GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2510, 25 May 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

MINERS’ WAGES REDUCED. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, May 23. Viscount Saint Aldwyn’s decision reduced tho Welsh miners’ wages by 71 per cent. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. BERLIN, May 23. Telegrams state that tho present convention of Roumania with Germany and Austria is to bo amplified into a partnership in the Triple Alliance. . GERMAN VISITORS. The BUgomaster and 34 members of the Berlin municipality arc visiting England. TAX ON BACHELORS AND WIDOWS "VIENNA, May 23. The Austrian Minister of Finance has submitted a proposal to the Reichsrath for a supplementary income tax on bachelors, widows, and childless couples. P-VSSENGER DIES FROM SEASICKNESS. MELBOURNE, May 24. A passenger named Rogers, travelling hv the steamer Moana, was found tinconscious in his bunk and was removed to the hospital, where life was found to ho extinct. He suffered greatly between Bluff and Hobart from seasickness.

FLOURMILLS DESTROYED BY FIRE

John Darling and Sons’ flourmills at Collingwood have been destroyed by fire, tho damage amounting to £I2,UtU. The insurances totalled £7500, m tho National and New Zealand offices. AN ICE BLOCKADE. (Received Maying 10.20 p.m.) ST. JOHNS, May 24. The ice blockade at Perth, Ontario, has been raised, and some steamers have entered the harbor. The ice was disastrous to fishing and general business.