Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 257, 20 January 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

AUSTRALIAN LOAN.—South Australia is independently, but with the co-operation of the Commonwealth, issuing a £ 1 500,000 loan in London. — A. and N.Z. SCULLING TlTLE.—Goodsell, the ex-champion sculler, is en route to Arizona to recover from nerve strain and prepare for his return match with Matterson, his trainer, has sailed from San Francisco for Aus*ralia, after arranging for the construction of a new shell for the next race with Barry.—A. and N.Z. EXPLOSION EXPLAINED.—The explosion which occm red in the Belgian thrown Prince’s study in the Bellevue palace was found to have been caused the heat exploding a copper ball Cq an andiron in the fireplace. An exactly similar mishap occurred in the ®ame room 20 years ago.—A. and N.Z.oun. bandits hanged.—a notorious Circassian bandit, Hadjisamy, and his two confederates, who secretly landed a t Smyrna with the avowed object of assassinating the President of Turkey, Mustapha Kemal Pasha, were hanged at the bridge head at Stamboul. A la rge crowd watched the gruesome spectacle.—a. and N.Z. Railway LOSSES.—The Victorian ®tate Ministry, which is alarmed at the serious drift of the finances of the Railway Department, has, according to a statement made by the Premier, Mr. J Hpgan. decided to appoint a Royal '-ommission to investigate the matter, “hd make recommendations designed 10 Prevent further losses. —A. and N.Z. PRISON FOR LIFE. —A message from Flifit, Michigan, says Adolph *iotelling, who was alleged to have hhurdered Dorothy Schneider, the five-yeur-oicj schoolgirl who was kidnapped, been sentenced to imprisonment ,° r bfe- instead of being sentenced to r eut h. on the grounds of insanity, he Previously confessed to two outra Ses on children. —A. and