GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

Australian Press Assn.—United Service TOTE FOR ENGLAND. . - } LONDON, June 28. J.u tin- House of Commons, in the , i-.S Budget discussion, Mr Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) admitted that .the betting tax . ' : |fji could not-be worked smoothly, and that the result of it was disappointing. He said that evasion was wide- ‘ —r spread. Mr Churchill prophesied the early i adoption of the totalisator in England, , when, he said, it might be possible to _ - reconsider the betting tax. Fir Churchill further hinted that the - tax might 'be changed from a tax on.,- ’ the turnover to a license duty. ’ 1

THE NEW LANDRU. , ftS PARIS, June ln connection with the new case at Marseilles, it has been - lished that at least five women murdered. The first clue was a strangled single woman, named Foce, found at tho Villa Eglantine, in a suburb of Mar- v ~ seilles. Inquiries led to the discovery ' that a man named Perome Prat purchased this villa, and hired another . * villa at Genevieve, another Marseilles y suburb. It was here that the second -s: . and third bodies-of women, as cabled yesterday, were found. All of tlie women were middle-aged, Tlie man, Prat, was last seen on _ June Istli carrying a large sack* _ ixs The woman Foce’s death cries at the 1 4r - Villa Eglantine attracted attention, causing the murderer to flee, leaving his victim’s body lieside a large hole in the garden where he was about to bury her. The police are now investigating a < third villa owned by Prat. It is also lielieved that further bodies will lie discovered at the villa at Genevieve. A search, of the apartments of the man who is wanted has revealed methods similar to those of Landru. The murderer became acquainted with his victims by means of matrimonial advertisements, then luring them to the villas, where they were murdered.

A MURDERER SENTENCED. LONDON, June 28

Hie man Normal Elliott has been sentenced to death for the murder at the Durham Bank in February.

The post mortem revealed that the fatal blow was deliberately aimed to cause death by a person with anatomical knowledge.

A UNIQUE DEMONSTRATION

BRUSSELS, Juno 27.

Over one thousand workmen and students stormed the Louvain University Library, and destroyed the new memorial balustrade there, upon which the university authorities have refused to allow the following inscription:— “Destroyed by German fury! Restored by American generosity ! ” Tlie demonstrators shouted “ Long live Warren!” (Mr Warren is an American architect who is in charge of tlie restoration.)

The demonstrators stoned the men working at the building, who then fled. Fir Warren says that the late Cardinal Mcrcicr (once Rector of Louvain University) desired the above mentioned inscription to be placed on the new balustrade, but Monsignor Cadenza, tho Rector of the University, declares that it is an inscription contrary to the spirit of the Locarno Treaty.

AUSTRALIAN SWINDLED. VANCOUVER, June 28. Norman Tab lor, of Deer Park, Melbourne, "who sailed on the .Aorangi Wednesday met two affable strangers. A coin-matching contest ended in bis being fleeced for a thousand dollars.

SAMOA AT GENEVA

CONDEMNS NELSON’S ACTIVITIES

/Received this dav at 8.30 a.tn.) . LONDON, June 28. The Geneva Mandates Commission report on Samoa condemns, in the strongest terms, Mr Nelson’s activities, hut considers Major-General Richardson did not act with sufficient firmness in the early stages, and liopes the forces now available on the island will enable the maintenance of order in future. . . •'! Regarding the native petition, the report states the facts contained therein are fully covered in the Royal Commission report. The Mandates Commission’s report is quite brief. There were two opinions in the Commission. One favoured a still briefer report, while the other desired to deal with each point raised seriatum. The result amounts to a compromise, not satisfying either,side

PRINCE VISITS H.AI.S AUSTRALIA. .

LONDON, June 28

The visit of the Prince of Wales to H.AI.S. Australia, at Portsmouth was private, hut did not prevent ceremonial touches being imparted. A Royal salute was fired and all ships in the harbour hoisted a rainbow of bunting. When the Prince boarded the Australia the ship was manned to ; receive him. He was piped aboard by the Boatswain’s bugles. Admiral Hyde presented the officers to the Prince who shook hands and then went to the quarter-deck and the crew filed past. Admiral Hyde piloted the Prince round the decks. The Prince complimented him on the spruce appearance; describing the Australia as a very smart ship. EGYPTIAN PREAHER. CAIRO, June 28. The new Premier, Alalimud, will' be remembered as a fellow deportee in 1919 with Zngslul. with whom he later had a sharp disagreement in policy. He was a stormy petrel and was responsible for Nash’s dismisssal from office.