GENERAL CABLES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 13 September 1924, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

(By Electric Telegraph.—Ck>PJ right.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association <

LONDON, Sept. 11 At the inquest on White, a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned. A brother said deceased a week ago was very upset and told him that Miss Nind had been pursuing him. Ho told her he had no affection for her. Nind had threatened suicide. BERLIN, Sept. 11 A statement submitted to the Diet by the Finance Minister shows that the Prussian State- paid thirty million marks to the ex-Kaiser till May 1920, and 20,000 Dutch guilders last year, also 50,000 gold marks monthly to the administrator of the ex-royal house foi maintenance of members of' the family. The minister suggests that the royal palaces at Berlin, Potsdam and elsewhere shall he regarded as the property of the State and that t,he few estates and hunting lodges he the private property of the Hohenzollerns. 1 OTTAWA, Sept. 12. Demanding an increase in wages from forty-five to sixty dollars weekly, the telegraph operators at the Manning Canadian Press and Associated Press Wires in CViiicklil*, struck. completely tvinir up the news service. y b 1 PEKIN. Sept. 12 r Lhe Russian Legation was handed over to Karaklian, the Soviet Envoy, today' PEKIN, Sept. 12 lii view of the measures whichi have been taken in Shanghai, no anxiety is felt for the safety of the settlement's. Effective use has been made of barb wire on various roads leading to concessions, especially from the north and this system of defence can be extended quickly to other roads if necessary. Volunteers number close on two thousand in addition to about five hundred cx service men, mostly British, who have offered their services in case of , emergency. There are also twelve hundred marines. *