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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2551, 12 July 1909, Page 5

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THE TURKISH REVOLUTION

United Press Association —Copyright CONSTANTINOPLE, July 9.

The parliamentary commission exonerated. Ismael Kiamil Bey of all complicity in the April revolution and invited him to return to Constantinople.

A DEFAULTING BANK TELLER

MELBOURNE, July 10.

Jamas Martin Fitzsimmons, a -wellknown bank teller, left Melbourne on a holiday, and his whereabouts since is a mystery. It is alleged that a shortage of between £9OO and £IOOO has been discovered in his cash.-

AUSTRALIAN JOINT STOCK BANK

SYDNEY, July 10

The Australian Joint Stock Bank directorate has issued a circular- to shareholders, covering the reconstruction proposals already cabled.

GOLD IN CELEBES ISLAND

BRISBANE, July 10

A representative of a Brisbane syndicate has returned from an inspection of the syndicate’s gold concession at the Celebes Island. He reports that the gold ore bodies are the largest in the .world, but of low grade.

SIR DANIEL COOPER’S ESTATE

(Received July 11, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 10. The estate, of the late Sir Daniel Cooper amounts to £123,763, not including Australian properties. He bequeathed Barraud’s .picture of the racehorse Fisherman to the Australian Jockey Club.. ALLEGED GERMAN INVENTION --DECLARED IMPRACTICABLE. Experts in London declare that thesubmarine magnet mentioned in the “Standard” as having been invented by a German, with the idea of throwing the. machinery of men-of-war out of gear, is impracticable and unworkable for many reasons. COUPON ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr. Herbert Gladstone (Home Secre- ' fury), receiving a church deputation on gambling, foreshadowed the introduction of a Bill in the House of Lords dealing especially with competition advertisements apd coupons in newspapers. ANOTHER HONOR FOR LIEUT. shackleton; (Received July 12, 12.35 a.m.) Lieut.' Shackleton lias been created Commander of the Victorian Order. BRITISH AMBASSADOR DECORATED. The Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George lias been, .conferred on Sir W. E. Goschen, British ambassador at Berlin. •

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