GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2594, 31 August 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

SUPPOSED SPY ARRESTED. United Press Association —Copykigiit LONDON, August 29. A supposed spy, while taking sketches, was arrested within the inner batteries of Leenan fort, the strongest in the north of Ireland. ANARCHIST PRINTER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Guy Aldred, the Anarchist printer, who printed a seditious article written by the Indian agitator, Krishnavarma, has been committed for trial. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. An attempt to wreck the East Indian mail train to Jamalpur by removing metals failed. A workmen’s slow train unexpectedly preceded the mail train, and was derailed. The loss of life is unknown.

GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OF SOUTH AFRICA. The offer of the Governor-Generalship of United South Africa to Sir Wilfrid Laurier is denied. , SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD. The» largest South African shipment of gold, totalling £1,143,271, per Kildonan Castle, has arrived at Southampton. MAIZE FROM SOUTH AFRICA. According to the “Standard” South Africa is shipping to Europe between now and December 200,000 tons of maize, a record. ; INFECTED POTATOES. ADELAIDE, August 30. The importation of potatoes from blight-infected States is prohibited. A GERMAN 7 VISITOR. MELBOURNE, August 30. Dr Alfred Mimes, lecturer at tho ( Commercial .- University, Berlin, is at present on a visit to Australia, and also proceeds to New Zealand to study social legislation. In an interview he stated that ,he knew the bulk of Australasian employers were much more friendly to workers than employers in Europe. He greatly admired the enormous scheme of old age pensions,;