GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1932, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

MURDER CHARGE FOR ACTRESS. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, June 20. Mrs Elvira Dolores Barney, an actress, daughter of Sir John Mullens, a stock-broker, was committed for trial on a charge of the murder of Michael Stephen, son of a bank manager, who was found dead, shot in tile chest, in Mrs Barney’s luxurious flat in Kensington on June 4tli. MALTA POLITICS. NEW CABINET FORMED. MALTA, June 21. A proclamation re-establishes self government. Sir Ugo Mifsud has formed a Cabinet. PLAN FOR RETRENCMENT. ■LONDON, June 20.

One hundred and fifty Conservative members of the House of Commons attended a meeting of an Economy Committee set up with the object of devising savings of* from fifty to one hundred millions annually, in the national expenditure. Five sub-commit-tees were appointed to 1 report on possible retrenchments in local government, in defence, in social services, and by means of debt conversion. NEW GUARD APPEAL. SYDNEY, June 21. The Appeal Court to-day dismissed a further appeal by one of the New Guards who was convicted of the assault on J. S. Garden, but in this instance the Court reduced the sentence from three months’ to one month. All of the other seven appeals were dismissed, and the sentence of three months’ stands. AUSTRIAN LOAN APPROVED. GENEVA, June 21. The League of Nations has approved of the loan of £8,500,000 to Austria, ROTARY CONFERENCE. SEATTLE, June 20. Sir thousand delegates opened here a four-day international Rotary Convention to-night, representing many partis of the world. The delegates include Mr Graham, of Christchurch. NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT. SEATTLE, June 21. Mr Clinton P. Anderson, aged 37, an insurance manager, of Albuquerque (New Mexico), has been elected president of Rotary International, succeeding Mr Sidney Pascall, of London. GERMAN BONDS RISE IN LONDON. IMTOBY, June 20. The outstanding feature of the Stock Exchange to-day was a sharp advance in German bonds. Roth the s>. per cent, and 0-5 per, cent, finished three points higher at £55 and £7l respectively. British I'n mbs registered advances of ore-sixteenth to three-eighths.

MR WILLIS NOT NOTIFIED

LO V PON . Jll *.(■ 21. Mr Willis. High Co i-'-ionor I-" Australia, mho is :d sent on n slvO holiday. 1m . net received anv official intimation ff Cabinet's decision to abolish his office. Tie made no comment.