GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2593, 30 August 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE CHOLERA SPREADING. . United Phess Association —Copyright LONDON, August 27. Steamers from St. Petersburg conveyed the cholera infection to Rotterdam. Several fresh cases have occurred. ELECTRICAL PLANT IN MINES. Mr Gladstone, Home Secretary, is appointing a committee of experts to revise the rules for the use of electrical plant in mines. THE METHODIST ASSEMBLY. Five' Methodist churches will be represented at the Methodist AssemDly in London in October. Wesleyans send 276 delegates, Primitive Methodists 102, the Reform Union 6, and Independent Methodists 6. THE EXILED LOPUKHIN. ST. PETERSBURG, August 27. Lopukhin, formerly chief of Russian police, who has been sentenced to • sib for treason, has started for Yakutsk, the place of exile. His wife and bro-ther-in-law accompany him. UNITED SOUTH AFRICV.

OTTAWA. August 27

It is rumored in Ottawa that the British Government contemplate offering Sir Wilfrid Laurier the GovernorGeneralship of United South Africa. Sir Wilfrid declines to discuss the subject. ' A SUCCESSION OF GALES. The Whangaroa experienced a succession of gales on the voyage from Wanganui. Some damage was done to the deck fittings. THE AUSTRALIAN COINAGE BILL. MELBOURNE, August 27. The Senate has passed the Coinage Bill. In both Houses the Budget debate has been adjourned, to Tuesday. ' AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPHIC .. SERVICE. MELBOURNE, Aug. 28. The Postmaster-General states that £1,833,000 will be required to bring the telegraphic and telephonic services up to date. A MISAPPROPRIATION CASE. . BRISBANE, August 27. At the Police Court Charles John Lindley was remanded to Tuesday on a charge of stealing £234, the property of the trustees of the late Andrew Lees, at Dunedin. A constable from New Zealand stated that when he read the original warrant to accused, the latter said he intended te plead guilty and get it over. SHIPWRECK LOSSES THIS MONTH (Received August 29, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 28. Underwriters’ losses from shipwrecks during August are estimated at a million sterling.