LIGHTNING STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 214, 10 September 1934, Page 7

LIGHTNING STRIKE.

Eight Killed in Rioting in Madrid. CAPITAL PARALYSED. (Rcccivcd 11 a.m.) MADRID, September 9. A lightning general strike was declared, paralysing the city, which was without taxis, trams and newspapers. It was most difficult to obtain bread and other necessities. There was much rioting. Shock police, armed with machine guns, were stationed at principal points. The strike was called off early this morning. The casualties were eight killed and 45 wounded. Several bystanders were amongst the dead.

NOT EXCESSIVE.

Price of South Australian Oranges in N.Z. OFFICIAL DENIAL ISSUED. (Rcccivcd 10 a.m.) ADELAIDE, this day. Tho secretary of the Murray Citrus Growers' Co-operative Association, Mr. N. Underwood, said that Australian oranges were not being marketed in New Zealand at excessive prices. Mr. Underwood was replying to a statement reported to have been made by tho Australian Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, Mr. Nesbitt, in Wellington that oranges could be purchased in Australia at one-tenth of the price charged in New Zealand.

TERRORIST GANG.

Ten-Month Trial of Indians Ends In Heavy Sentences. ELABORATE ORGANISATION. (Itcccived 11.30 a.m.) CALCUTTA, September 9. The biggest gangster trial in India in. modern times was concluded at Calcutta, wlicn ten bandits were sentenced to transportation for life, five to ten years' rigorous imprisonment, and 19 others to various terms. Altogether 37 were accused, of whom three turned King's evidence. The trial has occupied ten months, and related to 51 cases of robbery with violence in three provinces. The gang was formed from Bihar coal miners in 1919, and recruits were gathered from time to time. They had an elaborate network of spies and bribed servants. FIRST MEMORIAL. AUSTRIA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER. (Received 11 a.m.) VIENNA, September 9. The monument to Austria's Unknown Soldier, the first war memorial constructed in Vienna, was unveiled in the presence of Dr. Schuschnigg, Chancellor, members of the Hapsburg family and of the diplomatic corps. It consists of a hall open to the sky.

TOURING INCOGNITO.

BETROTHED ROYAL COUPLE. (Received 1 p.m.) MUNICH, September 9. Prineo George, Princess Marina and her brother, Prince Paul, arrived in Munich incognito. They are visiting Princess Marina's sister, Elizabeth.

Prince George and Princess Marina will leave for Paris on Monday, where the Princess will spend a few days with her parents. Prince George will probably travel by air to London from Paris about the middle of next week.