MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 20 October 1924, Page 9

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

A net reduction of £91,773,100 in the National Dobfc for tho laat financial year is recorded, says a London, raossagc. Fifteen minors are entombed as a result of a heavy fall of coal in a colliery at Flenu, Belgium, in which work had just been resumed after a strike. Two bodies have been recovered. Tho British. Oxygen Company, in a. statement, say the- Greenock accident was due to a cylinder of dissolved acetylene falling from a lorry. The cause of the ignition has not yet been Ascertained. '"The destruction of the Zeppelin plant, in accordance with the Versailles Treaty, would be a crime against, civilisation." said Mr C. G. Grey, editor of "Aviation," London, at a banquet in honour of the Gernwui crew of ZB3. Mr Grey said he spoke for the great majority of the lOnglish people. Fifteen Europeans ami Sixteen Lascars wero* removed from an unnamed" ship on arriving in the Thames and:- sent to hospital suffering from, malaria. At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society Lord Ronaldshay announced that the Mount Everest Committee intended to apply immediately through the Government of India for the permission of the Tibetan Government to mako another attempt on Mount Everest in 1926. In tho King's Prize at Sydney, Miss Snodgrass, who was in third place on Friday, did not finish among tho prizewinners. The rather unusual sight of a woman reaching such a high position, caused a large crowd to follow hcr ; which made her nervous. Tho Irish Free .State Sonate passed the Boundary Bill, and earned a resolution in favour of a settlement by agreement. Mr If. E. Peacock hits resigned the managership of the London "Morning Post," and has been succeeded by Mr Ivor Frascr. A telegram from Turin says a locomotive shunting at Galsuo collided with a van containing a travelling menagerie. A lion, threo bears and a hyena escaped. The lion was injured and easily captured. The bears trotted to the maxket place, the populace fleeing before them. The three hoars rose on their hind legs and began to <lance until the arrival of their keeper. The hyena was captured in a tunnel after several hours' hunting. In the United States District Court at Boston, the Judgo ruled that the Chinese, wives of United States citizens have a right to enter the country m spite of the new immigration law- A bride from China brought over by a Chinese American corn merchant was acc.ordinglv admitted. It is said the decision will affect thousands of such citizens. At the inquest on Lash, who committed suicide at Brighton, his youthful widow said in evidence that she was sccretlv married in July- Her husband was 'normal and cheery until a fortnight ago, when lie began to worry because a woman friend threatened to disclose the marriage. The fear of disclosure so preyed on his mind that he threatened to go* to Brighton to finish himself. A novel insurance was effected by the committee of the Tatura (Victoria) Jubilee Show, when they insured against the weather. The amount was £2OO and the premium ££s- It was agreed that the company was to pay if rain between six in the morning and noon amounted to 10 points or more. Actually 1-1 points fell, so that the committee gained from the company what it lost on attendance. After a conference with the Xew South Wales Minister of Lands the Prime Minister, Mr Stanley Bruce, announced that he had made available £500,000 to New South Wales' for migration. The noted g,aol-hreaker. William Digby, who twice the previous week escaped from custody at Port Lincoln, South Australia, made another attempt on Friday night. A policeman was taking him to the yard when he dashed off. The policeman followed, fifing a revolver. One of the shots lodged in Digby's stomach, and he died shortly after.