GENERAL CABLES
PARISIAN TRACEDIES. ARGENTINIAN’S CRIMES. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) PARIS, Feb. Id. There was panic in a crowded cafe in a Boulvevard at Montmartre when a man seated at a table conversing with two others suddenly drew a revolver and shot his companions dead. Thereupon a man sitting near, with a woman rose, and he also was shot three times, and fell dead. Other customers fled. The man with the revolver was arrested. He gave the name of Luis Fernandez. He and his companions were Argentinians. HUGE RAILWAY LOSSES. SYDNEY, February 16. The accumulated losses, since 1914, of the combined railways of Australia reached a total of £68,000,(XX), accordingly to figures released by the conference of railway commissioners and transport authorites, which is now examining all railway accounts. BROADCASTING. RUGBY, Feb. 15. The Uowtliwster-dt'iirrnl, in the House of (Ammons, said that the work of constructing a new station for Empire broadcasting was in hand. The British Broadcasting Corporation hoped to provide regular service from this station before the end of the year. The scheme was being financed out of the Corporation's revenue, and no question of an overseas contribution would be raised until the service was established.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1932, Page 5
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