GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2599, 6 September 1909, Page 5

GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

PACIFIC CABLE RECEIPTS. Unit is i> Piukbb Association — Cornu out. LONDON, Sept. 3. The Pacific Cable Board’s receipts for the year ending 31st March totalled £113,093, and the expenditure £96,435. The number of messages despatched was 243,922. A FORMER NEW ZEALANDER’S ESTATE. The estate of the late Henry Isaacs, a former Mayor of Auckland, has been sworn for probate at £22,596. ARRIVAL OF OVERDUE STEAMER. The overdue steamer Menarandra has put back to Teiguarez in a damaged condition-. BELLICOSE PEACEMAKERS. PARIS, Sept. 3. An anti-war meeting in Paris in connection with the Trades Union Conference culminated in a free-fight. PRINTING DISPUTE SETTLED. MELBOURNE, Sept. 4 The threatened strike in the printing trade has been amicably arranged, the employers conceding the demand for £3 a week for casual compositors. Other compromises were made on both sides. MAN KILLED BY MACHINERY. A man named Atkins was examining machinery at the Royal Show when his coat caught in the belting and he was whirled round and killed. - FLOODS IN JAVA—-500 LIVES LOST (Received 1 September 5, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5. Floods have devastated Loemadjang and Probolingo, Java. Five hundred persons perished. MOROCCO—MULAI HAFID YIELDS TO THE POWERS. Mulai Hafid, in response to the remonstrance of the Powers, has undertaken to abolish the infliction of torture. * COLLAPSE OF THE SWEDISH STRIKE. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 5. The general strike in Sweden has collapsed. Government mediation has been accepted in the dispute which led to the general strike. THE WAIPARA—BERTHED AT THE WHARF. (Received September 6, 12.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, Sept. 5. The authorities agreed to allow the Waipara to enter the harbor, and she is now berthed at the wharf.