CABLE NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2441, 4 March 1909, Page 5

CABLE NEWS

GENERAL CABLE NEWS. United Press Association, Copyright CLOSING HONG KONG- OPIUM . .DFVANS. LONDON, March 2. The International Opium Commission at Shanghai has made important recommendations to the respective governments. Of 191 opium divans in Hong Kong, 26 were closed yesterday. NEW STEAMERS I' oil AUSTRALIA Advice has been received that tAA r o new Aberdeen liners of the Pericles class are to be built for the Australian trade. [The Pericles is a vessel of 10,925 tons gross.] VALUABLE BOOKS STOLEN. Twenty ancient valuable books have been stolen from Lincoln’s Inn library. The thief .had substituted others. COMPENSATION FOR ILLEGAL ARREST. Russia, has granted Mr. Luxemburg 5000 roubles as compensation for his arrest at Odessa on suspicion of being a. revolutionary. SOLDIERS OVERWHELMED BY AN AVALANCHE. VIENNA, March 2. An avalanche. near Breuner overAvholmcd an Austrian detachment of six officers and 25 men. Troops have been sent to endeavor to extricate them. RAIDERS IN INDIA. CALCU'I LA, March 2. A gang of Khostkallat raiders entered Jardai,. near Koliat. The police attacked them, and killed eleven, alter a desperate fight. One policeman Avas killed. ) [Kohat is in Northern India, 37 miles south of Peshawar.] STEEL INDUSTRY IN THE TRANSVAAL. PRETORIA, March 2. Mr. J. C. Smuts announces that steel of tho highest quality is being manufactured from ore at Pretoria. Transvaal is shortly establishing the industry.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ON RAILWAY TRAINS. NEW YORK, March 2. The express between New York and Chicago has been equipped with Marconi instruments, to unuintain communication On the journey. NEW GUINEA LoaL MINES. SYDNEY, March 3. Mr. Mackay states that the coal discoveries made by the expedition in Papua are practically inaccessible, but in time will prove oi great value. OBITUARY. Captain Hixson, late president of the Marine Board, is dead, aged 76.' FIRE AT WAN GAR ATT A. s MELBOURNE, March 3. Harrison Bros.’ large store at Wangaratta has been destroyed by fire, the damage being £15,000. CHINESE PREVENTED FROM LANDING. Thirteen out of fifteen Chinese mentioned l yesterday have been refused permission to land. [The Chinese in question had false naturalisation papers.] RAIN IN WEST AUSTRALIA. PERTH, March '3. Torrential rain has fallen at Nortliain. Four inches of rain fell in twenty ■minutes. There were several washaways in tho railway line. THE COOK ISLANDS—QUESTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Received March 3, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, March 3. Colonel Seeley, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, replying to Major Anstruther Gray, said that lie had no report* of an attempt by natives to haul down tho British flag in the Cook Islands'. The New Zealand Government had ample power to deal with disturbances. RESIGNATION OF ADMIRAL SPERRY. (Received March 3, 11.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 3.Admiral Sperry has resigned the Atlantic command. Admiral Schroeder succeed.® him. THE DUNMORE COLLISION. (Received March 4, 12.48 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 3. Petitions from Captain 'Hausen, of the Dunmore, and the Merchant Service Guild, asking for tho restoration of Captain Hansen’® certificate or a rehearing of the case were not acceded to.