GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 24 January 1934, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES

BASLE BANDITS SUICIDE (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) BASLE, January 22. The bank robbers, this morning, took refuge in thickly-wooded country 50 miles south of Basle. The police surrounded a large ‘tract. but the criminals at night broke through the cordon and returned to Basle am] took refuge in a public, park. The police, hard ou their Joels, surrounded the park. The criminals, realising that escape was impossible, committed suicide. INSURANCE COY. TO PAY. PARTS, January 22. The Seine Commercial Court gave judgment that the L’Atlantique was irreparable, amJ ordered the insurers to pay two million Sterling plus costs of which on-c and a-half million falls on British companies. The, South Atlantique, Company thus won on all points. CODEX SINAITICUS. LONDON, January 22. The British Museum denies that Lord Wakefield has guaranteed £50.000 for the purchase of the Codex. NEW DEATH PENALTIES FOR INDIA. CALCUTTA, January 22. The Bengal Government has intro duced a. Bill seeking to supplement the existing law. whereby they will cope more effectively with the terrorist movement. The death penalty is provided for certain offences. Under the Arms Act. Magistrates are empowered to restrict the movement for persons known to be consorting with the Terrorists, and also to control the aciivities of associations which encourage the commission of crimes of violence. EXAGGERATED REPORT. TOKIO. January 22. The authorities -taite that it was not a submarinc,-chaser, but simply a. niuior launch that was sunk at ISasebo. Four dentils occurred. BIG RADIO STATION. (British Official Wireless;. RUGBY. January 22. i The Graph Marconi Company has an order from the Swedish Royal tele graph administration for a broadcast ing station of a super power class t<« replace (L>e existing long wave station at Motala. ]l is t" be designed and ce.iis’f ru<-tcd entirely at th<- Marconi works. Chelmsford. 'l’hv aerial energy of 'li ( . new tnausmilter will l>e 150 Lilov alls unmodulated aerial input. It will thus be among the most powerful is Europe. The sta/ion wil be so designed that it can be used with an. unmodulated aerial input of 220 kilowatts if desired at a later date. One feature is that 4 will be capable of operation as a high speed telegraph transmitter with 100 kilowatts.