GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 486, 28 September 1909, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Sydney, September 26

An Aurora Australis was visible here on Saturday night, and the Perth Observatory also reports it as the finest display ever seen there, reaching from 15 degrees above the northern horizon to the zenith. Singapore, Sept. 24, Lord Kitchener was warmly welcomed at Saigon, the capital of French Indo-China. London, Sept. 25. The Times publishes a letter from the N.Z. Produce Commissioner, Mr H. C. Cameron, giving details of the N.Z. Government’s precautions to ensure that there is no excess of moisture in butter. London, September 24. Submarine D 1 Has had successful trials in Portsmouth Harbour. A speed of 12 knots an hour under water was attained. Constantinople, Sept. 24. Torrential rains destroyed 500 houses in Lower Syria. A hundred people are reported to have perished. THE LIMELIGHT ON COOK. New York, September 26. Rear-Admiral Schley presided at a banquet given to Dr Cook in New York, at which 1200 people were present. London, Sept. 26. The New York correspondent of the Morning Leader says that Dr Cook has concluded arrangements for a lecture tour, and has been guaranteed a minimum of ,£50,000. The paper says that Dr Cook started life as a milkman.