GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2064, 31 March 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

ACTION AGAINST THE ARMY " 'COUNCIL. United Press Association—Copyright, LONDON, March 29. Ex-Lieutenant Woods is bringing an action against the Army Council, claiming £77,500, on a. charge of unlawfully removing him from the Grenadier Guards. PURCHASE OF CATTLE STATIONS. The Bovril Australian Company -acquired the Victoria Downs, Carlton Hill, and Northooto stations wth 100,000 cattle, the price being £auU,ooo. THE GOVERNOR OF 80---L^Y. CALCUTTA, March 29. Sir Sydenham Clai'ke, Governor of Bombay (who has recently been bereaved of his wife and daughter) has sailed on a health cruise' to Aden. CATTLE TICK IN NEW SOUTH WALES." SYDNEY, March 30. Consternation has been caused at Kyogle by the discovery’of the Queensland tick in several dairy herds. ANTI-OPIUM CRo oADE IN ..SYDNEY. .. / . The Customs officers continue an active anti-opium crusade, making frequent seizures on China -steamers. Ninety-nine tins were secured on the steamer Aldenkam. • A . THE BROKEN HILL TROUBLE. Over a thousand miners have left Broken Hill since the trouble, commenced. ~,N, N • ■ OBITUARY, r t. Lady Martin, widow of Sir James Martin, is dead. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO.—A ' ; DIVIDEND. (Received March 31. 1.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 30. The New- Zealand Shipping Company has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT—ASSAULTED BY A MAD ITALIAN. Ex-Presdent Roosevelt has arrived at flhe Azores. During the voyage an insane Italian steerage passenger assaulted him. The attempt was frustrated, and the man was placGLi in irons.