GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3367, 6 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

RAILWAY WAGES

(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received November 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 4. The Midland Railways have fixed the minimum wages of the lower grades at twenty-two shillings per week for London, £1 for large towns, nineteen shillings for other places. Arrangements are in progress to benefit the higher grades. BILLIARD MATTERS. landrum has declined to bind himself to table manufacturers. He meets Reece and Inman at Harverston. SUSPECTED PLAGUE. TANGIER, Nov. 4. Ten deaths from suspected plague have occurred. The inhabitants in the infected quarter have lieen segregrated in camp. ON THE ROCKS. (Received November 4, 5.25 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 4. The steamer Hansy is on the rocks at the Lizard. All the crew of twenty-four wore rescued by the- rocket apparatus, the captain’s wife and baby being taken off first. NAVAL PRIZE BILL. LONDON, Nov. 4. The House of Commons has begun the report stage of the Naval Prize Bill. The Opposition fruitlessly moved an amendment to secure a smaller tribunal with a view to eliminating some of the minor countries. Earl Grey said the Court must he drawn fro-m a. wide area if it was intended’ to command consent. Mr B. G. Falle, Unionist, declared the convention ignored the Oversea Dominions. Mr Simon accepted the proposal to omit sub-section clause 23, lest it exclude the overseadominions jurists. EXEMPTION WANTED. (Received November 4, 5.25 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 4. The Lancashire County Cricket Committee have asked the Marylcbono Cricket Club to endeavor to secure exemption of cricket clubs from compulsory insurance of players under the Insurance Bill. TRANSCONTINENTAL AEROPLANE FLIGHT. (Received November 4, 5.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 4. "It is practically certain that Rodgers will arrive at Pasadena, California, on Sunday, thus completing the Transcontinental aeroplane trip. When crossing Salton Lake a cylinder in his machine exploded. Rodgers voloplaned four miles, landing outside the Imperial Junction depot. He was travelling at seventy miles an hour when the accident occurred. The repairs occupied a day. NO MINIMUM WAGE. (Received November 6, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON. Nov. 5. A meeting of the South Wales Conciliation Board Of eoal owners rejected a demand for a minimum wage. FAMOUS CONVICT SHOT. NEW YORK, Nov. 5. “Bill the Miner,” a famous convict, who escaped from gaols in Canada and the United States, recently escaped from Wainesboro, in Georgia. He was found, but resisted arrest, and was shot dead. VICTIMS OF THE POLICE. NEW YORK. Nov. 3. At Chicago two men, serving 17 years’ imprisonment on a murder charge, have been declared innocent by ex-Judge Freeman, who sentenced them. Steps are being taken to secure their release, it being alleged that they are toe victims of a police campaign to secure convictions at all costs. £150,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE. OTTAWA, Nov. 3. A fire at London, Ontario, destroyed a large portion of the business section. (Hie damage is estimated at £150,000, | and 500 men have been thrown out of work.