GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2683, 13 December 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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United I’RKbB Ahhooiation —CopTitioiir - LONDON, Dec. -10. ‘ Maeterlinck’s play, “Bluebird,” .-ut the; ,H ay market Theatre, is one of the most remarkable dramatic and pictorial successes of. the present generation. [Maurice Maeterlinck is a Belgian, but resides in Paris. He is famous as the author of a number of novels and plays, many of them of a philosophical and sociological nature. 'Several of j his works have appeared in English.] THE NOBEL AWARDS. . The Nobel prizes have been awarded as follows: —Physics have been divided between Signor Marconi and M. Karl Braun (Strassburg); chemistry, M. Wilhelm Ostwold (Leipsig);medicine', Dr Theodore Kocher, professor of surgery at Berne; literature, Selma Lagerlof, Swedish authoress. CANCER RESEARCH—A GENEROUS GIFT. * The late Mr. George Crocker bequeathed £300,00 sterling to the'Columbia University for cancer research. > DAMAGING FIRE. Courtauld and Company’s Braintree silk and crepe mills have been destroyed by fire, throwing 500 hands out of employment. The damage amounts to £IOO,OOO. WOMEN PHYSICIANS. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons have now recognised all the leading medical schools where women are being trained. THE NAVY* LEAGUE. The Navy League, after being reconstructed on a more democratic basis, reported a great increase of membership. MEMORIAL TO PHIL MAY. An influential committee is organising a memorial to Phil May (the artist) including a tablet in the house where he was born, and a scholarship at Leeds School of Arts. GERMAN BOYCOTT BY POLES. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Two thousand American Poles participate in the forthcoming five hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Tanneberg, Galicia. They are boycotting the German liners and travelling via France and Switzerland. [At the .battle of Grunwald, nearTanneberg, fought in 1410, the Poles defeated the Teutonic Knights, a German order introduced into the Baltic Provinces of Poland, whence was afterwards evolved the Prussian monarchy.] THE PAYNE TARIFF. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Since the Payne tariff came into operation, 6,501,930 dollars’ worth of art objects have been imported intb the United States, {compared -with 1,372,691 dollars’ worth August, September, and October, 1908. „ - / CANADIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. "OTTAWA, Dec. 10. A total of £5,500,000 was spent on railway construction in Western Canada in 1907, and £6,000,000' in materials. RECORD MOTOR DRIVE. _ SYDNEY,' Dec. 10. V White, an Adelaide motorist, drove a car froth Melbourne to Sydney in 21 hours 91 minutes, beating previous records by four hours 21 minutes. The average was 29 miles an hour. ESTATE OF LATE ANTHONY ' . HORDERN? •»—• ’ ; * Probate has been granted' in regard to the late Anthony Hordern’s will. The estate has been sworn at £2,925,000. > ,v : : - v '’ v r {;:.?• SIR FREDERICK DARLEY. SYDNEY, Dec. 11. News has been received from London that there is no hope of Sir Frederick Darley’s recovery. , • A CAPTAIN’S SUS- ' PENDED. Advices from the Cape state that! the certificate of the captain of the wrecked steamer Ourimbah has been suspended for three months. FINGER PRINT EVIDENCE. MELBOURNE, Dec: 11. In a case in the Criminal- Court wherein the prosecution relied on finger prints, the Chief Justice advised the jury to be very careful in accepting finger-print evidence. The opinion that no two fingers could -make the same impression was not accepted as a scientific fact. Unless other evidence supported it he considered the prints doubtful evidence on which to record a conviction. Accused was acquitted. DEDICATION OF QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY. BRISBANE, Dec. 10. The jubilee of the State’s autonomy was marked to-day by the dedication of Queensland University.,