GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1932, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

winding UP ORDERED. Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, Feb. 23. In the Equity •Court at Sydney, au order was made for the compulsory winding up of the Coal Oil, New Zealand, Ltd. (Mr A. Campbell was appointed the official liquidator. DUTCH aiurdkr SENTENCE. THE HAGUE, Feb. 21. Koenings was sentenced to twenty years for the murder of the rich merchant-, lEschan/.ier, on May 13th mst, and Penders to five years as accomplice. ;(Tfie prisoners hound and gagged their victim in an attempt at extortion.) LARGE BEQUEST TO CRICKETER. SYDNEY, February 23. Under the will of his brother who died last year. Mr R. H. Bettington, the cricketer, is the sole beneficiary in the estate, valued at £22,234.

CYCLING RECORD. AI ARE BY VICTORIAN. AIELBOURNE, Feb. 21. In attempting to break the world's ‘five-mile motor-paced - reovd, R. W. ILamb attained a speed ol 70 in les an hour, -and he averaged 67 miles. His tin«> was 4 mins 3isia-.s. This heat tlm previous best h.v six and three tilths seconds.

STATESMANSHIP HAS FAILED. SHOULD TAKE ITS OWN COURSE. (Received this day at 9.2.7 a.in') LONDON, February 22. The “Daily Telegraph” says that the European and American statesmanship have done all possible to avert till) (leplnrahfe einillinl at, Shanghai, and I,hat there is nothing now Init to let (he quarrel take its own 'nurse. |{i it iiin, certainly, will not ho eommlttcl (o’any intervention in the q»rt>’rel. “It is none of ours.”