CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 February 1937, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

BARRYMORE BANKRUPT. [PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LOS ANGELES, February 17. John Barrymore has filed in the Federal Court a debtor’s petition in bankruptcy under a new law permitting the part-payment of debts on a percentage basis, or an extension of time to make full payment, without jeopardising property holdings. This action is believed to be the result of the divorce suit of Mrs. Barrymore

DERBY GIPSIES. LONDON, February IG. The picturesque gipsies .will probably be banned from Epsom Downs at this year’s Derby. GERMAN DEBTS. BERLIN, Februiary IG. Negotiations for a new German agreement to pay British creditors have temporarily broken down. Britain demanded as capital repayment 10 per cent of the sum owed to British banks, amounting to only £4,000,000. Germany contends' that this is unfair to other creditor countries and declines to admit that she has sufficient funds available.

RIVER COLLISION. PORTLAND (Oregon), Feb. 17. The Italian motor-ship Feltre, and the American freighter Edward Luck'cnbach collided in a gale in the Columbia River. The Feltre sank, and the Luckenbach grounded. All hands were saved from both vessels. GOLD FOR U.S.A. BOSTON, February 17. The Tarenga brought 22 boxes of gold bullion from Australia, valued at over a million dollars, consigned to the Federal Reserve Bank. It is expected that it will be transshiped at New York.