GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 15 January 1925, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

EARTHQUA.KE DISASTER. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 13. A violent earthquake has destroyed several villages near Ardahan. Many lives were lost. WOMEN RUSH FOR DIVORCE. LONDON, Jan. 13 In consequence of recent legislation equalising the sexes regarding grounds for divorce. there arc 403 women’s petitions out of 597 undefended cases on the new list. PAYMENT FOR WAR INVENTIONS. LONDON, January U War inventions awards show ’that five aeroplane design companies shared £269,000. Commander Wilkinson originator of the dazzle paint for ships received £2OOO. SHAVING FOR CONVICTS. LONDON. Jan 13 The Commi t inner of Prisons in the annual report sav>: The general adoption of shaving i> restoring the . prisoners’ self respect, aud the hangdog look, formerly characteristic, is disappearing. GERMAN RAILWAY DISASTER. BERLIN, January 13. A nnibt-i’s have been killed or injured ae the result <if a railway disaster in Westphalia. The morning express from Berlin to Cologne came into collision with a stationary train at Heine Station. So far, twenty-one, l)odies have been extricated from the wreckage. APPEAL IN HARI SINGH JASE. LONDON, Januar’- 13. Charles Robinson has entered an ap poal again <! the jud.-fi.'.e Mid land Bank case. MORE SCOTTISH EVICTIONS. LONDON. January 13. Four evictions took place at, Clydcsbank thi s morning. The entry of the sheriff’s officers was opposed in one .case, but the barricade was quickly battered down. One family returned home two hours after their eviction. The others intend to follow suit. The crowd molested several report-.-r.-. ami two were severely srtoued by a , hundred rowdies before the police in I tervened. BIG TOKIO HOSPITAL BURNED. TOT\ 10. January 13 . An outbreak of fire is reported from

St. Luke’s Interna I.i jnal Hospital. Practically the whole building, which was a temporary structure, was gutted. A strong wind was blowing. It is understood that a hundred -.nd twenty patients, including :» 't-w foreigners, were safely removed ian open space behind the hospital. Ma’.tres and the staff of the paymasters college in the neighbourhood assisted tin firemen. Dr. T(*ush'r, head of the hospital, is now returning from America. The cause of the fire is unknown. It totally destroyed the records and stores. As far as can be ascertained,, there were no casualties, all the patients being saved. They are being accommodated in another building. Those able to do so are returning to their homes.