GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2769, 26 March 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

INFLATED RUBBER

United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, March 23. Rubber, best quality, has been sold at auction for 11s per lb. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. The resolution at the Agents-General meeting on March 17, relative to the States representation at the Imperial Conference, was moved by Mr McColl, of Tasmania, Mr Coghlan, of New South "Wales, opposed it on the ground that the .matter was outside the province of the Agents-General. A CHANGED APPOINTMENT. PARIS, March 23. The French Chamber of Deputies has resolved to replace the liquidator of properties belonging to religious orders by a director-general responsible to the Ministers of Worship and Finance. A DISHONEST CARPENTER. BERLIN, March 23. A carpenter belonging to a. torpedo boat stole 23,000 marks (20 marks equal 19s Gd) from the ship’s treasury in Wilhelmshaven harbor. On being arrested he confessed the crime. SKYSCRAPERS WANTED. • Prizes amounting to £1250 each will be awarded to architects, builders, and 'town planners for the best scheme to present the overcrowding of Berlin till 'the year 2000, when the population is expected to reach ten millions.

,UP-TO-DATE BURGLARS. BRUSSELS, March 23. The burglars at Rossel's shop, Brussels, pumped soporific fumes through the key-hole, thereby drugging the watchman. They left no clue. THE PHILADELPHIA STRIKE. WASHINGTON, March 23. Thirty-five thousand textile workers and 22,000 bricklayers have abandoned the sympathetic strike ordered in support of the Philadelphia strike. FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT. By a- motor accident at Fort Myer, the wife of Major Herbert Slocum was killed, and General Franklin Bell, chief of the Army Staff, was very badly injured. * GOOD ADVICE TO BRITISH MANUFACTURERS. (Received March 24, 10.25 p.m.) LONDON, March 24. : The Bristol Chamber of Commerce ‘gave a banquet to its representatives Vit the Sydney Empire Chambers of Commerce Congress. The guests »e----ported that the results of their Australian tour emphasised the necessity Of British manufacturers suiting Australian requirements. CHILD DEVOURED BY EAGLES. A hunter in the Eastern Alps dis'covered an eagle’s nest containing the ‘skeleton of a child aged three years. A WELSH PHILANTHROPIST’S BEQUESTS.

The personality of Mr. John Cary, the well-known (philanthropist, has •been proved at £726,356. He bequeathed over one hundred thousand sterling to charities, including £20,000 : to the Salvationists and £40,000. to various .missionary societies ; also £IO,OOO to his employees. THE WITHDRAWAL FROM SOMALILAND. A Blue Book shows that the withdrawal of British troops from (Somaliland to the coast is due to the advice Of Generals Wingate and Manning, because the friendly natives are now sufficiently well armed to be able to defend themselves, and that it does not imply the abandonment of the country.

f ,A MILLIONAIRE IRONMASTER. The estate of Sir A. Vickmau, expresident of the Iron Trade Association, has been sworn at one million sterling. EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA DYING. A Reuter’s telegram says that Menelik, Emperor of Abyssinia, is dying, and that at his instance the 'Empress was deposed and ordered to quit the palace. All the chiefs have 'to take an oath of fidelity to the heirapparent. MR HENNIKER HEATON’S LIBEL ACTION, During the hearing of a side issue In the Court of Appeal, it was shown that Mr. Hcnniker Heaton’s action 'against Mr. Goldney and the (publishers of the “Kentish Gazette” arose 'from Mr. Goldney’s letter accusing Mr Hcnniker Heaton of former attempts to obtain a large sum of money from him as the price of his retirement from 1 'the representation of Canterbury. A BIG AVIATION SCHOOL. PAMS, March 24. There are 500 pupils in the Aviation School qt Chalons. PROFESSOR GOLDWIN SMITH. OTTAWA, March 24. Professor Goldwin Smith is recovering, and is likely soon to, leave his room.