GENERAL GABLE NEWS.
AN OCEAN LEVIATHAN. United Piikss Association —CopvmanT.. LONDON, August 30. Messr Swan, Hunter, and Richardson, of Wallsend, are building a 20,000 ton Cunarder 600 ft long and 70ft wide, to be faster than the Mauretania. FRENCH POSTAL STRIKERS REINSTATED. PARIS, August 30. M. Millerand, French PostmasterGeneral, has reinstated many postal officers dismissed in connection with the recent strike. THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC SPREADING. AMSTERDAM, August 30. The cholera epidemic has spread to two villages near Amsterdam. A BOOKMAKER’S ESTATE. MELBOURNE Aug. 31. The Victorian estate of the late Joe Thompson, turf agent, the “leviathan bookmaker,” is valued at £42,608, and the English estate at £23,450. Everything is bequeathed to his widow and children. THE COLUMBIA DISASTER. MONTE VIDEO, Aug. 30. The number of people drowned in the disaster to the steamer Columbia at Monte Video is officially estimated at 68. ' . ' . CRUISERS FOR JAPAN. TOKIO, August 30. Japan is constructing three 5000-ton cruisers. NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAY EXTENSION; SYDNEY, August 31. ° A tender of £378,000 has been accepted for a second section of the North Coast railway to open up a further large area of valuable dairying lands.
ITALIAN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION. (Received August 31, 9.45 p.m.) ROME, August 31. ' Italy is about to construct twentyfour 600-ton destroyers and numerous 120-ton torpedoers. EARTHQUAKE AT PANAMA. LONDON, August 31. A sharp earthquake has occurred at Panama.- ’
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2595, 1 September 1909, Page 5
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227GENERAL GABLE NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2595, 1 September 1909, Page 5
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