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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 April 1914, Page 5

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[BY ELECTRIC TELEUIIAPH—COPYIUGHT-] FENNER'S FRAUDS. ' LONDON, April 23.—At the Fenner trial .Major Ovey gave evidence that, wish ing fo change his investments, he approached Fenner, who .submitted a scheme lor re-investment involving £44,872, increasing his income by £350 yearly. The certificates were handed to Fenner, but he did not give the new stock and misappropriated £35,000. INTERESTING REVELATIONS. LONDON, April 23.—. Mrs Parnell is publishing in the middle of May the history of the O'Shea divorce, the Parnell's love letters and political revelations including his draft of the Irish constitution with Hon. W. E. Gladstone's comments. [Catherine O'Shea acted as Parnell's g»between in the negotiations between Air. Gladstone and Mr. Chamberlain. STRIKE AGAINST PROHIBITION. ST. PETERSBURG, April 23.—The strike of 10,000 factorymen in Russian Provinces comes as a sequel to the most sober Easter ever known. The strikers arc protesting against the prohibition of liquor sales for three days during Easter. NAVAL POLICY. LONODN, April 23.—. Mr. Asqnith, in reply to Captain Faber, said that ho had not received any official comunication in regard to Mr. Allen's speech regarding the continuance of the naval subsidy or Senator Millen's statement on the effect of Mr. Churchill's speech. LABOUR CONFERRING. LONDON, April 23.—A conference of the .Miners' Federation, representing 729,000 members, the National Transport Workers, representing 300,000, and the National Union of Railwaymen, representing 370,000 appointed si sul. committee to draft a combined working agreement. IMPERIAL BUDGET. LONDON, April 23.—The Budget will be delivered next Thursday. DIVORCE IN HIGH LIFE. LONDON, April 23.—The ( mmtess De La Wan' has been granted a decree nisi. LIBEL APPEAL. LONDON, April 23.—Robert Seivor editor of the "Winning Post,'' has abandoned h'is appeal in the. Wootton ease. ■ HORSE MAIMING. LONDON. April 23.—A horse was maliciously lamed by a gash thirteen inches long and fwo inches deep at Wedneabury.

DESPERATE ROBBERS. ST. PETERSBURG, April 23.—Three thieves, by holding up the customers, robbed a shop at St. Petensburg and decamped with a large sum. They fired revolvers at their pursuers. A policeman shot one dead and the second was fatally wounded. He was found to bo in possession of tabloid poison. The third emptied his revolver, and when disarmed swallowed a tabloid and dropped dead. THE AUSTRIAN 1 EMPEROR. VIENNA, April 23.—The. Emperor passed a disturbed night. The catarrh in his right lung is undiminished but his strength is maintained. The Bourse is depressed. DANCER OF SUFFOCATION. NEW YORK, April 23.—The mine manager of the New Aguillar Mine in Colorado has telephoned that thirty women and children who refuged in the mine are likely to die of suffocation as the mine mouth has caved in by dynamite explosions caused by the strikers in the attacks on State troops. SHAKESPEARIAN CELEBRATIONS. BERLIN, April 23.—Germany is celebrating the 350th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The newspapers devote long articles to the subject, while the theatres are staging the famous author's plays. STOLEN LETTERS. TOKIO,, April 23.—Siemens Shuckott is prosecuting Pooley and his wife to recover £5,000 paid Pooley as a reward for returning secret papers which Pooley purchased from Richter, not knowing that they were stolen.