GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2741, 21 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

LARGE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.

United Press Association—Copyright

London, lob. 18

Lord Pirrie has purctiased the late Sir Alfred Jones’ various bud nesses. [Sir Alfred Jones was chairman of the Elder-Dempster steamship . hue, and had interests in the ( amines, the \\ est Indies, and West Alrica.j

A CLEVER RUSSIAN JEW. ■Selig Brodetsky, a Russian Jew, and a London Board schoolboy-, who tied for the Senior Wrangler;'hip at Cambridge in 1908, has ween the Isaac Newton scholarship at Cambridge, £2O for three years.

AUSTRALIA’S HIGH COMMISSIONER.

The Colonial Institute tenders a banquet to Sir G. H. Reid, Federal High Commissioner, on March 15. The Earl of Crewe presides.

EMPIRE DAY. The City Corporation has decided to have an assembly at the Guild Hall on the morning of Empire Day of city children belonging to elementary schools.

THE HOME FLEET. Admiral Wilson has ordered the second division of the Home fleet for a six weeks’ cruise.

MISS BRADDON OX SOCIALISM

Miss Braddon. in an article in thc-

“Clarion,” says she regards .Socialism as exemplified by prominent exponents with unmitigated terror. It sets class against class, tends to dry up the fountain of benevolence. “I think,” she said, “we all love to help the poor but not- with a loaded pistol at the forehead.” THE MISSING AMERICAN NAVAL TUGBOAT. The search for the Nina has been abandoned. EATHQUAKE SHOCKS IN CRETE AND ITALY. An earthquake shock, lasting 14 seconds, has been experienced at- Crete. The dome of the Oanea mosque collapsed, and many other buildings were damaged. There were shocks als-o at Malta. Catania, and Foggia.

A RELIGIOUS FANATIC. The ‘'Chronicle” reports tint a woodcutter named Ogay, a religious fanatic, built and lighted a pyre and incinerated himself under a rude wooden cross at Moudoii. Switzerland. SCOTCH OIL FOR FUEL. The Admiralty has offered to purchase 20.000 tons of Scotch oil. THE KAISER INDISPOSED. BERLIN, Feb. IS. The Kaiser has had a slight chill. He is confined to his room, and has cancelled all engagements.

FALSE FIVE POUND NOTES

The police are tracing the fabricators of many false £o notes purporting to be on the National Bank of South Africa and circulating in Johannesburg. They are excellent forgeries. ABDUL HAMID’S SEAL FOUND. Tlie ‘‘Lokal Anzeiger” states that Abdul Hamid's seal, which was lost during the Turkish revolution, has ‘been found. Upon learning this the Deutsche Bank settled the action for the recovery of Abdul’s deposit, which, it had previously refused to hand over until the seal was produced.

BOSXIAX-HERZEGOVINIAN COX-

STITUTION.

VIENNA, Feb. IS

Emperor Francis Joseph has signed the Bosnia n-Herzegovinian Constitution.

THE ATHENS COURT MARTIAL

ATHENS, Feb. IS

It is stated that the recent Athens Court-martial was held in secret, in accordance with a Bill which has not yet become law, and the proceedings are illegal.

BANDIT CHIEF HANGED

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. IS

Dinga, a- Bulgarian bandit chief, sentenced to death at Salonika, has been hanged.

CHINESE REINFORCEMENTS. FOR THIBET.

PEKIN, Fel>. IS. Two thousand Chinese have reinforced the Lliassa garrison.

EXPLOSION AT POWDER WORKS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18

An explosion at the Trojan powder works, • San Lorenzo, near San Francisco, caused a panic among the inhabitants. Twenty employees are missing and are supposed to have perished.

NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

(Received February 20, 5 p.an.) LONDON, Feb. 19.

The “Times,” in its Stock Exchange article, says that the impression prevails that the underwriters of the New.

South Wales loans are already secure*