GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 19492, 5 March 1925, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

SUNDAY TENNIS. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, March 4. The City Council has decided to permit tennis to be played in all the parks in the city on Sundays for three months as an experiment. The “Reform” aidermen strongly protested. The vote was purely on party lines. MISS GIBSON’S PILGRIMAGE. ROME, March 3. It transpires that Miss Gibson (on a pilgrimage to Rome) is not dead, but has a serious wound in her chest. The police found two revolvers in her room. She has lately had three operations, and her mental state be,came one of extreme depression combined with a deep religious fervour. When a priest called on her she cried “Suicide” and pointed to her wound. VICTIM OF THE KUIFE. BRISBANE, March 4. The death has occurred of John Lawson, the second victim of the stabbing affray at Macknayde, where three engine-drivers were suddenly attacked by another, David Ballinghal, when walking through a cutting, where Ballinghal, who subsequently surrendered to the. police, had ambushed himself. NEW SOUTH WALES FLOCKS AND HERDS. SYDNEY, March 4. The live stock in New South Wales at December 31, 1924, was as follows: Horses, 498,194, a decrease of 14,343; cattle, 2,625,688, a decrease of 32,754; sheep, 37,387,895, an increase of 4,091,692. RUBBER FACTORY STRIKE SETTLED. SYDNEY, March 4. The strike of 1,200 employees at the Perdriau Rubber Company’s factory has been settled. The management decided to reinstate the sixteen moulders whose dismissal was the cause of the trouble. Although no work is offering in their usual occupation they will be found outside duties. Work will be resumed on Monday. PRINCE GEORGE. LONDON, March 4. (Received March 5,2 a.m.) The Daily Mail states that Prince George, fourth son* of the King, is undergoing an operation for adenoids. CAUSE OF CANCER. LONDON, March 4. The College of Pestology is awarding a gold medal during 1925 for original research in regard to the extent to which cockroaches cause and carry cancer. BETTING INFORMATION. OTTAWA, March 3. The Canadian Parliament, by 107 votes to 74, favoured legislation prohibiting the publication of racing betting information. VERDICT OF SUICIDE. LONDON, March 4. A verdict of suicide during temporary insanity was returned in the case of the Rev. Bettison. A doctor gave evidence that Mr Bettison was probably dead when his sister fired the second shot; in any case, the self-inflicted injuries would have been fatal in an hour. STRIKERS SENT TO GAOL. SYDNEY, March 5. In all, 42 employees at the Mount Kembla colliery were sentenced to 14 days’ gaol by the Arbitration Court for participating in a strike at the mine.