GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2489, 30 April 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

.BULGARIA’S INDEPENDENCE RECOGNISED. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, April 28. All t-he Powers have recognised Bulgarian independence. AN ANARCHIST ARRESTED. PARIS, ?April 28. Verdier, an Anarchist, has been arrested >at Monaco, having an liis possession a , revolver and a letter stating liis intention to kill President Fallieres. JAVANESE LABOR IN QUEENSLAND. FREMANTLE, April 29. The Labor Federation asks The Secretary for Home. Affairs to prevent the transfer of Javanese labor front Queensland to West Australia in connection with the proposed cotton-growing scheme. EARTH TREMORS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Slight earth tremors were felt in Northampton district at midnight on the 19th. No damage was done. AUSTRALIAN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. SYDNEY, April' 29. Imports to Australia during the first threef months of this year decreased by '£581.000, and exports increased by £1,812,000, compared with the same period last year. A WIRELESS TELEGRAPHIC FEAT. BERLIN, April 29. The Kaiser at Corfu is in wireless telegraphic communication with Berlin, via Metz. Messages were taken in four minutes, compared with four hours by ordinary telegraphy. NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOR. LONDON, April 29. The New Plymouth harbor debentures; have been allotted. INSPECTION OF EMIGRANTS. (Received April 29, 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. Sir Horace Tozer, Agen-General for ’Queensland, suggested to the Imperial Government to- co-operate with Queensland in establishing a depot at London docks for the inspection of emigrants, some of whom were possibly .aliens. ‘Lord Crewe replied that the Government was unable to do so, as it would involve a departure from the emigrants’ information office’s policy, which was limited to giving information. DEFAULTING SOLICITOR ARRESTED. SYDNEY, April 29. Arthur Lee, an English solicitor, of Carlisle, England, has been arrested for fraudulent appropriation 'of funds at Home. He admitted his identity. It is believed thali his defalcations amount to £7OO. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. VIENNA, April 29. Notwithstanding the crisis in Turwey, the Austrian-Turkisli protocol respecting Bosnia and Herzegovina has been completed.