CABLEGRAMS

Otaki Mail, 10 August 1923, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS

KISSES PROM DOCK. SIGNAL TO THE GALLERY. MELBOURNE, July 24. Sentenced iu iwu years' nuprtsonineut. u'iui ham iahuui. declared an iijuituui oinnmai, ana oruered to uc aetamea aner serving me sentence, jumes iMCKeown, a young inan, stood in the uuck at me cnuiuml Lourt yesterday. - He listened to Mr Justice McFarlan iatenuy, ana impassively. The judge nad scarcely nmsned speaking when me prisoner turned round sharply, iooKed up at me public gauery. aim snapped ms liingers. liiiinediaieiy two , young women stooii up. The prisoner j msseu his liana dramatioaliy at them and they responded, me in tie drama occupied a lew seconds, and not a wora was spoKfii. Then Hie prisoner, who nad need convicted ui shop- , breaking, witn intent to steal, passed ; swiltiy down die steps to the cell, 'the ( women hi Hie galiery wept siieuUv. 1 SOLO OR SUNK, LATE OE THE AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, July 23. Mow best to render the battle-onus-er Australia ineffective is giving Cabinet much concern, R is expected . that her doom will be signed within ] a lew months. The question is, whe- j Lher she will be sold or sunk, ~ l "No decision lias been arrived at, ' stated a naval authority to-day. “Nor is It a simple question to answer. After we have taken the fittings and machinery which can he used lor other purposes, what roufnins will be suitable only lor scrapping. No estimate i has been made of what she would be worth then. "The difficulty is to find an economical way in which to handle her. S',ln' might cost more to break up than she would bring. There are ooinparauvelv low Jains in Australia capable I of dealing with such a vessel, and the few ship-breaking firms m England ore glutted with other ships. A suggestion has been made that die Australia should he used, as a breakw atei m some harbour, hut I Uoiibt whether t l)i ;s eould lie dune. A breakwater must 1,., permanent, and as a shell the AusI India would not stand the stress oi sink her somewhere outside, and to j sink her deep.” MIGHT .MAKE GOOI.i CARS. Respite 'he statement that no estimate" has been received oi the AusI tralia'.s non-effective value throe ui four offers have been made "m hr • I The ideality ol the would-be tuidu ! c rs is unknown. While ndmitung tliat I lie Australia's machinery and littings, would bring a good return, a. Melbourne iron and steel master spoke dubiously of her plates. Granted that | were not too thick to l>e snoin, lie said, ihe residue, after treatment, I might he profitable to market. Am j Oillier suggestion was that the Aus- . i try lin should be offered to Ilc-uii i j Ford. ON A STRETCHER. INVALID RECEIVES SENTENCE. , LONDON, July 18. J Alter being bed-ridden for IU years, Frederick Tebbutti appeared at the ’ Lewes Assizes on a stretcher, which was placed on a tQble in front ol tnc judges’ bench. * Tebbutt was .sentenced to six - months’ imprisonment in the second \ division for obtaining credit- without disclosing that he was bankrupt. For months he had evaded trial by plead-F in t r that, his physical condition prevented him from attending the coma. Mr Justice Avory at last ordered an independent examination of Tebbutt, who was afterward compelled to appear He was taken to the court, accompanied by a doctor, in an ambulance, and wore pyjamas and a dressing gown. TURKISH BEGGARS, A MOVE TO END THE PEST. 1 e CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20. » The famous beggars of Constantinople must go. Their numbers have increased so greatly since the war anti they have become so importunate and impudent tliat the authorities have instructed the police to slop their operations, and those who now make their way to the city from the j provinces will be sent back. i ' .in the filthiest of rags, bare-leggi d j often nearly naked, lame, hah, I mu! blind and able-bodied men. wo-1 men ;rnd 'children, they infest the streets and localities where foreigners gather", winning and pulling at tho victim's clothes, demanding backsheesh at every step. In a lucent, police round-up nearly ■in)ii children of both sexes wore found lo |, O living bv begging and sleeping in ruins, old dug-outs, under mosque terraces, or in niches in the walls. In ,>in- nest more than forty hoys and "iris were found. Alt equal niimbei of adult beggars have been located. European residents are a bit scepti- , :l l of tho sincerity of tills announced reform in view oi' general conditions here.