CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20016, 26 August 1930, Page 11

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

80UTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER. (Received August 2oth, 5.G p.m.) RUGBY, August 23. General Rertzog, the (South African Prime Minister, arrived at Elgin this morning oil a week-end visit to the Prime Minister at Lossiemouth. AN ARTIST'S ESTATE. (Received August 25th, D.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 25. Probate has been granted under the Will of Mr George Lambert, an Australian artist, whose estate was valued at £4816. It was left to his widow. NEW TRIAL ORDERED. (Received August 25th, 9.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 25. The Full Court quashed the conviction of John 'Gunh and Allan'Howden for conspiracy. The Court ordered a now trial. ■ COMMUNISM AMONG JAPANESE. (Received August Sfltll, 12.45 ft,in.) TOKYO, August 25. The embargo has been lifted from the publication of the facts concefning an attempt made to propagate Communism among the Japahess at Saghalien. The details are still lacking, but a most remarkable aspect was revealed. The conspirators consist mainly of Government officials.

EVENTS IN PALESTINE. RUGBY, August 24. The general report of the Permanent Mandates Commission to the Council of the League of Nations, dealing with the events in Palestine last August and September, will be officially published- at Geneva to-morrow-, and at the Same time the official toxt of the British comments on the report will be issued In London by the Colonial Office. TWO ARRETS MADE. SYDNEY, August 25. Two More men have been firreowa and are in hospital wounded as the refcult of the police firing on tho car at tfewtown. The motor-car was stolen <*j\rlier in the evening. ESCAPE FROM LOCK-UP. SYDNEY. August 25. Deliberately endangering his own life, a man irt the Dungog lock-up set fire to the flooring boards and escaped wherl a hole had been burned large enough for him to crawl through. lie ,« atill at large. The prisoner has been arrested.