GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 518, 15 September 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

AMERICAN PUSH

By, .telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, .Sept. id. British tobacconists state that tlie American trust has lost one million and a half pounds sterling in a futile attempt to capture the British market. COLD .STORAGE. LONDON, Sept. Id. The Imperial Cold Storage Supply Company propose to acquire South African and Australian cold storage for £1,600,1)01). The Imperial Company will increase its capital to two millions, and will secure subscriptions of £IOO,OOO in addition to capital. D. 15. DovgrafT, managing director oi the South African Cold Storage Company, joins the board, and Mr J. K. Stephenson, general manager of the original company, becomes general manager of the new combination. Mr •). 11. Harris, formerly in the Melbourne office of John Cook and Co., nas been appointed assistant manager.

NEW ARMY ORDER. LONDON September Id. An -army order abolishes roll calls except for reveille and parade on .Sunday with exception of church parades, and replaces regimental garrison guards by police. It permits smoking in the streets whenever off duty, minimises kit inspection, allows a definite period of leisure daily, and transfers fatigues for defaults.

LABOUR DISTURBANCE, LONDON, September Id. A serious disturbance has occurred at Bclhesda Quarry. Lord Peiiryliu declines to meet a deputation, owing to the behaviour of the strikers towards the workers.

HELPING A STRIKE. LONDON, Sept. Jd. Welsh miners have sent £IOOO to the Pennsylvanian strikers. 'A VALUABLE ANIMAL. LONDON, Sept, 12. The Duke of Westminster has purchased a filly by Persimmon-Phantas-tic, for five thousand guineas', CAPTURJ NO PI RATES LONDON, Sept. Jd. The cruiser Lapwing captured three pirate dhows jn the Persian Gulf. NAVAL DEFENCE, BERLIN, September id. The Kaiser lias ordered tiie establishment of a special sea transport department in connection with the Cabinet of Naval Defence,