"STOP PRESS” NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16543, 29 September 1921, Page 10

"STOP PRESS” NEWS.

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A VENDETTA. j (Received September 29. 2.20 p.m.) LONDON, September 28. | Tile Londonderry correspondent of the “ Daily Telegraph ” reports a. sensational count martial of two special constables, Griffin and Gilmour, and Bradley, a maimed ex-soldier. They were accused of the murder cf three Sinn Fcmerg in Dromore on April. G :-.n the course of reprisals following - uu attack upon special constables in which, a constable was injured for lifel A feature of the case was the de- ' fence that the prosecution was due ■ to a vendetta. The Sinn Peine rs i were charging three of their rivals with murder, hoping that they would suffer the death sentence and so be quits. The Judge Advocate said it was not necessary for the purpose of a vendetta, that the actual person should ' suffer. It was sufficient if a member „ , of the opposing clan or party suffered. ; A dramatic feature was the Sinn * Vein evidence that Bradley was carry•i ing a lantern in his right Land, which ihe defence proved was the hand that JD had been maimed in the war. The three accused were acquitted. V* GERMAN FINANCIAL PANIC. 'The Berlin correspondent of the , Daily Express” aays. —” The ques- % tioo of the hour is: ‘ Will the £jound reach live hundred i* At pno* time i on Wednesday 490 marks were quoted to the pound sterling. This catastrophic 'all has caused such norvousnci= that it is stopping all business. Nevertheless, shares on the German stock exchange are rising in startling fashion. Rises of 250 points in a day •ire common, and some mining shares have risen over two thousand.” “ Frantic speculation is universal,” adds the correspondent. “An indication of the confusion due to the slump in the value of the mark is furnished by the fact that prices of goods in shops are constantly changing. When the price of articles io ayked an aasis- : tant says, * Excuse me a minute while ! X ask the manager of the department | how much the prico has risen in the ; last, hour.’ Ther is a general feeling that the climax is coming, as it is impossiblo for German linance to continue to run amok.” GERALDINE RACES. GERALDINE TROT, i BING BOY .... 1 | LITTLE POINTER . . 2 i CHILD WOOD . . .3 SQUATTERS’ HANDICAP. SONGBIRD . .1 MADAM CHIRON . . 3 BATTLE SCENE . . 3