GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

DEMPSEY’S MARRIAGE DENIED. Ev Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright New York, July 28. Mies Sylvia Jocelyn, the cinema actress, announces that she is not married to Dempsey. LONG STRIKE CONTINUES. London, July 28. A conference was held in London which aimed at ending the shipyard joiners’ strike, which has lasted eight months, but , it was rendered abortive through the employers refusing the men’s offer.—Aus.-N.Z. < Cable Assn. TEACHING ENGLISH IN BAVARIA. ' London, July 28. ! The Daily Chronicle’s Berlin, correspondent states that the Education Minister in ' the Bavarian Landtag foreshadowed the . probability of English being made compul- ' sory in all schools, French becoming the second optional language.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable : Assn. BOMB CRIPPLES BATTLESHIP. Paris, July 28. A dirigible as an experiment dropped an 8501 b bomb on the deck of the former Austrian battleship Prince Eugene, off Toulon. The missile pierced four decks and exploded in the hold. The vessel was towed to dock in a sinking condition,— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOY’S TRIAL FOR MURDER. London, July 28. Haroid Jones, charged with the Abertillery murder, has been committed for trial.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A POLICE “COURT SENSATION. New York, July 29. There was a sensational scene in the Police Court at Chicago, when Police Sergeant Kellog, on. being sentenced to gaol for contempt of court, drew a revolver and killed the prosecuting attorney, Mr. Ackley. He then committed suicide.