GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1922, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

CONFIDENCE TRICK ALLEGED. By Telegraph.—Press Assu.—Copyright. London, Feb. 21. Gerald DeLariviere, who absconded from bail in London in December on a charge of obtaining £lOOO by a confidence trick from Watkins, an engineer, has been arrested at Monaco. He will probably be extradited shortly.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. MORE WINDING UP ORDERS. London, Feb. 21. Winding up orders were granted today for the Greater Britain Insurance Corporation and the City of London Reinsurance Company. Both belong to the City Equitable group. THE LANDRU CASE. Ottawa, Feb. 21. Detectives at Montreal are investigating reports that one of the alleged murdered wives of Landru, who awaits the guillotine at Paris, is buried at Montreal. * A SILESIAN TRAGEDY. London, Feb. 21. The Daily Mail reports a tragic affair at an Upper Silesian military station. A private of the Royal Irish Regiment went suddenly demented, shot dead two comrades in the barrack room, then rushed to the dining room and shot dead two more and wounded a corporal. He then surrendered to the guard. A CHARGE OF MURDER. Ottawa, Feb. 21. A Montreal message announces that the preliminary hearings of the trial of the Rev. Adelaird Delorme, who is charged with the murder of his brother, has been postponed until February 28. A PROHIBITION WITHDRAWN. Safi Francisco, Feb. 21. Mrs. Margaret Sanger sailed for the Orient on the Taiyo Maru to-day. NAVAL RESERVE DISBANDED. Ottawa, Feb. 22. The St. John’s (Newfoundland) naval reserve, which furnished 2000 seamen for the British Navy during the war, has been ordered to be- disbanded. This is part of the naval reduction policy of the British Admiralty. FLOUR FOR CENTRAL EUROPE. London, Feb. 21. Glasgow and Edinburgh flour millers report that heavy and persistent purchases by Germany and Central Europe are rapidly reducing home stocks.