CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 1 September 1930, Page 11

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

"THIN MAN" ESCAPES. (Eeceived August 31st, 5,5 p.m.) PAEIS, August 30. Marcel Pouclitt, formerly "thin man" on show at country fairs, became a transgressor and was imprisoned. He began a hunger-strike, refusing to enlighten the warders why he was sulking. They however soon discovered the motive, when they found, the cell empty, for Pouclitt had wriggled through the window bars.

WINSTON CHUROBH/I/S COTTAGE. (Received August 31sfc» 6.5 p.m.) LONDON. August 80. A "To let" sign has appeared outside the cottage at Westerham. which was built by Mr Winston Churchill when he earned great . publicity recently as a bricklayer."It is up-to-date in ©very way," declared the agent, who is very proud of his commission. "It baa every modern, convenience, and is thoroughly well built."

VICTORIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. MELBOURNE, August 29. In the municipal elections in Victoria, only two out of Labour candidates have been returned. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. RUGBY, August 29. The Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay Mac-Donald > returned from London to Lossiemouth by air this morning. He will spend 10 more days on holiday at Lossiemouth before returning to London. POLICE ACTIVITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY. August 30. Gaols throughout the State are so congested that the Government has issued a proclamation re-establishing the prison at Hav. The Consorting Act has made .it easier for the police to obtain convictions against well-known criminals. MINISTER FOR HEJAZ. RUGBY, August 29. Among those who called at the Foreign Office and .were received by the Secretary of State this afternoon was the Shiek Hafiz Waba. the first Minister of the Kinsrdom of Hejas and Najd to be accredited to the Court oi St. James.