Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 177, 17 October 1927, Page 1

Cable Jottings

SOLOMONS OUTRAGE.—A wireless message from the cruiser H.M.A.S. Adelaide announces her arrival at the Solomon Islands. —A. and N.Z. BRITISH POLITICS.—Sir Herbert Samuel, a prominent member of the British Liberal Party, announced on Friday that at the next general election the Liberals would put forward 500 candidates. —British Official Wireless. SIXTEEN KlLLED.—Sixteen persons were killed at Indianapolis when an inter-urban tramcar crashed into a motor-car and trailer. The latter were filled with men and women on their way to a dance. —A. and N.Z. BALKAN TROUBLE.—An Albanian student fatally shot the Albanian Minister to Belgrade, M. Cena Beg. The assassin alleged that his victim was attempting to hand Albania over to Yugoslavia.—A. and N.Z. DANCING FOR A WEEK.—A dancer. Nicholas, has been dancing continuously for a week at Lisbon. He has had 192 Portuguese ladies as partners. His temperature rose, and a doctor who was called in treated him while he was dancing.—A. and N.Z. RAILWAY FUEL. —As a result of experiments in firing locomotives with powdered residual brown coal, after distillation, the German State railways authorities have purchased a brown coalfield. They will erect a distillery. —A. and N.Z. ARREST OF SPIES.—The Riga correspondent of “The Times!’ says the Latvian police have arrested 23 soldiers and railwaymen, several of whom were in possession of incriminating materials in connection with a widespread organisation which the Cheka has established in order to secure military information for the Soviet. —Times. PALESTINE COINAGE.—The new coinage will come into operation in Palestine at the beginning of next month. It is based on the pound sterling, and is divided into 1,000 mils. It supersedes the Egyptian coinage, which has been used in Palestine since the British occupation.—British Official Wireless. N.Z. HONOUR ROLL.—A Maori treasure box containing the honour roll of the New Zealand Engineers was placed in a recess in Kitchener’s Chapel, Bt. Paul’s Cathedral, London, on Sunday. The High Commissioner for the Dominion, Sir James Parr, and British military officials, were present. —A. and N.Z. WOMEN IN RED ARMY.—The Riga correspondent of “The Times” says there are 72 women officers in the Soviet army. Of these, eight have passed the examination for staff appointments, and 19 have taken part in the Pan-Soviet shooting contests, showing great skill with revolvers. — Times. SHIP’S CALL FOR AID.—A message from Las Palmas says that a British steamer, the name of which is given as the Syde, sent out. a wireless call from a point 16 miles from the African coast, asking for help. The message said the vessel’s engines were out of order, and there were 19 sick men on board. —A. and N.Z. COLLISION AT SEA.—The Norwegian cargo steamer Besseggen, 2.953 tons, was sunk in a collision with the General Transatlantic Company’s 34,569-ton liner Paris. The smaller vessel only floated a quarter of an hour after the accident. From 10 to 15 members of her crew are missing. —A. and N.Z. FRENCH WAR MEMORIAL.-—The President of France, M. Doumerguje, unveiled the marble plaques which have been .placed in the Pantheon to commemorate 460 writers who were killed in the war in defending France. They include Americans, Belgians and Spaniards. The Minister of Education, M. Herriot, in a speech, said the real tomb of the dead is the living heart. —A. and NJZ.-Suru