GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2575, 9 August 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

TENNYSON CENTENARY. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, August 6. Newspapers publish long articles on the Tennyson centenary. DEFENCE CONFERENCE. The Defence Conference meets today. The naval discussion is not complete. NEW FRENCH SUBMARINE. ~PARIS, August 6. The new French submarine Archimede, of 800 tons, the largest in the world, has been launched at Cherbourg. A MAN GUILLOTINED. A man named Duchamin, a convicted parricide, has been guillotined in Paris. THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS. BERLIN, August 6. The Eucharistic Congress is proceeding at Cologne. There are visitors present from all parts of the world. The Papal Legatp stated that it was his duty to offer homage to the Kaiser, who exhibited a sense of the value to the State of religious freedom. BROKEN HILL STRIKE. SYDNEY, August 7. The Broken Hill strike balance-sheet shows the receipts from January 1 to June 26 were £45)686. The expenditure covered the whole amount, excepting £2300 transferred to the unemployed fund. FLOODS IN WEST AUSTRALIA. "PERTH, August 7. There have been heavy floods in the Cue district. There are nine washaways on the railway. MR KIDSTON’S PROPHECY. Mr Kidston, speaking at the Municipal Conference, foreshadowed a possible early dissolution. THE POTATO DISEASE. HOBART, August 7. The Government entomologist disagrees with) the other experts in the opinion that the potato disease is the Irish blight. QUEENSLAND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. (Received August 9, 12.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, August 8. The city is decorated and crowded with visitors for the Jubilee celebrations, which commence to-day, and will extend, over a fortnight. 1 _ A FEAT IN”WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. , • , i SYDNEY. August 8. H.M.S. Powerful, at Brisbane, wirelessly communicated with H.M.S. Challenger in Sydney harbor.