MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18149, 12 August 1924, Page 9

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Japanese holiday-makers at the coast town of Hojo and Tateyfcma were alarmed by ft severe earthquake which, however, did no damage. The shock was felt slightly in Tokyo. ■ j The "Sunday 33* pres s, ed that Mrs* Goddes, victim of the Jermvn street doublo tragedy, was a daughter of Sir Frank Sly, Governor of the Central Provinces, India, to whom Captain Geddes was «w aide-de-camp. Neighbours visiting the home of a colliery engine-driver, George Breack* nock, in the village of Brodsworth (Yorkshire), found Breacknock, and his son, aged four, with their throats cut, and Mrs Breacknock in a low state in another room similarly < mjure<L Breacknock left a note stating: I have taken my wife's life because ruined her, also the little boy s, so that he will not be motherless." Timber workers at the metal manufacturers' works at Port Kembla, ceased work because a request for an additional shilling a day was refused. Approximately 900 men are thrown out of work and all employees were to be paid off yesterday. Cairo reports that an investigation into the recent attempt on Zaghlul Pasha's life led to thedison-eryjf a plot to restore the ex-Khedive Abbas Hflmi. Many arrests were effected, including a Turkish field-marshal. The trouble at the Hoskira (New South Wales) coke works has been settied and work will be resumed immediately.

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