GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2542, 1 July 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

H.M.S. SAPPHO REPAIRED. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, June 29. H.M.S. Sappho (recently in collision and towed to Sheerness) has been repaired, and will join the manoeuvres. THE KAFFIR BOOM. Three, members of the Stock Exchange have been “hammered” as a result of the Kaffir boom. CASTRO DISAPPEARED. The “Daily Express” states that the Venezuelian secret police in Eurqpe have lost sight'of Castro, who has mysteriously disappeared. PARRY’S DEFALCATIONS. ' SYDNEY, June 30. Parry, a solicitor, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for frauds. The. defalcations amount to over £IO,OOO. [The money belonged ibo the Druids’ Grand Lodge.] FEDERATION QUARANTINE. MELBOURNE, June 30. « Australia eomes.under the Federation quarantine scheme to-morrow. ANOTHER VANCOUVER SERVICE PROBABLE. (Received June 30y 5 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 30. Negotiations have been opened by Howard Smith and Company, representing the present San Francisco service, with the view of extending the line to Vancouver. This is the outcome Of the withdrawal of the Alley line. A VALUABLE PEARL. PERTH, June 3i). x A pearl recently found at Broome has been sold for £1750 sterling.