CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 April 1938, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

WHITNEY FAILURE. [press assn—copyright.] NEW YORK, April 2*. The Securities Exchange C o ™ l ™'’ sion accountants haveaannounce d Mia the Whitney company failuie Ins volved 2,655.000 dollars. . Mr Richard Whitney’s personal indXdness 3.007 000 of >eh 2,897,000 was owing to Mi George Whitney.’ DOMESTIC SERVANTS. LONDON, April 28The Trades Union Congress proposes to establish a union for domestic servants. PASSENGER ARRESTED. SUVA, April 28. Alfred Owen Sandys, a passenger on the Aorangi, was arrested on instructions from the Vancouver police on a charge of false pretences. He was remanded pending extradition proceedings. BRITISH SOMALILAND. RUGBY, April 27Asked in the House of Commons if he would take the necessary steps to bring British Somaliland into the status of a British colony, and to recognise its people as British citizens in accordance with their desires, the Secretary for Colonies (Mr W. Ormsby-Gore) replied: "The answer is in the negative. I am not aware of any widespread desire on tho part of the inhabitants of British Somaliland for a change of status.”

COOGAN FORTUNE HOLLYWOOD, April 27. The Receiver has placed the assets in Jackie Coogan Productions Inc., at 696,000 dollars, and the liability at 80,937. The largest single item in the inventory is real estate worth 498,000 dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Bernstein (the latter the mother of Jackie) owe the concern 66,042 dollars, and they claim from the company 21,729 dollars. Jackie said the report showed that virtually all of his earnings have been dissipated. He said: “My mother must not be blamed for this terrible condition.” ROUMANIAN IRON GUARD BUCHAREST, April 28. The 167 recently-arrested members of the Fascist Iron Guard were sentenced without trial to one year’s forced residence in two old monasteries, which have been converted into concentration camps. RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS MOSCOW, April 28. A party of scientists from the Central Asian University of Tashkent are transporting ton? of material to the top of a 13,200-feet peak in rhe Pamir mountains, where they will, live for a year investigating the possibilities of livestock breeding and fodder cultivation in high regions. Radio will be their only contact with’ the outside world.