GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2331, 26 October 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

RESCUE OF NATIVES

MANILA, Oct, 23

During a- storm and flood three American boats saved 100 out of 106 natives in the suburbs of Apariri, in the Philippines. FACTORIES FOR IRELAND. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. There is a prospect as a result of Mr. Redmond’s representations, of several American manufacturers starting factories in Ireland owing to the British Patents Act. INDUSTRIAL CO-PARTNERSHIP. United Press Association, Covyright (Received Oct. 25, 4.30 p.m.) \ LONDON, Oct. 24. A meeting of delegates of the men employed by the Furness-Witty Company, West Hartlepool, approved Sir Christopher Furness’ co-partnership proposals, previously cabled, and urged the local branches of the various unions concerned to adopt them experimentally for -a year. BRITAIN AND EGYPT. United Press Association. Copyright (Received Oct, 25, 4.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. Sir Eldon Gorst, interviewed, denied that Britain wishes to proclaim a protectorate over Egypt, but the wild agitation for an unrestricted parliamentary system showed tho country to bo unripe to govern itself. REFLOATED. United Press Association. Copyright (Received Oct. 25, 4.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. The V alden Abbey, after jettisoning 150 tons of cargo, has been refloated and towed to Gravesend. ALLEGED CORRUPTION IN CANADA. United Press Association. Copyright (Received Oct. 25, 4.30 p.m.) ' LONDON, Oct, 24. A Montreal correspondent states that the- Opposition is freely making charges of graft against the Government. Sir Wilfrid Laurier preserves a scornful silence, though considerable excitement lias been occasioned by -an allegation of gross corruption connected with the construction of the transcontinental railway.