GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2500, 13 May 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

CHURLISH INCIVILITY. United Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, May 11. Tho “Pall Mall Gazette” protests against the churlish incivility shown by the City Council of Vancouver in declining to participate in the forthcoming welcome to two Japanese cruisers. THE VICTORIAN LOAN. It is officially announced that subscriptions for the Victorian loan totalled 2& millions. Applicants received 60 per cent, • THE NEW PERSIAN PREMIER. N-as-ar ul Mulk was contemporary, with Lord Curzon and Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Groy at Oxford University. TRANSMITTING HANDWRITING BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Heyland, a Norwegian, and Chalon and Chantelot, Frenchmen, have announced simultaneous inventions respectively recording cthergrams in print and transmitting handwriting by means of wireless telegraphy, A GENEROUS DONOR. The Duke of Norfolk has presented Norfolk Park, worth £60,000, to Sheffield. MOBILISATION 5Y MOTOR. "Berlin, May 11. Germany is following Britain’s example in experimenting in mobilising troops by motor oars at Frankfort, Strasburg, and other places. BUENOS AYRES STRIKE TERMINATED. BUENOS AYRES, May 11. Tho general strike at Buenos Ayres has terminated. CANADAAND ITALY. "OTTAWA, May 11. Canada has consented to open negotiations with Italy for a commercial treaty. AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE LAW—A JUDGE’S CRITICISM. SYDNEY, May 11. Mr. Justice Pring, dealing with a case in the Divorce Court, said tho marriage law’ was created abominably. No respect was shown to the marriage tie, home, or children. It was justlike a condition of savagery. SLANDERING NEW ZEALAND. A New Zealander called at the Trades Hall and gave a doleful account of trade depression in the Dominion. Business was falling off in nearly every trade, and hundreds of men were idle in almost every branch of industry. CANADIAN INSURANCE BILL. (Received May 12, 9.15 p.m.) OTTAWA, May 12. The Dominion House of Commons amended the Insurance Bill to permit companies to invest their securities in any British colony. THE TASMANIAN CABLE. LONDON, May 12. Mr. Wolfe Barry, chairman of the Eastern Extension Cable Company, states that the company intends to pick up the Tasmanian cable. THE VICTORIAN LOAN. There is great satisfaction in the city at the success of the Victorian loan after the comparative failure of recent Australian issues. A LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL LOAN. The London County Council is issuing a loan of £2,250,000 at 3} per cent,, at u minimum of 102. V NEW GUINEARUBBER COMPANY. Tlio Momburi Rubber Plantations Company has been registered, with a capital of £525,000, to acquire the Wickham estate at Collingwood Bay, Papua (New Guinea). THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION. The Congregational Union living wage for ministers fund has reached £33,360. A RUSSO-CHINESE AGREEMENT. PEKIN, May 12. A Russo-Chincse agreement has been .signed at Pekin defining the method of 'government of tho Russian railway zone in Manchuria. It guarantees Chinese sovereignity, joint administration, and equality of foreigners.

RUSSIA —A RESCRIPT PROM THE CZAR. ST. PETERSBURG, May 12. The C'.'/ai r has addressed a rescript to M. Stolypin, asking what legislative affairs in the War and Marino Departments are subject to the Czar’s immediate decision. *