GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2696, 29 December 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

CABLE NEWS.

A WEALTHY LADY

(Jn.'kp Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, December 27. The death is announced of Ellen Morrison, sister of Charles Morrison, from whom she inherited £3,000,000. Appendicitis was diagnosed on Monday. She spent ten hours that night with her lawyers making her will- The operation was performed on Tuesday, but the patient never rallied. She left 17 nephews and nieces £50,000 to £IOO,000 a-piece, and Miss Wilmot Champion £50,000. The estate will probably yield the Exchequer £600,000. It had already paid a quarter of a million when inherited in May.

[Charles Morrison was a London financier. His estate amounted to ten million s sterling.]

CLAPHAM FIRE RELIEF FUND

The Arding and Hobbs fire relief fund has reached £SOOO.

TO WELD THE EMPIRE.

The Colonial Institute has decided to arrange a series of luncheons whereat prominent colonials will address City men. The idea is based on Canadian clubs, which have been a success throughout the Dominion. TO HONOR MR. GLADSTONE. The “Daily News” readers have subscribed £3OOO to purchase election posters and literature on the : occasion of Mr. Gladstone’s centenary. THE EFFECT OF PROTECTION. Foreign firms holding English patents expended half a million pounds purchasing land and erecting buildings and plant in England during the present year. PURE MILK FOR LONDONERS. The “Daily Express’ states that in connection with the pure milk campaign the municipalities of London are striking a thousand milk shops off the register in the New Year. WHEN THE SAFE WAS OPENED. Senator Patania, a Neapolitan, was reputed to have left a fortune of 6800,000 enclosed in a safe. When the safe was opened it contained nothing. The heir believes that the money and notes were stolen. He declares that Senator Patania’s jewels were recently pawned.

FRANCE TO FINANCE MULAI

HAFID

In connection with the projected Moroccan loan of £3,200,000, to be floated in Paris, Mulai Hafid’s envoys have accepted France’s terms, including the scheme of policing Morocco and other measures. DAMAGE TO SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 27. The cable steamer Telconia rammed the P. and 0. steamer Nile, outward bound for Calcutta, while anchored during a fog, off theNore. The Nile returned to the docks, her bows being badly damaged. The passengers are safe. There was no panic. . MADRID. Dec. 27. The Federal-Holder liner Southern Cross, hound for Southampton, is ashore at Vigo harbor, ther 1 ; position) being critical. The passengers are safe. The cargo and hull are valued at £94,000. • (Received December 28, 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 28. sTlie Southern Cross has broken in halves. A WAR^OF^WITS. PARIS, Dec. 27. In consequence of the activities of Pataud, the strike leader, Mr. Briand, the Premier, isecretly <fconniected all electric light stations with generators driving the tube trains. Pataud called on M. Briand on Christinas Eve, and

threatened to throw Paris in darkness unless the electricians were granted increased pay. M. Briand refused. Pataud was helpless. The newspapers are rejoicing at M. Briand’s ingenuity.

A MISSING BALLOON,

BERLIN, Dec. 27

A balloon, with a lieutenant aboard, left Dresden on the 18th. It passed Stockholm northwards on the 19th, but is now missing.

POINT IN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION

NEW YQRK, Dec. 27.

A board of officers at Washington is inquiring as to the usefulness of fire control masts introduced in the navy in 1908. There are some allegations as to their excessive vibration.

NO CHEAP COAL FOR GERMANS

SYDNEY, Dec. 28

News from New Guinea states that some time back the North German Lloyd’s Company sent an official from Bremen to search for coal deposits in German New Guinea. The officer has just returned to Simpsonshafen. He reports that he found a good deposit, but it was too far inland to ensure practical working. He, however, found large phosphatic deposits near enough to be worked on a business basis. The new port of Simpsonshafen has been rechristened Rabaul, the native name for the township. THAMES IRONWORKS COMPANY. (Received December 28, 11.30 p.m.) . LONDON, Dec. 28. The Thames Ironworks Company, in view of the Admiralty’s provisional order for a super-Dreadnought, has decided to issue an additional fifty thousand debentures. FATAL LANDSLIP IN SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 28. A fall of rock in Orense province, Spain, overwhelmed a church and a number of dwellings, killing 26 persons. MILD WINTER AND PROSPERITY IN CANADA. OTTAWA, Dec. 28. The mild winter in Canada has resulted in great prosperity. Work is plentiful ; 156 manufacturers need 5962 skilled artisans. PIERPONT MORGAN’S LATEST DEAL.. NEW YORK, Dec. 28. Pierpont Morgan has sold to a syndicate his shares of the Chicago tramways, realising a million sterling. HEAT WAVE IN VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, Dec. 28. (Received December 29, 1.5 a.m.) There is a recurrence of the heat wavelo7 degrees were registered in the city to-day. BURNED TO DEATH. SYDNEY, Dec. 27. By a fire at Rvde, a woman named Moore was burned to death, and a man named Whelan was suffocated. . THE DUNGOG MURDER, The jury found that Gerlach wilfully murdered Coleman at Dungog.