GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2659, 15 November 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A MEDICAL MISSION. (Jni ’ed Press Association —Copyriout. LONDON, Nov. 12. Dr Bahr and some students of the London School of Tropical Medicine, are starting for Fiji on the 19th inst. to study dysentery. Lord Sheffield is to defray the expenses.

CHIROPODY FOR THE INFANTRY

The War Office is arranging for many classes of chirpody in connection with the training of infantry. LIONEL BROUGH’S FUNERAL. King Edward condoled with Mr. Sydney Brough on the death of his father. Many leading actors attended Mr. Lionel Brough’s funeral at Norwood. A SUCCESSFUL MONORAIL GYROSCOPIC CAR. BERLIN, Nov. 12. Augustus Sclierl has exhibited a monorail gyroscopic car in Berlin, carrying six passengers. SALE OF AN AUSTRALIAN LINER. ROME, Nov. 12. A Genoa firm has purchased the late Australian liner Oroya for £12,000. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. OTTAWA, Nov. 12. The Canadian Parliament has opened. The Government promised legislation to strengthen the laws concerning combinations which unduly enhance prices. NEW SOUTH WALES STATISTICS. SYDNEY, Nov. 13. During the past ' three months the population of the State increased by 12,696, the largest quarterly increase for many years, while the number of births is a record.

A MANCHESTER GRIEVANCE

(Received November 14, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 13

The Manchester Association of Importers and Exporters has addressed the Chambers of Commerce of Australia, calling attention to the. clauses in Australian ’ grain charter parties, adversely affecting the ship canal and preventing direct shipments to Manchester. LORD JERSEY ILL. The Earl of Jersey, formerly Governor of Now South Wales, has had a slight attack of cerebral hemorrhage, and has cancelled his engagements for a few weeks. THE LICENSING OF PLAYS. The Lords’ and Commons’ Committee recommend a continuance of the censorship of plays, with a consultative committtee to assist the examiner, that it should be optional to seek a license, and that an unlicensed play may be performed at the manager’s risk, the Government prosecuting for indecency or impropriety.