GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2364, 3 December 1908, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

ALLEGED FRAUD—AN MVP ACCUSED.

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LONDON, Dec. 1

Mr. Bottoinley, a member of the House of Commons, answered a summons at the Guildhall on a charge of conspiring to defraud the public in connection Avith tho Joint Society of Trust and Finance Corporation.

OLD AGE PENSIONS. There are 367,197 a implications for old age pensions in England, 193,138 in Ireland, 67,785 in Scotland, and in Wales. The total Avas originally estimated at half a million.

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS TARIFF.

The New York correspondent of the ‘‘Times” states that the Whys -and Means Committee on Tariff Revision at Washington have been startled by the numerous proposals for freetrade, the demands for free lumber, steel, hides, art, and a substantial reduction of duties an other directions.

ENGLISH AND GERMAN WORKERS.

Air. 4V. C. Steadman, a member of the House of Commons, after visiting Germ any, reports that Germans work longer for lower wages, but they are better cared for and get infiniitely more out of life than Englishmen, who drink and gamble more.

FOG IN PARIS—FATAL ACCI-

DENTS

PARIS, Dee. 1

A dense fog enveloped Paris, and many serious accidents were caused. A train collided with a carriage containing wedding guests at a level crossing at Poissy, arid four persons were killed.

POPULATION OF GERMANY. . BERLIN, Dec. 1. The increase of population in 1907 in Germany was 882,000.

GIGANTIC ANTE DLL UVI AN S

BERLIN, Dec. 1

The German Government are sending an expedition to- investigate the remains of gigantic antediluvian animals discovered by Professor Fraas, in Southern German East AL’ica. The hind leg bones of one animal are long, and the spine is a third longer than that of any animal yet discovered.

THE KAISER’S INTERVIEW

NEW YORK, Dec. 1

Mr. Hale reiterates that the New York World’s story as to tlio interview with the Kaiser was a silly concoction.

THE AMERICAN-JAPANESE

> AGREEMENT.

The agremeftt between America and Japan relating to the status quo in the- Far East has been signed at Washington.

LORD NORTHCOTE

(Received Dec. 2, 11.30 p.m.)

WASHINGTON,, Dec. 2

Lord and Lady Northcot© are guests of the British Ambassador 'at Washington.