GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE. AX . MQUBSI. " " , Received 'Doe. 15, 115 p,m. . . . • London, Dec. 14. There was sensational.evidence at tIA. inquest on Billie Carleton, the. well' known beauty and leading lady at the iHaymarket Theatre, who was found dead in her flat in the Strand after a fancy dress bail at the Albert Hall.

(. The. evidence disclosed a .remarkable drug-taking habit in a certain theatrical circle, including dope partus, where opium and cocaine was dispensed, also visits to Limehouse opium dens. Billie obtained cocaine at a cost of £6 for a ■ small packet, worth two shillings. Mrs. Loo Ping, the English wife of a Chinaman, has been arrested She cooked opium for dope parties. Several well-known actresses were mentioned in the evidence, and eurious details wcra given as to how male servants sent to ■ Chinese opium dens in the East End to secure drugs resorted to ingenious expedients to preserve 'secrecy owing to the stringent anti-opium law.-trAus.-N-K. Cable Assoc.

London, Deo. 14. Loo Ping has been charged With being ' in opsscssion of opium and his tfifo is charge;', with supplying the sarnie,*—Am.-N-Z. Cable A'Ssoc. "T A PLUCKY AUSTRALIANS" Received Bee. W, 11.5 pin, London, Dec. 14. The Lambeth coroner warmly praiseit the conduct.of Private Frank Coigrove, an Australian, for pluckily resetting 4 youth named Lunnon. The latter dashed into the Thames, at «Putnej[, and tried to ' save a woman from drowning. Coegrove next recovered tho woman's body, whieli he vainly attempted to resuscitftto. The coroner is bringing Co3grove and lainnon's oondu.it to the notice offtha .Royal Humane Society.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assc* '=: 'A LINER STRASFDED. (Received Dec. 15, 11.5 ptn, Halifax (Nova Scotia), Bee. 14. Yarmouth reports that the line* Corinthi&n is stranded on Brier Island,—' Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. Keeeivcd Dec. 18, 125 Sja.