GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11382, 6 December 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

CHINESE WARFARE ENDS

(U.P.A by Elec. Tel. Copyright) SHANGHAI. Dec. 4.

Yenhsishan Shansi,shan Shansi, the ex-war lqrd; hay- arrived at Tientsin, and is located in rae Japanese concession, being eti route to Japan, definitely 'ending the recent warfare.

INCREASED GOLD WON BY CANADA.

, (U.P.A.’.by Elec. Tel, Copyright (Received Dee, 5, 1.1 p.m.) OTTAWA, Dec. 4. Canada mined 30,861,000 dol. worth of eold in 1929, the largest amount in its history and surpassed only-by South Africa and the United States.

A PERTINENT QUERY

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Dec. 5, 11.40 i>.m.), LONDON, Dec. 5. The Daily Mail asks; “Is it too much to hope that statesmen and financiers of the world will put their heads together and see what can be" done to mobilise the gold reserves? In view of the paralysing effects of the gold shortage, international action is obviously required.”

DEATH ROLL FROM BURMA

’QUAKE, (IT.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Deo. 6. 7 p.m.) DELHI, Dec. 5.

The death roll in connection with the Burma earthquake is now forty. Several trains., were completely derailed by earth movements. In some places, the rails sank five. feet. Bridge girders wore jerked from their trestles.

MANIACS AT LARGE.

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Dec. 5 11 p.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 4

Six men, the most violent of the criminal insane imprisoned in the State institution at Manhattan, including two murderers and two dangerous pyromaniacs. escaped and are in New York to-night, following a daring delivery arranged by an inmate who, sometime ago escaped and returned yesterday with three gunmen, who imprisoned seven guards and released his companions. The wife of one of the maniacs received telephone calls from the men to-day, who, for the most part, are depressive maniacs. The murderers among the escapees have several killings each on their records, while among the pyromaniacs is one who! for fifteen years, was known to the police as ton setter of many fires before he was apprehended.

DEATH OF AUSTRALIAN DAREDEVIL-

(U.P.A, by Elec. Tol. Copyright) (Received Dec. 5 ]1 p.m.) NEW YORK. Dec. 4.

Municipal Judge Anderson, of Jacksonville (Florida) expressed the opinion, after investigation. that a man who died here on Saturday in one of the county hospital charity wards was Vincent P. Taylor, an Australian aviator and dai’e-devil who came to the United States in 1920. His papers also showed that he was a member of the Royal FB'ing Corps during the World War. The police said that he came to the station several days ago jobless, hungry and ill and, on arrival, collapsed.. -