GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

A CONAN novel': HOAX

(United Press Association—By Electric

Telegraph—Copyright)

LONDON, March 13

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle figures in an unexpected dramatic incident telegraphed ' from Nairobi, published here. Doyle, during a spiritualised lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, threw on the. screen a picture of a ghost which lie stated he believed was taken in a house, at Nottingham. A prominent.. Xarohi iWan, A. Palmer, dentist, stood up in tlie audience and declared the photograph' was one off hiniselt. lie was the ghost. Me added that years ago lie and his brother arranged to hatch a party which was i'Vilit icssly searching a house lor a ghost. lalrnot said lie grimaced before tbe camera, as a result of tbe manipulation of exposures. a ghostly apparition was produced on a plate. Doyle accepted the explanation and stated he will ..not show the picture again.

VALUABLE SILVER

LONDON, .March 13

American competition resulted in sensational bidding at .Christies’- sale of English silver of. 1.71 b and IKtli centuries. belonging io t.ord Browi.ilow. The total reached TTLfioO, a record,

JTA I.V’S NEW CRUISER

ROME, March ]3

Italv’s new ten thousand-ton cruiser, Trento, registered A*-knots speed at'the trials, and is claimed to be the fastest 'of her type.

TIIH M ASQUER A DEE

LONDON, March 13

Barker loss received many oifers ior

, music hull aml appearances, j Her solicitor say some si if distinctly j lucrative. Meanwhile. tin; Artists j Federation has passed a resolution [ strenuously objecting to her appealing.

CATHOLICS. IN MAI/I

RECENT TEOURLE TO B!

IN V J'IST 10 ATE D

LONDON. March 13

'[’lto Malta correspondent of “Tito Times” says that t.lie Roue has 'TeiilP ( | ;ut apostolic de-location to. Maita. uiuior tiio aegis <>!' Mpnsignor H jtoii, Bishop of Cirene", to invesliga o the 'redout. <lif!ieu!ties. Lord Strickland, the Premier in tiio course of a statement, in Parliament, said that Roman Cal holies eo-ii-I ony continue to he observers •>( their religion in M ha v. hen limy had a read' 1 appeal to Home ii l iisiio;>s and other ecclesiastics made mistakes. No Premier or Minister could eai'.v out his work tinless that door kept widely open.

LESS FEAR HE INCREASE

LONDON, March 12

An advance in the New Aoi k Exchange rate to dollars enabled the Rank of England to secure the bulk of arrivals of Smith African gold, thus lessening I ears ol an advance in tin hank rate.

M. TROTSKY

WANTS TO GO TO GERMAN)

CONSTANTINOPLE. March 14

M, Trotsky, who has shaved of! ■ his heard and moustache, appears to bv in robust health. Ho says that, though |,C is ill exile and under restraint, he has forgotten that lie is a prisonei. He Thanks Mhe hospitality of the Turkish Government.'and lie iniemU to jrtuv in Turkey unless lie • • penuitted to enter Germany, which lie desires to do. in order that his wile nad himself may undergo the treatment of German specialists. ■: