GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1921, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THEFT AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. By Telegraph.—l’ress Assn.--Copyright. London. Oct. 13. John Richards Westley, a farmer, was charged in the Stratford Court on his own confession with stealing £6OO belonging to the Adelaide soldiers land settlements. Accused ' had a revolver i in his possession and he ’Was also charged with attempted suicide. He had fired three rounds at his head but, as he was drunk, the shots were not effective. Accused was remanded.—Aus.-N Z. Cable Assn. EX-KAISER’S DECREE INVALID. Berlin. Oct. 13. The widow of Prince Joachim sued Eitel Friedrich for custody of her son whom Eitel is keeping in consequence of a decree of the Kaiser. The Court decided that the Kaiser’s decree was invalid and ordered the child to be delivered to it’s mother. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TRADE IN AMERICA. London, Oct. 14. Lord Bryce, who has returned from America, i’s optimistic regarding business conditions and says America is round the corner. BIG BASEBALL CONTEST. New York, Oct. 13. The Giants won the world baseball series, defeating the New York Yankees by five games to three. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOiHER TSAR RUMOR. Paris, Oct. 14. The Petit Parisien publishes a statement from Rome that Count Zacharia, an Italian who returned from Siberia, where he was imprisoned three years, affirms that the Tsar and Tsarevitch are alive and have taken refuge in Japan, where they are living under the Mikado’s protection.