LAST NIGHT'S CABLES. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9954, 16 September 1910, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLES. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

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CHARGES OF WHOLESALE THEFT. LONDON, September 15. I Adolph Rothbarth, of the Loudon firm of Martin, Rothbarth and Co., hop dealers, pleaded guilty at New ■York to larceny of £'2ooo from hanks. The amount altogether involved exceeds £20,000.. George W. Fitzgerald, ex-teller of the Chicago Sub-Treasury, lias been arrested on charges of theft of £30,000. SIR GEORGE RE ID ON IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Sir George Reid, at Portsmouth, recalled Australia's former sense of security as long as Britain's was practically the only navy in the world. Events had since- marched rapidly, and without questioning other people's- sincerely 'peaceful sentiments, it Mas impossible, to forget that peace or war was often in the hands of a single man. Britain's only safeguard was to continue to build Dreadnoughts sufficient to- ensure a perfect margin of safety. . YOSEMITE FALLS. NEW YORK. September 14. Yosemite Falls, California, which were drying up in consequence of the drought, were restored to activity with appalling suddenness by a cloud burst. 'A wall of water swept down with a roar heard.-for miles. There was a panic at tho hotels, but the guests were uninjured. '