GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
Dli BEERS MINE. ONITICD PRESS ABHOniATION —COPYRIGHT LONDON, August io. De Beers pay an interim dividend of 20 per cent in anticipation of the distribution of profits, which would otherwise bo made in December. HEAVY RAINS IN SOUDAN. There have been heavy rains over a large area of the Soudan. NEW AMERICAN BATTLESHIP. NEW YORK, August 15. The ‘ ‘Tribune” states that Mr Meyer, Secretary of the Navy, is considering the. building of 30,000-ton battleships. The General Navy Board recommend this type, which it is expected, will bo authorised by the next naval appropriation Bill.
DISASTROUS HEAT WAVE INCHINA.
PEKING, August 15,
The thermometer has been, registering 115 degrees in the shade in Pekin, and there have been many deaths. There has been a similar experience in Tientsin. KING EDWARD IN AUSTRIA. (Received August 16, 10.20 p.m.) VIENNA, August 16. King Edward entertained M. Clemenceau and M. Crozier (the French ambassador at Vienna) at luncheon.
FATAL PANIC AT AN ENTERTAINMENT. LONDON, August 16. An alarm of fire at a children’s cinematograph entertainment at Southsea caused a stampede. One child was killed and eight injured. COLONEL DAVIES IN ENGLAND. Colonel DavTes, of New Zealand, will be attached to the staff during manoeuvres.
THE POPE—HIS FIRST MOTOR DRIVE.
ROME, August 16
The Pope has taken his first drive in a motor car, which was presented' to him lately by some Americans. He was highly pleased.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2582, 17 August 1909, Page 5
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235GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2582, 17 August 1909, Page 5
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