GENERAL CABLES.
PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT London, Nov. 23. Tho following havo boan chosen as Moderators-oloct : The liev. Doctor James Mitford Mitchell, to tho Church of Scotland ; tho Kev. Doctor Archibald Henderson, to tho Unitod Free ! Church of Scotland. Tho war sloop Fatome, E. Hardy commander, will ho commissioned in February for surveying work on the Australian station. The cricket match for Tyldesley'a benotit joalised £985, Tho Peninsular and Oriental Coni', pany havo declared a dividond of per cent, and a bonus of 3 per cent. Adelaide, Nov. 23. For tho eighth timo in succession tho whole of the city rates for the current joar havo boon collected. This is a unique record for Australian oapital cities. Carpenters are demanding an increase of wages to ten shillings a day. Melbourne, Nov. 23. At lawn tennis Victoria defeated South Australia in the first tie for the ! Buckley Cup. Perth, Nov. 23. The bye-eleotion for Geraldton re* suited in Mr Brown, laborito, being elected. This is the fourth seat gained by labor in the present year. Another slight earth tremor occurred yosterday afternoon. The captain of the steamer Omrah reports that when five hundred miles west of Fremantle a very violent vibration was experienced, though the sea at the time was calm.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1941, 24 November 1906, Page 1
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