recorded according to the latv.”