GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3385, 28 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

AIARQUIS OF TWEED ALE DEAD. (United Press Association—Convright.) LONDON. Nov. 23. Obituary: The Alarums of Twoedale. [The deceased Marquis was 85 years of age. Ho served in the Bengal Civil Service from 1815 to 1862, and later became a deputy commissioner.] MINERS WAGES INCREASED. After several conferences, miners in Warwickshire obtained a minimum wage of 7s a day, with a proportionate increase in the lower grades. Air Johnson, ALP., said that if an equally good agreement were made throughout the country there would be no national strike. MAGGIE PAPAKFRA ENGAGED. The “Observer’ ’announces that Alaggie Papakura (formerly a well-known Rotorua guide) has become engaged to Air Staples Brown, who belongs to an Oxfordshire family. The marriage will take place later in Fiji. CO-OPERATIVE lAI All G RATION. OTTAWA, Nov. 2G. The Government lias appointed special commissioners to inquire into a possible scheme of co-operative immigration by the Provincial and Federal Governments. A HIVING PICTURE CENSORS. The action of Ontario in establishing a board of censors for moving pictures is likely to be followed by other provinces in consequence of tlfe complaints of the prominence given to American flags in the films. WHITE LABOR FOR AFRICA. CAPETOWN, Nov. 26.

General Botha, at a congress of the Hetvolk at Pretoria, said be would throw,.all his weight in the direction of assisting mining. He added that the Government was considering the utilisation of white labor on farms. If none were available, men must be imported.

OFFICERS CO IT RT Al A RITA LIjED CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 26.

Indignation has been aroused because two Turkish officers were eourtrnartialled and shot at Tripoli. They were captured within the entrenchments, carrying plans of the Italian positions, and bombs intended to explode artillery stores.

EAMTNE HORRORS

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 26

Peasants at Orenberg and Turgai, where the horrors of the 1891 famine are being repeated, are flocking into the towns, asking for special services and tli© administration of the last communion, in order that they may be prepared for death. The Orenberg crop is 86 per cent, below the average. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. (Received Nov. 27, 10.25 p.m.) BERLIN, Nov. 27.

Dr. Siegel, a well-known bacteriologist, has announced the discovery of foot and mouth disease baccilus. He inoculated a number of animals with the culture, and secured a large degree of immunity.