GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 3 June 1925, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

N.S..YV. ELECTIONS. by cable-cress association—copyright. SYDNEY, J une 2. The state of the political parties is still unchanged. No l alteration is expected for several day»s. MURDER OF SIRDAR. CAIRO, June 2. Alt nine persons accused of the murder of the Sirdar (Sir Lee Stack) were found guilty. Sentence was deferred. BOLSHEVIK PLOT IN EGYPT. CAIRO, June 2. The discovery of a Bolshevik revolutionary plot caused numerous arrests, including a Russian, whom his confreres nicknamed “Moscow’s Eye.” The police ascertained that two of the Sirdar’s alleged murderers, frequently visited the Soviet’s representative in Berlin. TIMELY DISCOVERY. NEW YORK, June 2. A plan to blow lip the elevated trains was frustrated early on Tuesday morning with the finding of two boxes, believed to contain bombs, projecting over the tracks at two stations. -

The police threw" the boxes into the river. EMPIRE COTTON-GROWING. LONDON. June 1. The Cotton-growing Association expressed the opinion that the year’s results have demonstrated that the Empire is capable of. producing suitable types and substantial quantities of cotton, but that future progress, is largely dependent on improvement in transport facilities. The association’s activities for the vear yielded a profit of £104,000. RENUNCIATION. ' RIOME, June 1. The Sicilian Prince and Princess Discin'. whose combined fortunes amount to millions, have renounced their positions as social leaders. , Tho Prince has entered a monastry at Monza, and the Princess a convent at Modena. They are aged 40 ye ..rs and are without hone. They have given no explanation for the step they have taken.