GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2759, 14 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A REPREHENSIBLE HOAX

United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, March ii.

A practical joker hoaxed several coa.i merchants, instructing them to sent* many. tons of coal to Mr. Winston •Ohurchi 11’s ho-use.

THE AUSTRALASIAN DREADNOUGHTS.

Owing to a. doubt being expressed in some quarters, the “Telegraph” explains that the Australasian Dreadnoughts do not figure in the British estimates. The dates when the keel plates will be laid, the prices and time occupied in construction, are all matters for the Colonial Governments. LADY DUDLEY’S. CONDITION. Lady Dudley passed a fair night, and her condition is satisfactory. (ileccived March 13, 5 p.m.) LONDON, March 12. A midnight bulletin states that Lady Dudley has progressed very favorably, and that the constant attendance of a physician is unnecessary.

KAISER’S YACHTING GUESTS. BERLIN, March 11. The Kaiser’s hundred, yachting guests include thirteen admirals, six generals, three Cabinet Ministers, bankers, leaders of science, art, and literature. DREADNOUGHTS' EOR ITALY. ROME, March 11. Orders have been, given to the dockyards at Castellamare to prepare in 1910 for the construction of two 24,-000-ton Dreadnoughts. The Italian Dreadnoughts will thus total six. BOOKMAKING IN CANADA. NEW YORK, March 11. .Advices from Ottawa state that the Parliamentary Committee is in favor of the abolition of bookmaking on racecourses. A GENEROUS INDIAN. CALCUTTA, March 11. Sir Carrimbhoy cl Rahim, a distinguished Choja merchant, has handed Sir Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Bombay, £20,000 for scholarships and •other means of improving the scientific training of Mohammedan Iboys. THE “ENGLISHMAN” LIBEL DAMAGES. The newspaper “'Englishman” has appealed against the verdict of damages amounting to £IOOO awarded to Lajpatria, editor of the “Bande Mataram,” for a statement in the “Englishman” that he was deported for tampering with the loyalty of Sepoys. The Court reduced the amount to 1500 rupees (£100).

SIR WILFRID LAURIER’S NAVAL POLICY -i. M’TED.

(Received March 13, 5 p.m.) OTTAWA, March 12. The Canadian Parliament, by 119 to 78 votes, finally accepted Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s naval policy. AN INDIAN FRONTIER. RAID. (Received March i-±, 12.55 p.m.) LONDON, March 13. Thirty-two Mahsuds raided Lakki, on the north-west frontier of India. Captain Stirling, of the 56tlh, Wild’s Rifles, and: five men were killed and six wounded in rounding up the raiders, whose leaders and five others were killed and ;;;ix wounded. A JUDGE’S PENSION. Sir John Bigham has been granted a pension of £3500. WOOLCOMBERS’ STRIKE SETTLED The vooleoinbers’ strike has ended. A slight increase in wages was granted and tile formation of a joint board to adjust disputes agreed upon. A TRICKSTER i cNISHED. Frederick iHormer lias been sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment in the second division for 'hoaxing the “Daily Mail” with a story of Mr. Lloyd George’s hostile reception at Falmouth.

A BLACKFELLOWS’ FIGHT. PORT DARWIN, March 13. A fierce tribal fight is reported from Junction Bay. Fifty natives of the latter place were attacked near the sea. shore by a band of Liverpool River braves. A ferocious hand to hand fight ensued. There are no details.