GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6319, 23 February 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

FATAL GERMAN-FRANCO AFFRAY IN SILESIA. (Received Feb. 22, 8.15 p.m.) BERLIN, Feb. 21. A German police officer is alleged to have shot dead a French soldier at Peterhocrf. Silesia. Ihe assailant was arrested and an inquiry opened. ALLEGED ABSCONDER ARRESTED. (Received Feb. 22. 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 21. Gerald Delariviere, who absconded from bail in London’in December on a charge of obtaining £IOOO by moans of the confidence trick from Watkins, an engineer, has been arrested at Monaco. Probably he will he extradited shortly. U S DEBT REFUNDING COMMISSION. (Received Feb. 22, 7.25 p.m.) WASHINGTON Feb. 21. President Harding has nominated as a Foreign Debt Refunding Commission Messrs Mellon. Hughes, Senator Root and Representative Burton. N Z SHIPPING CO.’S APPEAL DISMISSED. LONDON, Feb. 21. The House of Lords dismissed the New Zealand Shipping Company's appeal, Lord Buc-kmaster remarking that the case illustrated the heavy burden carried by businesses trading hotli sides of the sea. MURDERER EXECUTED. LONDON, Feb. 21. Ilarkness. sentenced to death for the murder of a Jewish shop girl, lias been executed. His wife was reprieved.

DISCOVERY OF HIDDEN EXPLOSIVES. LONDON. Feb. 21. The police recovered liewt of gelignite and other high explosives from back courts and ashbius in Glasgow, at the east end, sufficient to blow half the town into atoms. The authorities believe the explosives were stolen from mining districts and had been removed from Sinn he in arsenals where raids are expected. PRE-WAR PRICE FOR HOTEL ACCOMMODATION. LONDON. Feb. 20. A number of important London hotels announce that the accommodation charges have been reduced to a pre-war level.—United Service. BRITISH SOLDIERS DROWNED IN .JORDAN. CAIRO, Feb. 21. Nine British artilleryman were drowned in the river Jordan. It is believed they were caught in the current while fording the liver. United Service. GEDDES’ FINAL CUT. LONDON, Feb. 21. Sir E. Geddes has concluded his third and final report, bringing the total economies recommended to over £90,000,000.

INSURANCE SMASHES. LONDON, Feb. 21. Winding up orders were granted to-day to the Greater Britain Insurance Corporation and City of London lte-insurance Company. Both belong to the City Equitable group. SOUTH AFRICA’S DEFICIT. CAPETOWN, Feb. 21. In introducing additional estimates in the Legislative Assembly, the Minister of Finance raid that the deficit for the current year was two millions. The Customs had fallen off a million. The collapse of’’the diamond inaiket involved a lieavv loss. He believed it would he wrong to' tax the people. The onlv alternative was to reduce expenditure. :

BANKRUPT BROKERS. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Two more brokers, have failed, making twenty-eight in two months. The liabilities average over a million dollars each. The highest was eight million.