GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2535, 23 June 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A WHEAT SHIP WATERLOGGED. LONDON, Juno 21. The ship Leon Bureau, wheat laden, from Adelaide to Falmouth, became waterlogged in Penzance harbor, as the result 1 of striking a rock at the Scilly Isles during a fog. THE DAMAGED CRUISER SAPPHO. H.M.S. Sappho had 270 men on hoard. Sho was kept afloat during an 18-miles tow by the pumps of an accompanying tug. FEDERAL ELECTORAL ROLLS. MELBOURNE, June 22. The total voters on the Federal electoral rolls are 2,000.020, which is 9000 fewer than. in. 1906. The decrease is explained by the many duplications on the old rolls. VICTORIAN RAILWAY COMMISSIONER. Mr Norman, Chief Engineer of Railways, lias been appointed tho third Commissioner. THE RICHMOND MURDER—O’SULLIVAN ACQUITTED. MELBOURNE, June 22. O’Sullivan has been acquitted on a charge of murdering'Mrs Gallagher at Richmond on May 11. .[Mrs. Gallagher was an old woman 76 years old, who lived alone. She was supposed to have been murdered by some one intent on robbing her house.] ARSENIC POISONING OF CATTLE. MELBOURNE, Juno 22. Thirty-nine cattle grazing in a paddock adjoining a pyrites smelting works died of arsenic poisoning. THE WRECKED VAN SPILBERGEN BRISBANE, June 22. The s.s. Van Spiibergen is ashore at Newton Island, head on to a reef. She is in a sheltered position. A tug is standing by, and other assistance has been sent. - BLINDED BY FLIES. BRISBANE, Juno 22. A mailman, blinded by flies, wandered for nine days in the bush near Burketown. After being rescued be succumbed. QUEENSLAND BY-ELECTION. In the- Morton hy-elec£:ofi, Mr. Forsyth (Ministerialist) easily defeated the Labor candidate. IMMIGRANTS FOR NEW ZEALAND (Received June 22, 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 22. The Morayshire, from Liverpool, has 150 third-class passengers for New Zealand.