CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 May 1934, Page 7

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

OILMAN KIDNAPPED. [by OABLE —PBESS ASSN. COPYRIGHT.! LOS ANGELES, May 10. In the absence of the customary ransom note, the police are mystified at the kidnapping of William Gettle, a wealthy petroleum producer, from his suburban home. Early in the morning two masked men entered the grounds during a garden party. At the pistol pont, they forced Gettle to acompany them.

St AMERICAN WAR. BOLIVIA, May 10. Bolivia to-day notified the Foreign Legations that if the reports that Paraguay is maltreating Bolivian prisoners of war were confirmed, the Air Force of Bolivia would begin a bombardment of Asuncion, the Paraguayan capital. RUBBER SPECULATION. RUGBY, May 10. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked in the Commons whether his attention had been drawn to the recent speculative dealings in rubber shares and in rubber on English Stock Exchanges and commodity markets, and whether legislative powers would

be sought to provide that transactions of the kind mentioned' should only be for cash with order. Mr Chamberlain replied that the rise in the price of commodities and, therefore, in the shares of producing companies, following the announcement of the recent scheme, was not unnatural. He saw no reason for the Government seeking powers to interfere in the manner suggested. WORLD EXHIBITION. RUGBY, May 10. In view of the importance of the n.ext year’s international Universal Exhibition at Brussels, both commercially and politically, the Government has decided to participate. The Belgian Government has been informed of this decision. It is the intention of the British Government to erect an official pavilion. Eighteen countries are taking part in the exhibition, including France, Germany and Italy. COTTON PRODUCTION. RUGBY, May 10. Lord Derby, at the annual meeting of the British Cotton Growing Association, referred to the production increase within the Empire during the year. He said' that honours went to Uganda, which produced nearly three million bales of cotton. This was a record for that protectorate, and an increase of 90,000 bales over the previous year. He appealed to Lancashire spinners, who spin low counts, and manufacturers and shippers of cloth, to give preference to Indian cotton. JOURNALISM AWARD. MONTREAL, May 10. The Columbia Medal annually presented by the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri to one outstanding foreign newspaper, was to-day awarded to the “Melbourne Argus,” which is described as a distinguished exponent of the best traditions of journalism.

ORDER OF LENIN. MOSCOW, May 10. The largest group of medals that has been distributed since the Soviet regime began has been awarded to 157 persons, namely, the Order of Lenin, for outstanding service in the collective agriculture. The recipients of the medals are entitled to enter trams by the front door, and also are entitled to free entertainment in the cinemas and theatres, and to holiday trips. GOLD ROBBERY. CALCUTTA, May 11. A consignment of gold bars, valued at nearly 1’8,500, mysteriously disappeared when in transit from Amritzar to Bombay by the frontier mail train yesterday. Amritzar Indian bankers consigned the gold to the firm’s Bombay office. Fifty arrests, including two of the train guards, also a parcels clerk and ticket collector, have been made.