GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1704, 18 December 1919, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

By Electric Tele graph.—Copyright. _ Australian-New Zealand (/'able As&oaatioa LONDON. Dec. 15. John Jordan, a big game hunter, and Fellow of the Geographical' Society, mformed the Daily Mail that he had oncountered a brontosaurus on the Mugone river, Lake Victoria, in 1907. It hud a lion-like heat}, walrus fangs eighteen feet in length, and sealed leopr.rd-lilce spellings. Ho fired at the animal, but it escaped. Natives are well acquainted _ with the brontosaurus; they call it “bingoeck or nogUto ‘ LONDON, Dec. 16. Mr Cecil Iln.rmsworth states that tlio Government continues every effort to secure the delivery of the Cape Finisterro and other German liners detained in America. Presumably the vessels will be delivered as soon as America is able to arrange for them. There is the prospect of a sharp conflict between the Lords and Commons over the lairds' amendments to the Aliens Bill. _ Many well known people are following the Prince of Wales’s example and contributing to Burry’s expenses. A man was sentenced to death at Chester in October for murdering a thirteen-year-old girl under revolting circumstances while drunk. lie appealed to the Criminal Court, which reduced the charge to manslaughter, and sentenced the accused to 20 years’ servitude. On the ground of misdirection regarding the effect of drunkenness on the mental condition, the Crown lias now appealed to (ho House of Lords. The Attorney-General argues for restoring the death sentence. It is believed that such an appeal is unprecedented. LONDON,_ Dec. 16. Barry ami Felton have signed for a match to take, place in Australia before September 30th. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Mr James Gerard, ex-American Ambassador to Germany, is announced as an intended candidate with Democratic nomination for the Presidency, if President Wilson seeks a third term,