GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2643, 27 October 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

MILLIONAIRE IRONMASTER’S WILL. United Press Association— -Copyright. LONDON, Oct. 25. ; Alexander Fleming, ironmaster of Glasgow, left- . £1,300,000.' He bequeathed £60,000 to. Scottish charities. The death duties amount, to nearly £200,000, and the legacy duties to many thousands of pounds. EMPIRE PRESS UNION. An Empire Press Union has been formed to continue the work begun by the Press Conference. Lord Burnham is president and . Lord Northcliffe treasurer. Mr C. A. Pearson is chairman and Mr H. E. Brittain secretary. FRENCH DREADNOUGHTS. PARIS, Oct. 25. The French naval. authorities have decided to build seven Dreadnoughts instead of four. THE FRENCH ELECTORAL SYSTEM M. Millerand, in, advocating proportional representation, stated that no administrative or judicial reform in France was possible while the .present electoral system remains. new Servian" ministry FORMED. BELGRADE, Oct. 25. M. Pasties has formed a Servian Ministry. AN EXPENSIVE’PAINTING. NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Mrs Huntington, an American collector of treasures, has purchased a Velasquez painting from Colonel Holford for £BO.OOO. THE CONGO QUESTION. The United States refuses to recognise Belgian annexation of the Congo till reforms are actually in force. [This is .practically the position taWen up by Britain on the question.] A FOUR HOURS 7 DAY DEMANDED. SYDNEY, Oct. 26. Speaking at the . Newcastle Eight Hours Demonstration, Senator Dc Langi declared that every man had a right to work, and he would be prepared to demand a four hour day in order that all might get.employment. VICTORIAN CHILDREN’S TEETH. MELBOURNE, Oct. 26. At the dental congress the percentage of Victorian children with bad teeth was stated to be 95. THE FIRE ON THE SURREY. As the result of the recent fire the insulation of the Surrey’s number 3 hold is being removed. GERMAN AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS. (Received October 26, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, October 26. There are many thousand speculators in connection with the German South-West African diamond fields. 273,701 carats were secured in the past seven months, valued at 33 marks per carat. The average cost of finding was 2to 10 marks. Eighty new companies have been -formed. [A- mark is worth about llfd.]. LIMERICK COMPETITIONS NOT LOTTERIES. SYDNEY, October 26. The Full Court, in upholding the appeal against a conviction on a charge of conducting a lottery in organising a Limerick competition, laid down the principle that, unless the distribution of prizes depends absolutely upon a mere matter of chance, it is not a lottery. A PORTUGUESE OFFICER ASSASSINATED. (Received October 27, 1.5 a.m.) Eastern files report that Captain Pinto/ commanding an- artillery corps at Macao, was shot dead by a private of his company while sitting iri the guard-room. The murderer is heliev r ed to be of unsound mind. He deliberately marched into the room and shot the captain through the temple. A couple of days before the. tragedy Captain Pinto jokingly threatened to punish the man for interfering with flower beds. , •