CABLES IN BRIEF

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 24 June 1927, Page 4

CABLES IN BRIEF

Fired at Judge ! Judge Lyle, of Chicago, who is known for his severe treatment of criminals, had a narrow escape on Thursday night, when fired on in a drug store by men in a passing motor car. United States' Surplus It was announced at Washington on Tuesday that, the, most successful year of the Coolidge Administration had closed with a surplus of 700,000,00(1 dollars (£140,000,000). Sailors Lost in Gale The German sailing ship Greif (2214 tons), while on the way to Falmouth from Port Pirie with a cargo of wheat, encountered a four-day gale. She lost, two seamen, three boats, and much of her bulwarks, also all movable objects on the deck.. Novel Banana Store * Bananas are ripening in the vaults of Holy Trinity Church, Gray's Inn road, London. The vicar, the Rev. Hope Smith, had leased the Vaults to fruiterers, in order to augment his stipend, on which he was unable to live. Gould Millions Two New York legal firms have been awarded fees execcdiug £IOO,000 each for settling the dispute among the heirs to Jay Gould's millions.