GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2501, 14 May 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

AN AUSTRIAN AERIAL FLEET, United Press Association— Copyright VIENNA, May 12. Austria is'preparing.an aerial fleet of the Parseval type. LORD AND LADY MINTO UNDERGOING PASTEUR TREATMENT. CALCUTTA, May 12. Lord and Lady Minto are staying at Simla, undergoing Pasteur treatment, after handling their dog, which was bitten by a. mad dog. CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER. NEW YORK, May 12. Hains has been convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. Thornton Hains was acquitted. PLAGUE PATIENT DEAD. SYDNEY, May 12. Tuesday’s plague patient is dead. SUGAR ADVANCES. The Colonial Sugar Company has advanced prices by ss. THE BROKEN HILL DIFFICULTY. The management of the Proprietory Mines informed the unions that the Company was unwilling to' further discuss conditions before resuming work. ABSENCE OF RAIN. Tho protracted absence of rain is having a bad effect on crops and labor conditions generally. THE RICHMOND MURDER. O'SULLIVAN ARRESTED. MELBOURNE. May 12. O’Sullivan has been arrested on a charge of murder. MR. DEAKIX AND A COALITION GOVERNMENT. Mr Deakin declares that he would not take office in a coalition Government.. . AN HONOR FOR LIEUT. SHACKLETON. (Received May 13, 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, May 13. The Royal Scottish Geograph’oil Society has awarded Lieut. Shackhr.on tho Livingstone medal. CHURCH OF ENGLAND society! The Rev. Mr. Woolcombe,__who is touring Australia to organise tho Church of England Men’s Society, sailed by tho Ormuz. THE NEWFOUNDLAND ELECTIONS ST. JOHN, May 13. Sir Edward Morris, Leader of the Opposition, obtained a large majority in the Newfoundland elections. THE KAISER IN ITALY. - * ROME, May 13. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen E'ena°met tho Kaiser at Brindisi. Cordial •references were made to the Triple Alliance. THE WILLIS CASE. SYDNEY, May 13. Medical certificates showed that' W. N. Willis, who was stabbed near Randwick recently, is suffering from nervous prostration. The case in which ho is to appear as a witness has been adjourned to June 3rd. MOUNT LYELL MINE. MELBOURNE, May 13. The net profit of the Mount Lyell Company lor the halt year is £12G,108. Dividend and bonus paid during the March period amounted to £105,000. A. similar distribimtion was declared payable in June.