GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
NEW YORK THEATRE BURNED
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NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The. Herald Square Theatre in
Broadway, New York, has been burned, the audience and actors narrowly escaping.
REDUCTION IN N.S.W. RAILWAY RATES!
SYDNEY, Dec. 24
Alterations will bo made in the goods rates on the railways, operating from January 1, "representing a fur-
ther reduction of £60,000. Tho new mileage rate reduces the charges for all -classes of goods.
THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER—MIS UNDERSTO o©.
(Received Dee. 25, 9.45 a.m.)
LONDON, Dec. 24
The Duke of Westminster explains
that his wishes have been misunderstood ; he does not desire to disturb
the pensions of. his septuagenarian estate pensioners. [A former message stated that tho Duke had notified the withdrawal of the pensions in question on account of the old age pension legislation.]
LANCASHIRE IRON TRADE—A CONCILIATION BOARD.
A conference of Lancashire ironfounders and workmen decided to establish a conciliation hoard in order to avoid strikes and lock-outs.
A BURGLAR SENTENCED. William Jarrett Hcnny, claiming to lie Avell connected in Australia, has been sentenced at Manchester to five months for housebreaking and stealing jewellery and scrip.
HE PEARLING- DISASTER—THE
LOSS OF LIFE
PERTH, Dec. 24
The total lives lost in the pearling isaster were 67, including six Avhites.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2383, 26 December 1908, Page 5
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