GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

BIG ’QUAKE. AT HAWAII. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). HONOLULU, Sept. 26. News from Hilo states: — The severest earthquake within the memory of old . residents shook the western part of Hawaii on Wednesday night. It destroyed many buildings. ' ' : JAP SENSATION. POLITICAL CORRUPTION. KOBE'. Sept. 26. ' Mr- Ogawa; late Minister of Railways, has been summoned to account for scandals connected with numerous charters that were granted to electric railways on the eve of 1 the Government’s resignation. There has been an embargo for weeks past on mentioning those though many other Seiyukai scandals fill the newspapers. MRS HATRY. FALSE PRESS REPORTS. LONDON, Sept. 26. ■; Some of the newspapers have published sentimental stories of Mrs Hatry’s appearance at the Guildhall when her. husband - was charged, and also of her visiting the gaol and leaving in tears. Mrs:. Hatry’s secretary, however/states that she .was neither in the Court nor did she visit the gaol. She lias ; not been in . London since September 19th, and she is remaining in the country. GIRLS KIDNAPPED. WHOLESALE IN INDIA. DELHI, Sept. 26. An Administration report on the United Provinces of India ( declares that more girls were kidnapped last year than ever before. Hill girls are in great demand, especially in the Punjab. DUELLING. NEW GERMAN PENALTIES. ' BERLIN, Sept. 26. * : The Reichstag Committee, examining the new Penal Code, approved of a paragraph prescribing imprisonment for participants in all forms of duelling, including students; and the Committee also accepted a Socialist amendment rendering convicted duellists ineligible for official appointments. STEEL INDUSTRY. SETBACK IN BRITAIN. LONDON, Sept. 26. Owing to a lowering of steel prices »n the Continent, between five and j six thousand men employed at the Ebbyval Iron and Steel Works have received notice during the weekend. A DEBTOR’S PETITION. LONDON, Sept. 26. As a sequel to the Hatry collapse, the Russell Company is petitioning for jcompulsory liquidation of Parchcster Trust.