GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2367, 7 December 1908, Page 5

GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

SALE OF A GREAT LIBRARY. United Press Association. Copyright LONDON, Dec. 4. Great prices were realised at the sale of Lord Amherst’s library. Tlio first volume of the Mazarin Bible fetched £2050. It da" believed that Air. Piorpont Morgan' bought the famous sixteen copies of Caxton’s works owned by Lord Amherst.

ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS

Over 500 assisted emigrants for New Zealand, with capital, are sailing by the steamers Alamarl, Wakanui, /and lonic.

A QUESTION OF CONCESSION

PARIS, Dec. 4

A discussion has arisen in Paris regarding an official -report from Tahiti that the British Consul granted Henderson Island to Elizabeth Ducie and Oens, two concessionaires. It is stated that Oens, according to another authority', is British.

A MONSTROUS TRUST

NEW YORK, Dec. 4

J. D. Archbold, vice-president of the Standard Oil Trust, testifies that the trust owns or controls companies with a capital of £65,660,000.

DEFENCE OF CANADA

OTTAWA, Dec. 4

The Toronto Mail, discussing Lord Roberts’ warning, urges Canada to reduce the expenditure on militia by a million pounds, and spend it in. tlio purchase of four cruisers for the Atlantic, thereby defending the coastal river fronts.

COOLIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

DURBAN, Dec. 4

The Natal Alercurv, foreshadowing the ending of the importation of coolies, declares that South Africa, whether federated or unified, will not permit it any longer. It relies upon Queensland’s example in dealing with the color question.

FLOOD AT NORFOLK ISLAND. SYDNEY, Dec. 5. The heaviest flood recorded has occurred at Norfolk Island. The lowlying lands are under water. A GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT. ADELAIDE, Dec. 5. Governor Le Hunte has been appointed Governor of Trinidad. A LOAN BILL. The Government has passed a Loan Bill of £2,5(X).i000, to be expended on public works. BEATIFICATION OF JOAN OF ABC. (Received December (J. fj.35 p.m.) ROAIE, Dec. 5. The Pope lias fixed the beatification of Joan of Aire lor April. She is to be proclaimed Protectress of the French. A MILLIONAIRE’S BEQUEST. LONDON, Dec. 5. The kite 11. J. Barnato bequeathed a quarter of a million to charities.