GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3721, 6 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

HYDROPLANE OVERTURNS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT] (Received Jail.’ 5, 5.5*p.m.) PARIS, Jan. 5. A hydroplane overturned at Recamp. The mechanic was drowned, but the aviator was rescued, A DISASTROUS FIRE. (Received Jan. 5, 5.5 p.m.) BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 5. A number of warehouses belonging to the Barraca Union, stored with inflammables, was burned. The damage is estimated at £200,000. OUT OF DATE FISHERMEN. PARIS, Jan. 3. One hundred and sixteen factories at Brittany have been closed. The fishermen declined to adopt new methods to secure more plentiful catches. The abandonment of the industry will affect 50,000 people. STEAMERS HOPELESSLY OVERDUE. LONDON, Jan. 3. . The Underwriters consider that the steamers Whittingham and Snpvdoo iiaiige are hopelessly overdue in the Atlantic.

EXPLOSION AT DYNAMITE WORKS. . CAPETOWN, Jan. '3. An explosion at De Beers dynamite works, Somerset West, killed two whites and five natives. TORRENTIAL RAINS. ftAPETOtYN, Jan. 3. Torrential rains have fallen in Natal, and on the Transkeian border a number of dams burst in the northwest, and many sheep were drowned. PORTUGUESE~CABINET RESIGNS. (Received Jan. 6, 12.45 a.in.) LISBON, Jan. ,5. Cabinet has resigned. Senhor Almeida (Minister for Marino in the late Cabinet) is attempting to form a Ministry.