Cable Jottings
SYDNEY FIRE.-—An outbreak of fire which occurred yesterday at the premises of Messrs. Arthur Cocks and Company, jewellery importers. Barrack Street, caused damage estimated at £25,000.—A. and X.Z. SOVIET AND SECRETS.—A Swedish lieutenant engaged in the coast defence force has been arrested on a charge of betraying secrets to the Soviet military attache at Stockholm, Pauloras.—A. and N.Z. • • * . SOLOMONS MURDERS.—Wireless advices from Tuiagi state that nine outlaws with the chief Nolu were captured on Thursday and also 14 last Saturday. All the ringleaders have been apprehended, and in all over *0 suspects are awaiting examination. ”~A. and N.Z. SPY TRIAL.—The Crown case in trial of Hansen and McCartney, charged at London with espionage on hehalf of Russia, has closed. The accused, whose counsel notified that they would plead not guilty, were remanded 10 December 7.—A. and N.Z. * * • MURDER CHARGE.—In connection w ith the death of Ronald Leslie, a Wns- er * of Sydney, the charge against ”Uliam Guy Higgs is that of murder, art u at a^ainst his brothers, Bruce »nd Hubert, is of being accessories ai * ac L The trial is proceeding. •“-A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 221, 7 December 1927, Page 9
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187Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 221, 7 December 1927, Page 9
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