GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2715, 21 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

TO CHEAPEN' PRESS NEWS. United Press Association — CorvuioiiT. LONDON, Jan. 19. The “Daily Mail” says it is understood the Canadian scheme seeks to reduce the cable rates to -Britain by nearly half, and to give a, direct nows service to Canada, avoiding the bias which now attaches to its passing through American channels. AGRICULTURE IN THE TROPICS. At the instance of the Governor of Jamaica, a movement is in progress to establish a properly-equipped and efficiently-staffed tropical agricultural college in the islands. DIVIDING UP A FORTUNE. Ogden Mills’ fortune of £10,000,000 sterling has been divided between his son and Mrs Whitelaw Reid, and £IOO,OOO ha s been left to charity. [Mrs Whitelaw' Reid, wife of the American Ambassador in England, is a daughter of the late Mr. D. Ogden Mills.] DURHAM MINERS BACK AT WORK. Three-fourths of the Durham miners are working. /It is expected that the dissatisfaction in regard .to the eight hours’ arrangement will he remedied through the usual channels. The executive of the Northumberland Miners’ Association has decided to pay lock-out relief this week, despite the difference with members. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. The “Times” Washington correspondent, in mentioning Britain and the minimum tariff, makes no mention of the British colonies. [A previous cable message stated that minimum rates had been granted to Great Britain, but not to British colonies.] A CLEAR CUT ISSUE. The repeal of the meat exclusion laws is described us the irreducible minimum of the American demands under the new tariff over which Germany and America are fighting. The tariff becomes effective on April Ist. There is not the slightest present sign of a settlement. •UNEXAMPLED PROSPERITY IN FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 19. The increase in French imports last year amounted to £16,000,000, whereof £12,000,000 is for raw material. The increases of exports totalled £20,000, 000. The returns indicate unexampled prosperity. HEAVY GERMAN IMPORTS Jan. 19. German imports in 1909 were £25,000,000 sterling, and the exports £15,000,000 over 190 S. A COSTLY MOTOR RIDE. Rahlsen, an engineer, has been fined £l2O at Munich, besides £3500 compensation to the State, for smuggling an Italian-made automobile acr.os s tbe Bavarian border. DISLOYAL SEPOYS. CALCUTTA, Jan. 19. Ten of the Tenth Jats Native Infantry regiment stationed at Calcutta have been charged with bringing suspects into the regimental lines without leave. The loyalty of the regi_ ment as a whole is undoubted. A BENIFICENT GIFT. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Henry Elliott, an American naturalist who was killed by T a snowslide, left £400,000 for a home for friendless children. JAPAN AND AMERICA DISAGREE. The “Herald’s” Tokio correspondent reports that the Japanese policy firmly rejects Mr Knox's Manchurian railway neutralisation proposals. TERRIBLE COLLIERY FATALITY. (Received January 21, 12.10 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 20. Through the breaking of a chain, a cage was precipitated down a colliery near Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, to- a depth of one-third of a mile. The eight occupants of the cage were killed.