GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2554, 15 July 1909, Page 4

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE CANADIAN LOAN. United Pin..-,? Association —CorYuiGUI LONDON, July 13. It is understood that Canadian under, writers have secured .>’> per cent, of the Canadian loan. SCOTTISH MINERS* STRIKE. Eighty thousand Scottish miners will strike on July 26th. THE AMERICAN FLEET. NEW YORK, July 13. An American Pacific fleet wi.l bo despatched to the Philippines at the cmi of the forthcoming manoeuvres. THE LATE BISHOP MURRAY. SYDNEY, July 14. Bishop Murray when lie died was noi possessed of one sixpence. A LINER STRIKES VNOHARTKRED CORAL PINNACLE. BRISBANE. July 14. The Federal liner Dorset struck what is believed) to be an unehartcred pinnacle of coral near Cape, Capricorn, and arrived, here leaking a little. THE COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received July 11. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, July 14. Mr. G. V. Fiddes, principal clerk in the Colonial Office, has succeeded Mr. R. L. Antrobus, assistant Under-Secro-tary of the Colonial Office. THE ALL-RED ROUTE. Air. Winston Churchill, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said that opportunity of informal discussion of an All-Rod route was possible during the (presence of the colonial representatives for the forthcoming Defence Conference. AN INDIAN LOAN.. CALCUTTA, July 14. India is issuing on July 28th a 31 per cent, loan of 250 lakhs of rupees. , [A lakh is one hundred thousand.]