GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2413, 30 January 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A LARGE CHARITABLE BEQUEST. United Pkess Association. Copykight ' LONDON, Jan. 28. TJie Into Joseph Vavasour, one of the directors of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., out of an estate of £311,742, bequeathed to charities, with a residue for the same purpose, a Sum of £100,1)00. SMYTH PIGGOTT—LENIENTLY TREATED. There has been great surprise that Bishop iveniiion only deprived Smyth Piggott of his position as a minister, and did not unfrock him. A NEW SCOTTISH PEER. Mr. John Sinclair,. Secretary for Scotland, has been raised to the peerage, with the view of securing the presence in the House of Lords of a Cabinet Minister responsible for Scottish business. STATEMENTS CONTRADICTED. The Colonial Office denies the “Daily Mail’s” statement that Sir Gerald Strickland is to be appointed to succeed Sir Harry Rawson os Governor of New South Wales. The announcement at Madrid that King Edward and Queen Alexandra are visiting Spain is officially contradicted in London. A FEMALE ,’iEXD. PARIS, Jan. 28. Marie Gilbert, a farmer’s wife, has been sentenced to servitude for life at Cher Assizes, France, for poisoning her mother-in-law and cousin, and attempting to murder four others. Her motive was to inherit their savings and property. DEATH OF A GREAT ACTOR. M. Benoit Constant Coquelin, the great French actor, is dead. [M. Coquelin was born at Boulogne on January 23, 1841. He made his appearance on the stage in 1860, at the Theatre Francais, Paris, and Ids since attained a reputation second to that of no other European actor. He wrote several works on theatrical matters.] MORE BOMBS IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 28. Six large bombs were found at the Technical Institute, '.Lonisk. EARTHQUAKE WAVES IN THE PACIFIC. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Extraordinary waves on the coast of California and British Columbia support the theory that the seat of the mysterious earthquake was the Pacific Ocean.

FIRE ON A STEAMER EXTINGUISHED. BRISBANE, Jan. 29.

The fire on “the Tubiuger has been extinguished. It- is believed that a thousand (hales of wool, and 250 tons of wheat have been destroyed.

TURKISH HIGH L OAIMISSIONEIt IN EGYPT.

(Received Jan. 29, 9.40 p.ni.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 29. Nmvi Bey has succeeded Ahmed Alonkhtar Pasha, who resigned, as Turkish High Commissioner in Egypt.

THE DUNEDIN LOAN. LONDON, Jan. 29. The City of Dunedin loan has been over-subscribed.

EX-FEDERAL PR EA! IKB IN SOUTH AFRICA. JOHANNESBURG., Jan. 29. Prominent Australian members of the Labor party at Johannesburg warmly welcomed ALP. AYatson, . cxPrender of the Commonwealth.

ILLEGAL GOLD BUYING. MELBOURNE, Jan. 29

AV. G. Ashman, n lending business man at Bendigo, has bee if sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment for illegal gold buying. Two others were sentenced to four months for similar oflenccs.

A GERMAN DTAAIOND MARKET

(Received Jan. 29, 11.40 p.m.)

BERLIN. Jan. 29

According to an Imperial decree all diamonds found in German SouthWest Africa must be handed to the colonial authorities for sale. The authorities deduct one-third of the price as a tax, besides a percentage to defray trading expenses, and pay the residue to the mining companies. Diamonds may be withhold from sale to prevent depreciation. It is stated that a diamond market will shortly be established in Berlin, with German polishers. THIS L A 808 CONFERENCE. LONDON, Jan. 29. A motion at the Labor party’s convocation for a constitution of a distinctly socialist nature fell through. The Paper Stainers’ Union forwarding it did not attend the conference. foreign patents. A volunteer organisation is forming in London to secure the revocation of foreign patents tmlesfc • adequately worked here.