GENERAL CABLES.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17383, 20 April 1928, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

HOME AND FOREIGN. (Australian Press Association.) NEW YORK, April 18. The late Mr Chauncey M. Depew, by his will, disposed of £2.000,000, half of which he gave to charily, including a gift of £200,000 to A ale University, where he was a student. A message from Kansas City says Elwin Allan, an ex-convict., has confessed that lie killed the Rev. E. \\. Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills. The crime has baffled the New Jersey courts for six years. Allan told the police he had murdered the reel or and the woman upon receiving a payment, of £IOOO and a motor-car from relatives of the woman who complained that, she had disgraced the family name. , ' PARIS, April 18. The total number of candidates nominated for the general election is 3735. This is easily a record. Many of the candidates know they have no hope of success.

VIENNA, April 18. Unexpected scenes occurred in the Hungarian Parliament when the Premier, Count. Bethlen, welcomed 25 Italian Fascist Parliamentarians. Members of the Opposition cried: "Down with the murderers of Malletotti. What, do you .want hero?" When ‘ Count Bet.hlen said to Ihe visitors: “The whole Hungarian nation welcomes you,” the storm burst out afresh. Cries of: “It is a lie," and “Murderers," were hurled at the .embarrassed Italians. Count Albert Apponyi, a former Premier, accused the Opposition of committing an international outrage. TOKIO, April 19.

At the extraordinary session of the Diet., convened for to-morrow, a Speaker and officials will be elected. A formal ceremony on Monday will be conducted by the Emperor in person. The vernacular press publishes a strange story of a millionaire industrial named Kihachiro Okura, aged 9i. Last night his physicians announced that lie was dead, hut later ho revived and was able fo talk. He is reported to-day to he improving.

AUSTRALIAN. SYDNEY. April 19. The postmaster at Scvenhills, Henry Charles Dodds, to-day confessed that the apparent robbery yesterday at the Scvenhills Post OfTiee was a fraud. Ho was arrested and charged with stealing £2OO, the property of the Commonwealth. He was remanded until April 30. Mr Booth, who was one of the first men at the Edie Creek goldfields at Bulolo, New Guinea, is visiting Sydney. He says the alluvial gold is giving out. Only iO miners are left on the field who are working their original claims.

A wireless message 'from T.ulagi says Fireal, a native, was convicted of the murder of the cadet, Mr Lillies, who was shot in the rising at Malaita in October, 1927, and was condemned to death.