GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2451, 16 March 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—Copyright. THE .QUEENSLAND LvaN. LONDON, March 14. r i;iie Queensland loan is to be issued at 97, and will be underwritten on the usual terms. The prospectus will lie issued on Monday. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Wirclces stations will be established in the Canary Islands. MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL WORK IN CHINA. At the instance of Sir Robert Hart, the Lord Mayor is opening a national appeal for £IOO,OOO for medical training and educational work in China. THE EGYPTIAN SURPLUS. 'Egypt has a surplus of £1,000,000. INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNEY ST. PETERSBURG, March 14. In the international chess tournament at St. Petersburg, Rubinstein and Lasker were a tie, and divided first and second Duras was third, and Shielman fourth. . SIR HARRY RAWS ON’S TOUR, SYDNEY, March 15. Sir Harry Rawson, after spending a few months in England, visits India, New Zealand, and other parts of the Empire. OBITUARY. MELBOURNE, March 15. Professor Kearnot, Professor of Engineering at the University, is dead. WONDERFUL CAVERNS DISCOVERED. A 'wonderful series of caverns have been .discovered buried in the heart of Capo Patten, near Apollo Bay. The caves contain a fresh water lake fed by an unknown source. The crystal chamber is studded with stalactites and stalagmites, and the floor is gleaming with crystals. THE IMPERIAL EXHIBITION. (Received March 15, 9.53 p.m.) LONDON, Maxell 15. New Zealand has secured a large area in the Imperial Exhibition in Shepherd’s Bush. A MANAGING DIRECTOR ARRESTED. (Received March 15, 11.13 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 15. Jonathan Henderson, managing director of the Pacific Fisheries Co., Ltd., has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. He was admitted to bail.

THE STEAMER WALLSEND. The steamer Wallsend, which grounded Qst week, sustained damage to hoi* bottom plates to the extent of several thousands sterling. COSSACKS FOR PERSIA. (Received March 15, 11.35 p.m.) TEHERAN, March 15. A hundred Cossacks are proceeding to the Russian Legation at Teheran. THE FRENCH NAVY--FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY OVERCOME. VaRIS, March 15. M. Caillaux, French Minister of Finance, and M. Picard, Minister of Marine, have adjusted their differences on the basis of six or seven annual expenditures, aggregating twelve millions sterling, on the navy,; instead of a total of nine million.