GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 April 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

£50,000 NECKLACE STOLEN. PARIS, April 16,

A seven-week mystery surrounding > the loss of a necklace of rose cream “t pearls, valued at fifty thousand sterling, which vanished in the post between London and Paris, has been solved by the arrest of Emile Caberaci. after an investigation of the lives of fifty officials in the Parisian sorting office.

Carberaci in a statement, said that the parcel was slightly battered andy_ showed the pearls, which ho had then ( pocketed. When, however, he heard of the value of the pearls, he became ■ terrified, and he sent them hidden in the lining of an old waistcoat to his mother at Toulouse, who was not aware - that the pearls were in the garment. Two detectives are claiming a reward.— of ten thousand sterling. _

FAMOUS NECKLACE THEFP. PARTS, April 16

The Magistrate committing Scheme, the Post Office sorter, to prison in connection with the theft of the £70,000 pearl necklace, where he remains pending trial, said that the necklace was not worth fifteen sows, to the thief, because the nbarls were known to all dealers.

The police allege that Scheme led a double life, lie devoted his spare time to stock exchange speculations, and In-ought presents for women friends. He also hired motor cars and incurred heavy debts.

JULES VERNE FEAT. .COPENHAGEN, April 13. l’alle Huld, a Roy Scout, who set out on a journey round the world in celebration of the Jules Verne anniversary, has returned after having accomplished the journey in forty-four days, as compared with Verne’s hero, “Phineas Fogg’s” eighty days. MILAN OUTRAGE. ROME, April 17. The Fascist newspaper Brillante says: A second arrest has been made in Como, but the identity of the prisoner has not yet been established. AH those responsible for the Milan outrage are now in custody. BIG STRIKE IN BOMBAY. CALCUTTA, April 17. The Bombay Cotton M ill owners have reduced a number of their workers under a retrenchment scheme. In consequence 25,000 of the employees have struck. Twelve big mills were idle yesterday. Tlie strikers attacked the factories, and smashed all the windows, doing enormous damage. The Labour leaders are endeavouring to .secure a general stoppage. The mills are guarded by armed police. EMIGRATION. LONDON, April 17. Sir Robert Horne, in a speech at Glasgow, the first speech lie has made since his return from Australia, said: “(Ye have an excess of people and deficiency of opportunity here. The Dominions have an unlimited opportunity and a scanty population. Let our people go where there are opportunities. Though them is occasionally unemployment in the Dominions, this is only a fugitive condition.”

He suggested that Britain’s grant to aid emigration should be one hundyf' per cent., instead of fifty per cent. The time had come to dispense with the present financial restriction on emigrants, in order to carry out programme of emigration. The sur-ce--s of a programme of emigration was vital to the welfare of Britain and to the development of the Dominions.

POISONED HIS .MOTHER. BERLIN, April 17. Following an attempt- at suicide, owing to his deed preying on his mind, a young man -confessed that he had poisoned his mother in order to end tier sufferings from an incurable disease. He will he tried for murder, hut lie has been granted his liberty ill the meantime. FEDERAL SHIPS SOLD. LONDON. April 17. Mr Bruce has cabled accepting Lord Klysant’s tender (cabled oil 13th April) to take over the ships as they arrive, beginning with the Largs Bay on 25th April. WAR-TIME INCIDENT. fßeceived this day at 9.30 0.m.) PARIS. April 17. "Lo Petit Parisien ” reveals that Koelil (luring the wartime came down in the lines, which the French instantly captured. He was caught, Imt was silent as an oyster till an Alsatian officer posed as a German prisoner and trapped him into disclosing the most

important fact that the Germans timed to he in Paris oil 15th June, 1918. and would make a final attempt to break through at Compeigne CrepySur Valois.

MONTE CARLO PROFITS. NICK. April 17. The annual profit of Monte Carlo casino Is £1,232,000 sterling gross, and €728.000 nett. A dividend of 145 per cent, is declared. The four pound shares are now worth ninety-two pounds apiece.

SOVIET LOAN. LONDON. April 17. The Riga correspondent of "The Times’’ states: The Soviet has pubIRliod an extraordinary explanation as

to why it is necessary to continue its agitation to persuade the Russian peasants throughout the country to take up a ten million sterling lottery loan after the 1 Finance Commissar, M. Brinkhanoff. had officially announced that the loan had been fully subscribed.

The paper “Investia" publishes a decree, declaring control of amount of loan now fifteen millions showing the four to five millions of it as yet unplaced. M. Briukhanotf originally calculated the peasants stating that fifteen millions would not he invested, and that it was hoped to attract only two-thirds of that sum.

Tin* Soviet originally announced that the tir-t lottery in connection tin' loan would lo drawn in October, hut when the peasants were Inlying the loan slowly they advanced the date to July. The Soviet now advertises a > drawing for May 15th. and is simultaneously urging its provincial agents to use every effort to make the loan a success, hut at the same time it

depreciates the necessity for seizing tin* peasants’ belongings in order to secure money. CRICKET. LONDON. April 17. The “Daily Express” states: Mr Tonne. Yorkshire County Secretary, has accepted the Managership of the Marylebone cicket team to Austrn-