GENERAL CABLES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 30 December 1924, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

(Wy Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Aa*tr»li»n and N.Z. Cablo Auooiatlbn.) LONDON, Dec. 28. Mr George Downing Liveing, .President -of the St. John’s College since 1911, is dead, aged 97. He had been in residence at Cambridge University without a break for 76 years. ‘ Obituary: At Florence, A. Henry Savage Landor, the explorer. A . LONDON, Dec. 29.; Obituary: William Archer, dramatic critic. . :

The Arnstel (Rowing Club, Holland, has engaged Tom Sullivan, the -NeW Zealand sculler, as coach ■ ■ - f LONDON, Dec. 29.

The underwriters are saddled with per cent, of the Victorian loan. Dealings opened at 1 per cent, discount. DELHI, Dec. 29. Discontent over the land revenue'settlement in the Punjab- culminated in riots . and disorder, resulting, in-. .argon and looting. . The Revenue Minister’s residence was burnt. The. agent of the Governor-General for the Punjab arrived with a detachment of troops., -The situation is now quiet-.,:, ■' j'jThe Viceroy received 500,000 rupees from,’Sir Victor Sassoon in memory of his late father. The gift will be devoted to the relief of poor women land children. -G

NEW YORK, Dec. ,29.

After 60 hours’ deliberation the jury at the trial of Kid McCoy at Los Angeles for the murder of Theresa Moss, stood seven to five for acquittal, several jurymen-holding out for. hanging. McCoy testified, that the-woman committed suicide in his presence before he could prevent her. , Early interest-in the 1925 Davis Cup indicates there will he a record entry. Switzerland is the second nation to enter.

CAIRO, Dec. 29. "“A strong hid for popular support was made in a Wafd manifesto signed by Zaghlul. It- condemns ZAvar’s unconstitutional acts in defiance of public opinion and particularly denounces the dissolution and the modification of the electoral law. It accuses the Government of interfering with the freedom of elections, and concludes by declaring the Government will he held responsible for its actions and the consequences thereof. ... The Sudan Government is signing an agreement with a British group to build a nine span steel bridge of 1150 yards over the White Nile connecting Khartoum with Omdurman- -and costing £250,000 to £300,000. . ,