GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2658, 13 November 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A DANGEROUS NEGRO CRIMINAL Unv'ed I’ricrb Association —Copyright. MELBOURNE, Nov. 12. King (the notorious negro convict, who stabbed and seriously injured a warder named Curtis at Pentridge gaol), alter attacking Curtis, was placed in a straight jacket. He managed to rid himself of it, and then he attacked Warder Sullivan, with a cell pannikin, inflicting a nasty wound behind the ear. King was overpowered after a great struggle. ASIATICS IN AUSTRALIA. According to a statement presented to the Senate there are 31,000 Asiatics in Australia. THE SUEZ CANAL. PARIS, Nov. 11. The “Standard’s” Paris correspondent, referring to the Suez Canal hitch, states that negotiations are now proceeding. THE PERSIAN UNREST. TEHERAN, Nov. 11. The arrival of reinforcements has reassured Russians and other foreigners at Ardebil. PRESIDENT TAFT’S TOUR. NEW Y'ORK, Nov. 11. President Taft has reached Washington after a 13,000-mile tour. A MOTOR RECORD. Strang, in a Fiat car, won the 10 mile race from Atlanta, in ■i min 2sec. Re covered .one mile in 37.7 sec. SOUTH .POLAR EXPEDITION. .LONDON, Nov. 11. The Royal Geographical and Royal Societies have .respectively granted £SOO and £250 towards Captain Scott’s expedition. GRAVING DOCK FOR CEYLON. Walter, Sons and Company, wellknown Ceylon merchants in Basinghall Street, London, are constructing a graving dock and workshops for repairing naval and other vessels at "Ceylon.