GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2574, 7 August 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

SHOT AT TERRITORIAL MANOEUVRES.

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The Rev. Mr Hodgson, chaplain of th Leeds Ride Club, was watching territorial manoeuvres at Grisborough, when he was killed by a stray bullet from a ball cartridge that had been mixed with blank ammunition.

RETURN OF PRESS DELEGATES. Mr Mark Cohen returns to New Zealand by the Marama and Mr Fenwick by the Makura. DEATH UNDER AN ANAESTHETIC. v The Hon. Thomas Powys; Lord Lilford’s heir, died under an anaesthetic during an operation for adenoids. FAILURE OF HOP CROP. The bad summer has seriously affected the hop crop, and the position in Kent is critical. A LOAN BALLOT CONSTITUTES A LOTTERY. SYDNEY, August 6. The High Court upheld the Lower Court’s decision that a loan ballot conducted by the Mutual Loan Agency, Ltd., was a lottery. SYDNEY HORSE SALES. At the horse sales, on account of Mr Gadsby, Taranaki, the Clydesdale Big Ben was sold for 70 guineas; on account of Hoult, Feilding, two colts were sold for 28 and 30 guineas. D. Mitchell, ot New Zealand, bought the Victorian Clydesdale Herigo. THE TASMANIAN POTATO BLIGHT MELBOURNE, August 6. The Federal and State authorities propose prompt action to prevent the potato disease spreading from Tasmania to other States. THE MISSING GERMAN YACHT. BRISBANE, August 6. A steamer has returned after an unavailing search for the German yacht Seestern. EMBEZZLING BANK FUNDS. ADELAIDE, August 6. Jacobs, late manager of the Bank of Adelaide, at Caltowie, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for embezzling £213, moneys of the bank.