MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18089, 3 June 1924, Page 10

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Mrs Boyle and two children, William and M«y Devlin, aged five and three respectively, were found dead in a pool of blood in an industrial suburb of Glasgow. They all bore razor wounds. The woman's crippled son, aged 22," has been arrested. At the trial of Bert Stapleton Neal, charged with the shooting of a girl named Hilda Jones, aged 16, on March 17th, the jury held that accused was insane at the time of the shooting. His Honour directed that Neal be confined to the criminal ward in a mental hospital until the pleasure of the Governor is known. There wag a record attendance of 169,202, people at the British Empire Exhibition on Saturday. _Mr Baldwin (Leader of tho Opposition in Britain), speaking at Worcester, referring to candidates' election expenses, said-that he, in three years, had paid £3OOO. He was able to do it only by selling capital. Sir John Peacock, Premier of "Victoria, delivered a policy speech at Ores-; wick, when he opened his" election campaign. Ho announced that the Nationalist policy would be one of progress, development and reform. He gave a general outline of the legislation which would be introduced, and expressed his willingness to co-operate-again with the Farmers' Union Party on matters of common policy. In the presence of 50,000 people, Lord Haig unveiled a cenotaph in George Square, Glasgow. The enquiry into the ballot-box scandals by the Federal executive of the Australian Labour Party commenced yesterday.The secretary of the Sydney Labour Council announced that ho would forthwith ignore the State executive and proceed to assemble a spocial industrial conference for June 21st, to consider the abolition'of the selection, ballots and industrial matters. .The Portuguese world flyers have arrived at Calcutta. Acceptance of arbitration averted the threatened.strike of railway, clerks in Ireland. •'.-,. Chinese "bandits have released two of the missionaries they captured, last week; but the Mongol authorities have expelled all-Swedish missionaries from Urga. ,' -.'..'' Captain d'Oisy reached Peitaifco, and departed for Mukden after refuelling..