CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19198, 3 January 1928, Page 11

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Wahabis Raid Iraq. Basra, December 30.—1n a fresh Wahabi attack on the Iraq border, fifty Shamara Iraquis were killed. M. Zoubkoff's Accident. Paris, December 30.—1t is reported from Berlin that M. Zoubkoff, the young Russian who married the ex-Kaiser's sister, Princess Victoria, and who was injured in a motor-cycle accident on December sth, was so seriously hurt that he will be an invalid for the rest of his life. Home Rule Movement in Alsace. Paris, December 30.—Following a raid on the homes of Home Rule leaders in Alsace-Lorraine on December 26th, the police arrested twelve autonomist leaders. Dr. Eoos, a German excaptain, the leader of the party, escaped. New Secretary for British Columbia. Vancouver, December 30.—Mr T. D. Rattullo was sworn in as Provincial Secretary for British Columbia, vice Mr William Sloan, who has retired through illness. Miss E. de Chair Visits Auckland. Sydney, December 31.—A passenger aboard the Mararaa for Auckland is Miss Elaine de Chair, daughter of Sir Dudley de Chair, Governor of New South' Wales. South Australia's Rainfall. Adejaide, January 2. —The Government STefe'orologist, in a summary of South Australia's rainfall for the past year, shows that, with one or two exceptions, the total fall is everywhere below the average, the deficiency in most cases r .nging from two to six inches. Sandstorm in South Australia. Adelaide, January 2. —During a terrific sandstorm in the Moorook district houses were unroofed and a great many trees uprooted, causing heavy damage.

Big Blaze in Adelaide. Adelaide, January 2.—Fires destroyed a Block of buildings in the city occupied by Wilcox Mofflin, Limited, hide, skin, and wool merchants, and S. C. Eyles and Company, wholesale grocers. The damage is estimated at £20,000. Mr Thomas Hardy 111.

London, January 1. —The "Sunday Express" states that Mr Thomas Hardy, the author, is seriously ill. The Solomons Murders. Sydney, January 2.—A wireless message from Tulagai states that a punitive force returned to Tulagai with forty additional prisoners. The total is now two hundred prisoners and twenty-five killed in connexion with the recent massacres.

Explosives Factory Blows Up. Brussels, January 2. —An explosives factory in Lanacken was blown to pieces and five persons brought out dead. It is believed that there are five other deaths.