GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2710, 14 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE WARATAH. OnITIID PIIICSB Association — CoPTIUaiIT. -LONDON, Jan. 12. 'lt is estimated that £14,500 will he payable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, to 115 relatives of the War. atah’s crew. WEALTH IN UGANDA. Mr. Skelford, a well-known engineer, has discovered that, on the borders of Uganda, Lake Magad contains a de- i posit of twenty square miles of solid soda. The country abounds with big game. TO PROMOTE BRITISH INDUSTRY. Lord Crewe has announced that the Government has agreed to grant the British Cotton-growing Association £IO,OOO a year for three years for experimental purposes. ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR VAUDEVILLE. Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress, has entered into an engagement with the Colisseum, London, and will receive £IOOO per week for performances during next September and October. The Colosseum is virtually a music hall. INDIA’S TROUBLES. CALCUTTA, Jan. 12. The trial is proceeding at Lahore of an ex-deportee, A jit Singh, who is still unarrested, and others,-on a charge of publishing seditious literature. The prosecution showed that A jit Singh was connected with the publication of a book giving directions how to take life and destroy buddings. It also produced letters from a well-known agitator to Parmanand, a student at India House who is engaged in London raising funds for A jit Singh’s Indian cami2>aign. PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Miss Annie Morgan with a capital of £250,000 is opening a factory to employ 10,000 trade -unionist blouse-mak-ers. INTERNATIONAL DISCOURTESIES. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The' Marquis of Villadorar, Spanish Minister at Washington, has been recalled at President Taft’s request for creating a disturbance because under a new rule he was not admitted to an audience among the Ambassadors. ST. PETERSBURG DECLARED FREE- FROM CHOLERA. (Received January 14, 12.35 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 13. It is officially announced that the cholera has completely disappeared at St. Petersburg. ILLNESS OF A CANADIAN MINISTER. (Received January 14, 1.10 a.m.)' OTTAWA. Jan. 13. The Hon. L. P. Brodeur, Canadian Minister of Marine, is seriously ill. Mr. Brodeur is suffering from an intestinal ulcer, accompanied by hemorrhage. His conditions is causing grave anxiety.