MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1927, Page 10

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

ELEPHANT GOES MAD,

CALCUTTA, August 17.

AL Dagmapur Station, in the United Provinces, one elephant out of a. consignment of four suddenly went mad and killed the “mahout” in charge. It then occupied a railway yard and all work was stopped for several hours. The climax came when 200 passengers from an incoming train stampeded to neighbouring villages. Later the elephant made for the open country and killed several villagers.

RED TRADE UNIONS

LONDON, August 17

The Riga, correspondent of the ‘ Times” says the Red trade unions, after their failure in China, have decided to hold the next conference of Pacific unions at Melbourne.

The last conference was held at Canton.. Mr. Tom Mann was the British delegate. Jock Garden, the Australian Communist, wanted to attend, but the Commonwealth Government would not allow him to leave the country.

LEAGUE’S WIRELESS STATION. •

GENEVA, August 25.

A committee of experts appointed by the League of Nations is drafting specifications for the installation of a wireless station costing from £40,000 to £60,000. It will be capable of establishing not only urgent communication at critical times, but also at ordinary times, between the secretariat and delegations. The system will embrace telephotography.

CHAMPION SLACKER.

LONDON, August 17

“The world’s champion slacker” was counsel’s description of Thomas Charity, a hotel porter, who unsuccessfully sued an Eastbourne restaurant-keeper for recovery of wages.

Charity admitted having liad 288 sitautions in 14 years, his average stay at each position being 14 days.