GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2554, 16 July 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

PRESS DELEGATES THANKED. United Press Association —Copyright A. joint meeting of the British and Overseas Committee thanked Messrs Thomas and Kirwan for their useful services during the Press Conference. CONTINUATION OP SECONDARY EDUCATION. ' The consultative committee of tko Board of Education report a lack of continued secondary education as among the chief causes of national unemployment. They suggest that the local authorities be compelled to provide continuation classes, that employers bo obliged to concede time, and that the school age be raised to 15. THE ADANA MASSACRES. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 14. The Government ordered the arrest of the ex-governors of Adana and Djebelberext, and the commander of the Adana garrison and a number of notables. THE MISSING YACHT. BRISBANE, Julyy 15. There is still no word of the missing yacht Seestcrn. The theory is advanced that her disappearance is due to a quantity of explosives shipped here. THE FEDERAL LINER DORSET. An examination of the -Federal liner Dorset, which was making a little water on arrival, shows that several rivets were strained, and coral and soft rock found along the keel'plates. LADY CLARKE SUES FOR DIVORCE. MELBOURNE, July 15. A writ in divorce has been issued by Lady Clarke against Sir Rupert Clarke, claiming dissolution of marriage, on the grounds of repeated acts of misconduct. OSCAR ROTHSCHILD’S SON COMMITS SUICIDE.. LONDON, JulV 14Oscar Rothschild’s son Albert Head, of Vienna House, committed suicile- because his father refused to allow him to marry a governess. JAPANESE SEALING SCHOONER SEIZED. (Received July 15, KL4O p.m.) LONDON, July 15. A n American revenue cutter seized the Japanese schooner Taki, killing seals off the Pribyloff Islands. VICTORIAN RACING CLUB. (Received July 16, 12.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, July 15. The report of the Victorian Racing Club for the. past year shows : Net profits £7204, and amount paid in prizes '£52.408.