GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2766, 22 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

TO DEFEND ENGLAND. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, March 20. Mr. Haldane, speaking at the Institute of Civil Engineers, said the War Office was preparing: to create a reserve of skilled telegraphists and motor cyclists among men employed in the railway works of the country, who, it was calculated, would form a potent force in the scheme of home defence. WHOLESALE THEFTS. Captain Jas. Henry Edward Hoi ford has been committed for trial at the Old Bailey for obtaining tiaras and necklaces of diamonds to the value of several thousand pounds from various jewel, lers and then pawning them. A LUCKY ESCAPE. The fishermen who were blown out to sea on an ice-floe in the Gulf of Finland were rescued. ‘ BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS GET TURKISH ORDERS. The firms of Armstrong, Vickers, and John Brown have secured contracts for two Turkish battleships and two cruisers, at a cost of five million pounds. TO LOOK INTO IMMIGRATION MATTERS. The, Central Unemployed Body of London is sending Mr. Williamson, organising officer, tor six months to Australia and New Zealand to ascertain the attitude of the Governments and people towards immigration A HUGE CONCERN. Lord P.irie is forming a company with a capital of two millions to acquire Alfred Jones and Company's extensive shipping business. RELICS OF BUDDHA. CALCUTTA, March 20 Lord Minto, the Viceroy, has presented a golden casket, containing relics of Buddha, recently discovered at Peshawar, to a Burmese delegation. The Viceroy expressed a hope that pilgrims would visit Mandalay from all parts of the world

MILLIONAIRES AT AUCTION. NEW YORK, March 20. Mr. Otto Hahn, of New York, has bought Franz Hal’s painting of himself and family for one hundred thousand pounds sterling. He outbid Mr. Pierpont Morgan, wlio offered eighty thousand pounds. THE RAILWAY MURDER,

(Received March 21,■ 10.55 p.m.) LONDON, March 21. The London police are searching for a man seen in Nesbit’s compartment. The Colliery Company by which Nesbit was employed, lias offered £IOO reward for the discovery of the criminal. [Nesbit, who was cashier of the Weddington colliery, was found shot dead in a carriage on the Newcastle railway.]