MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17984, 30 January 1924, Page 9

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

—rr ——•r4fr—r." l .. 1 " ' A San Francisco company, bus bought tho wrecks Of tho seven destroyers recently lost on tliQ Culitornkiu coast for £.300. ■ , A fishernian found near- P/Ucrmo (Sicily) a 'decomposed bpdy, lacking an arm and a leg. ' Apparently the body had been in the water a month, and i? presumed to bp that of a jneinb e * pf the crew of the airship Dixm^de, As a result of ths triennial yalujvtiori of city property in Sydney,-the assessor has added £9,000,000 v,o tho unimproved • and capital values* \pfaipli now total £44,000,000 The visit of tho British cruiser squadron to Trincomali is grousing great interest. Crowds' are flocking from all parts of Oeyion to view the sight. At Hammond, Indiana, six youths looted a distillery and removed whisky worth £40,098 in a truck. ■Tho executive of the Socialist laternational meets in Brussels on February 2nd. • Ip Pari?, Mr Brupa laid a wreath on th© tomb of the Unknown Warrior. Thence he went to Cannes. The wholesale price of butter and cheese has been reduced by a penny a pound in Sydnpy. The Paris "Echo National" states that M. Poicare challenged B. Brache, Socialist deputy, to a duol after Saturday's debate.