GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2532, 19 June 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

CONGRATULATIONS TO LIEUTEN- , ANT SHACKLETON. United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, Juno 17. •King Edward and Queen Alexandra congratulated Lieutenant Shackloton on his safe return from his long, arduous and successful journey. GEORGIAN BAY CANAL SCHEME. LONDON, June 17. Sir Wilfrid Laurier informed Perke’s English syndicate that it would he impossible to proceed with, the Georgian Bay Canal scheme, owing to the need of retrenchment and the determination to complete the Grand Trunk Pacific lino before entering into •' other enterprises. CENTRAL AFRICAN LABOR FOR • -THE RAND. LONDON, Juno 18. Earl Crowe( Secretary for the Colonies) will permit the recruiting of 300 British Central African natives for work in the Rand mines. NATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand has declared a dividend of per cent. CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS. OTTAWA, June 17. Official figures show that 59,800 United States immigrants arrived in Canada for the year ending March, the value of money taken being £12,000,000. THE DEFENCE CONFERENCE. OTTAWA, June 18. The Hon. L. P. Brodeur (Minister of Marine) and Sir Frederick Borden (Minister of Defence) the Canadian representatives at the Imperial Defence Conference, will leave for London on July 2nd. CHURCH UNION. TORONTO, June 17. The Archbishop of Toronto in his charge to the Diocesan Synod, favors union of the Episcopalian with all the evangelical churches of Canada. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. PRETORIA, June 17. The Assembly has road the Proportional Representation Municipality Bill a second time.

THE AUSTRALIAN TELEPHONE SYSTEM. (K'ecoiverf 1 June p.m.) MELBOURNE, June 18. The Federal Cabinet has decided to discard the telephone system adopted by the late Government, and revert to the old system, which allows 2000 free calls. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN MELBOURNE. A. domestic tragedy 'has occurred at Prahran. A man named William Laver quarrelled with and shot his wife, and then shot himself. Both are in a critical condition. Jealousy is supposed to bo the cause of the act.