GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1054, 23 November 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

DEATH OF 'A WELL-KNOWN NOVELIST.

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, Nov., 20, Henry Setchn Scott, better known under the nom de plume of H. S. Merriman, the novelist, has died, of appendicitus. P. AND 0., COMPANY. LONDON, Nov. 20. The Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company announce a dividend of GJ per cent,, with a bonus of 3 per cent, on deferred stock. A BIG LOSS. LONDON, Nov. 20.The Scottish Australian Investment Company’s report for the year ended June shows a loss of £17,057, making a total debit of £162,000. RUSSIA AND KOREA. . SEOUL, Nov. 20, Korea was' about to opcu Yongampho, when M. Tavlofl, the Russian Ambassador, strenuously protested, and pwoeured a postponement of the opening. RUSSIAN DIPLOMATISTS, ROME, Nov. 20. M. Neiigoil, Russian Ambassador at Rome, and Prince Urusoff, Ambassador in Paris, have exchangod positions. CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY.. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, The House of Representatives, by 325 to 20 lf adopted the Cuban reciprocity treaty. ZOLA’ VILLA DESECRATED, PARIS,- Nov, 20. Burglars stole many artistic .treasures at the late Emile Zola’s villa, at Sedon. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. HOBART, Nov. 20., Tlic Rimutaka, which arrived from London, encountered icebergs six days’'sail from Hobart. SYDNEY, Nov. 21. The ship Audretta, from New York, passed several large icebergs in latitude 34, longitude 104. One was a 'quarter of a mile long, and nearly 300 ft high. The Acting-Administrator of - New jGiuinea reports that_Jke recently-dis-covered amphibious tribe w'ere attacked by a neighboring tribe, who slew ail the men except one. Herejoined the women and children, A fall of earth in the Broken Hill mine killed a miner named Wahlberg, and injured two others. The half-yearly report of the Broken Hill Block 10 mine discloses a loss of £1777,. mainly due to water famine. The first report of the Royal Commission on the Sydney water supply Shows that recent rains caused the d.orn to overflow and removed all fears of a scarcity. If the proposed schemes are carried out, they will provide ample supply to meet the increasing consumption for many generations to come.