GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2534, 22 June 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A PRESS DELEGATE’S OIET. United Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, June 20. Sir Hugh Graham, in recognition of the pleasure derived from the recent reviews, has given £IOO to the soldiers’ orphans’ fund, and, £IOO to the sailors’ orphans’ fund. LORD BERESFORD VISITS CANADA. Lord Charles Be res ford will visit Canada in September. AN ELECTRIC TRAMWAY DISASTER. LONDON, June 21. Two electric trams at Chesterton, Indiana, collided at a high speed. Ten persons were killed and twenty seriously injured, some fatally. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE. The Suffrage Committee reporting at the International Congress of Women, combatted the idea that women were indifferent to tho franchise where they possessed it. Many references were made to Anstralasia. The great majority of the Congress favored the report. . THE SITUATION IN CRETE.

(Received June 21, 10/30 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Juno 21. Rifaat Pasha, in tho Constantinople Chamber of Deputies, said that the Government had notified the Powers of its determination to defend Ottoman rights in Crete. MELBOURNE BURGLARS’ BIG HAUL. MELBOURNE, June 21. (Received June 22, 12.55 a.m.) The premises of Albrecht, jeweller and importer, were entered by burglars and £6OOO worth of jewellery stolen. DUTCH LINER ASHORE. BRISBANE, June 21. Tho Dutch mail liner Van Spilbergen is ashore in Torres Straits, hut is in no immediate danger.