CABLE NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2443, 6 March 1909, Page 5

CABLE NEWS

CENERAL CABLE NEWS. United Press Association, Copyright DEATH QF A FAMOUS BOOKMAKER. LOlNrioiS, March 4. The death is announced at Madeira of Joe Thompson, the well-known Australian sportsman. [Mr. Thompson was known as the “Leviathan” bookmaker.] OXFORD DEGREES. The Convocation of Oxford .University, by 136 votes to 108, defeated a proposal to abolish the present easy system of obtaining the degree of Master of Arts. . A NEW UNION STEAMER. The Union S.S. Co.’s new s.s. Kurow has been launched at Sunderland. PRINCESS RADZIWILL’S CLAIM. Princess Radziwill, who once claimed over a million pounds against the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes, has been mulcted in Chancery Court for £15,000 compensation to persons who undertook to raise money for the lawsuit. CONGO TREATY RIGHTS. Replying to a deputation of commercial men urging the Government to insist on the restoration of the Congo State natives’ freedom to trade, Sir Edward Grey, Minister for Foreign Affairs,! emphasised that Britain, as the aggrieved party, expects Belgium to fulfil treaty rights upon the faith whereof the Congo State was originally recognised. JAPANESE SHIPPING SUBSIDIES TOKIO, March 4. The Lower House Of the Diet at To'kio passed a Ship Subsidy Bill, which has currency for five years. It provides subsidies for routes to Europe, North and South America, and Australia. THE LADY MILDRED WRECK. MELBOURNE, Maicli 5. The Court found Captain Wills, master of the Lady Mildred, guilty of reckless and careless navigation, and suspended his master’s certificate for six months. SMALL-POX ON A STEAMER. 'EREM-,1.-—, March 5. ‘Another case of small-pox has occurred on the steamer Paroo.

THE PRIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. (Received March 6. 1.4 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 5. Persistent rumors -are current that the Primate is retiring from his position. FEDERAL REVENUE—ANTICIPATED DEFICIT. It is anticipated that the Federal revenue, will be £846,000 less than that of the preceding year. . " OUTBREAK OE ANTHRAX. MELBOURNE, . March 5. Owing to an outbreak of anthrax the Pitficld district has been quarantined. OPENING OF AUSTRALIAN PREMIERS’ CONFERENCE. HOBART, March 5. The Premiers’ Conference has been opened by the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland.