GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1936, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

NEW YORK MURDER. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copy wright.) NEW YORK, November 5 The mysterious murder of Walton Ford, a former, actor and member ofJin aristocratic Virginia family, in a fashionable' hotel in New York-has created a sensation. The victim was found boa ten-,- strangled,, anti bound to ja bed. There was evidence of a struggle) Two men who had been Ford’s guests are sought by tile police. ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADE.* - ‘ RUGBY, November 4." The negotiations between - Britain and Italy which’ have been proceedihg dll'Rome are now oil ithe point of completidh,'- and it' is :confidently- expected that a clearing agreement’Will be sign, fed-this .week. One of the principal feat---Urcs- of the agreement js believed to be the provision of a satisfactory British coal quota. AL CAPONE’S SON FINED, MIAMI, November 4. /Albert‘Capone, aged 18/ a son of Al Capone, was fined 10 dollars and orderfed not to drive for a year after being found guilty of reckless driving. He lqst control of his own machine when trying to pass another car at high "speed/ § NEW BRIDGE AT ’FRISCO. SAN FRANCISCO, November 4. It is' announced 'that thfe fotir-day opening celebrations of the East' Baty /Bridge; the longest in the world, will begin on November 12. LEGALISING EUTHANASIA. ‘ ' ' LONDON, November 4. ’ A bill bringing enthanasia as an issue before Parliament was introduced in the House of Lord by Lord Ponsonby It provides for J'the- administration, in certain circumstances, of euthanasia to persons' desiring'it, who are suffering from' a s fatal; incurable illness, involving severe pain.