Cable Jottings
TOKYO FIRK TRAGEDY.—Nineteen palients were burned to death in a urn w lich destroyed a mental liospi- . at Tokyo. Heartrending scenes Vere witnessed when the survivors were being rescued.—U.S. TTAIN BLOWN UP.-i—A newspaper despatch says the entire military escort of a passenger train in the Mate of Michocan, who are believed t< L* Ve num bered between 20 and 50, a k a * so the engine crew, were killed when the train was dynamited by insurgents.—A. P. A. - U. S. ADMIRAL, MARRIED. RearAdmiral George F. Hyde, commander m the Royal Australian Navy, was Quietly married at Sydney on Saturto Miss Isla Robertson. The P f r * en^s bride own the Jandra k. * °n, Bourke, New South Wales, ut are now residing at Manly, Sydney. ♦IRLTSKR CANBERRA.—The second Australia’s now 10.000 -ton cruisers, , ne Canberra, reached Sydney, her °me port, on Saturday. Her officers na crew were cordially welcomed, j . e other cruiser, the Australia, is oeing overhauled in dock at Sydney. l A X on BETTI NO.—The fac t lias commented upon since the recent ntish by-elections that the booklakers have solidly supported the J-abour candidates. Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Labour leader, in a letter to an at Derby, says the Labour will abolish the betting tax if it s returned to power at the next election.—a. and N.Z.-P.A. INLAND MISSIONARIES. Four Missionaries are passengers for New "faland by the motor-liner Rangitiki. *ney are on the way to Siota, Solomon uplands, to which place they will go • the mission steamer Southern cross.— A. and N.Z.-P.A. >»'OTKn IRISH 1-T.YKK.—Colonel | ‘tzmaurice, who flew across the At“htic last year with the late Baron huenefeld and Herr Kwh!, has re--htd from the Irish Free State Army. A - and N.Z.-P.A. ESCAPEE CAUGHT.—The Sydney police on Saturday rearrested Walter Jones, W ho with Patrick Duncan es*rom the custody of a policeman Jt the Central railway station on ■Thursday.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 591, 18 February 1929, Page 9
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315Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 591, 18 February 1929, Page 9
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