CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14284, 28 April 1917, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

.Elec. Tel. Cdpyrlgtit— United Press Assn.) l Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. > .' (Recc'iveil April 28, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. Ths* military censor mentioned m the cables of the 19th, named* Spalding. -has been sentenced' to three years' penal servitude. 'Violet Vanburgh, the actress, has been granted restitution- of conjugal 'rights, tho action was undefended. The Commonwealth has- received advice that Turkey permits .parcels tn bey s^'nt to prisoners m Turkey. j-- SYDNKYI April 27. I ;,At the A.M. P. Society's annual meeting, there were many "eulogies on Mi Tee.cc, who is retiring, but continues to . at-fc as consulting'- -acbuary. The report was adopted and t-he- directoi-s re-elect-ed. The* chairman j owing to the inability of Lieut. -CWonel Roberts, New Zealand, representative, v to attend on account .of military duties, said the New Zealand branch had had a most successful year. The new business was only slightly behind last year's record. The society has subscribed "£3,659,000 to the war loans m London, Australia, and New Zealand. Arthur ' Price, a Wellingtonian and a returned 1 soldier, was found' dead -in bed at the military camp \to-day. He contracted .malaria m New Guinea, and was taken ih) . o vernig^t. , t ". t :