GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2516, 1 June 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

CLYDE SHIPBUILDING RETURNS

United Press Association—Copyright (Received May 31, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. The output of the Clyde shipbuilding yards for May was 40,580 tons, or 25,492 tons above May, 1908. New orders represent 45,000 tons.

WRECK OF A LONG-LOST WAR-

SHIP FOUND.

An English naturalist named Dale reports that the British warship Condor, missing since 1901, has been found submerged two mles from tho coast, near Barclay Sound, British Columbia. [The Condor was a gunboat.] R. D. MEAGHER’S CASE—APPLICATION FOR RE-INSTATEMENT. SYDNEY, May 31. The Full Court has commenced tho hearing of R. D. Meagher’s application for re-instatement on the roll of attorneys, from which he was struck off in connection -with tho notorious 'Dean ease. Tho Law Institute opposes tho application. Meagher, in accordance, with a desire expressed before the trial, has published a public apology for the course he pursued in the Dean case in reference to the late ’Justice Windeyer. ATTEMPT TO WRECK AN EXPRESS TRAIN. An attemt has been made to wreck tlic Brisbane, express at Guyla. Two sleepers were fixed across the line, hut were discovered shortly before the train arrived. The polics are investigating the matter. \ EMPIRE DAY—A RUSSIAN TRIBUTE. ST. PETERSBURG, May 31. Russian newspapers quote extracts from the “Times” Empire Day supplement. The “Seeovo” expresses profound admiration for the British understanding of world problems, especially in the unswerving struggle for tho maintenance of the European equilibrium. DISASTROUS TORNADOES IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 31. Tornadoes in Oklahama State killed 22 persons, and a cyclone at Zephyr, Texas, killed 30.

THE CASABLANCA INCIDENT.

BERLIN, May 31

It is announced at Berlin that Germany and France have expressed mutual regrets over the Casablanca incident, so far .as the respective officials blamed in the arbitration award are concerned.

EARTHQUAKE IN VICTORIA

MELBOURNE, May 31

A sharp earthquake shock occurred at Casteron at 2 o’clock this morning, accompanied by a loud rumbling, and lasting several seconds. The shock was sufficient to awaken people.

[Casteron is an inland town on the main road from Melbourne to Adelaide, and is 245 miles west of Melbourne by rail. The. population is about 5000.]

STOCK APPRECIATION.

LONDON, May 30

The “Bankers’ Magazine” states that 387 representative Stock Exchange securities, valued at £373,055,900, have appreciated in value by £136,000,000 in two months. EXCHANGE OF SCHOOL TEACHERS. LONDON, May 3X The Board of Education in Britain has arranged with the Franck and Russian Ministers of Education for an exchange of assistant seco alary school teachers. SCOTTISH MINERS’ WAGES. Scottish coal masters decide to cancel the demand for a reduction of wages by sixpence a day, though the National Federation of Labo’r of Britain is backing the men. A PLAGUE”VICTIM. "SYDNEY, May 31. A 'inan residing at Redfern has died of the plague. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE The New South Wales Government surveyor reported unfavorably on the Ynss-Canberrti Federal site. Tie considers the water supply unsatisfactory.