GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2758, 12 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE ARMY PAGEANT

United Press Association —Copyright

LONDON, March 10

The feature of -the Army pageant at Fulham in June will be representations of the battles -of -Settingen, Corunna, Barossa, and Badajoz by members of regiments Avliich participated in the actions.

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES

The Civil Service estimates total £66,160,102 as compared with an actual grant last session of £62,585,312. They include £14,164,677 for education, £9,220,000 fc-r old-age pensions, £400,000 for a development fund, and £41,000 for the Prince of "Wales’ A'isit to South Africa.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH

The A'erdict given at the inquest into the death of Watson, the pugilist, Avas accidental death. The medical evidence Avas to the effect that death Avas due to a. lacerated -artery connected with the heart. UNITED FREE”"CHURCH OF. ENGLAND. Mr Shakespeare, secretary of the Baptist Union, speaking at a- Free Church conference at Hull, advocated a united Free Church in England, consisting of A r arious non-conformist churches as an autonomous section. The suggestion was referred to a committee. LLOYD-GEORGE’S ADMIRERS IN NEM r ZEALAND. Mr Lloyd-George has received an illuminated address and a greenat-one paperknife from Wish admirers in New Zealand. NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. The Canadian Northern Railway Company are inaugurating a line of 21-knot steamers from Bristol to Canada, beginning in May. 7/EFRAUDIN t g"rELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. PARIS, March 10. It is stated that Duaz’s defalcations from French religious institutions will probably amount to £400,000.

A COMMERCIAL CRUISE. BERLIN, March 10. The Kaiser, accompanied by Prince Henry and several admirals, inspected the Heliogoland, which has started on a cruise with captains of industry and finance aboard. INTERNATIONAL PEACE. Dr Spiecker, at a meeting in Berlin, supported a resolution in favor of international peace. He declared the time was coming for Britain and Germany to unite to withstand the competition of America in trade. EXPROPRIATION OF LANDLORDS. ATHENS, March 10. The Military League demands the expropriation of landlords of Thessaly, notwithstanding treaties guaranteeing Moslems’ rights. CANADIAN NAVAL BILL. OTTAWA, March 10. The Dominion House of Commons, by 129 to 74, (passed the Naval Bill. FRAUDS m JAPAN. NEW YORK, March 10. The “Herald’s” Yokohama correspondent states that the Japanese police have arrested 17 clerks and workmen at Yakasaka naval arsenal for (purloining several thousand pounds’ worth of platinum and other metals sinco 1902. LADY DUDLEY’S HEALTH. (Received March 11, ,10.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 11. An early morning bulletin stated that though Lady Dudley’s health is serious enough to necessitate the constant attention of physicians, her condition is satisfactory. The Queen and the Prince of Wales are angmg the inquirers since the operation. j