GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(tir TKLBonira—ruEss Assoctwioh—dafvlucßt,) ' .. .. , rv ■■■■■-» - ■« . A FLAG FOlt INDIA, ' ; (Mod. May 19, 0.5 p.m.) / < .' ; . . ... ■ Londfih, May ID. , Lord Ampthiii (who iii ICO I was Actting', Vicbroy of India), in ft letter to "Tho TilnoSj Jjloadod for a distinctive flag fol- linlife, .: Stlt JOHN GORSt"AND HIS PENSION. / London, Mtty it). . Sir Jdliii Gorst (\Vhb wfis Vi6cPtesifliiit of tho Oijiriniitieo of. tho Cinlilcil oii Ediiclitidil, 'itlso Uiider-Sefirtt&ry fdf lildltt) lias" teliniJUlfehed. a GovSHvUifeht pchsi6ii of £1200 a yt&r tin ltthdfitiiig failiily tetaifes. I fSir John pensioa of, a year *Vas riot. th 6 mgfewiitcr -iiiark of British GBverhliiSht; pensions. Fire ex-Aihbiissadors are gettifig ,£itoo k VtS&t- iind jxVB AtnUrs. .ifISOO. a V6afi Foilf 6i : Bfflfc6f§ 6t tKo Hoard of Agritjfilluro receive pensions fdiigifif fronl itlOliO tb £11)00.] ; \ ' ; v THE LATE GEORGE MEHEDITIt,. ■. LoHtiott, MftV 18. Thq ■ 1.446 Georgts, M&ffiditn, HBVeli&fc fiiid I died fit hlB ffisideiltie, l?lini Cotbago, Bttxhill, Suffey, after.tliKxi .aiys' illtiess, resulthii frbhi ii chill.. litest failure .tya-s ,the irtiftiediato (Auto of doatli. . tlife aiitlior's BOii hlld dhUghtef tforo with liim wlieli' ho died.. LORD ROHfiRTS'S GOLDEN WfcDblN'G.' London, May 18. The hand of tho Irish Guards serenaded Field-Marshal Lord Roberts at breakfast), in honour of )]iß golden \vedding. Iltindrotls of congratulations .havo been received; by Lord Roberts from all parts _of tlio wofid, DEFEAT OF SOitALL MtJLLAH.'. : , tehaohj "May 18.' News.has been received that a nativo and feritish force in Soriialil&ild, East Africa, de* fcated tho Mullah, and recovered, 160 C Darnels., . ....... RELEASE Off RUSSIAN DiStiiUBED OFFICERS.--SSti Petersburg, May 18.. The Tsar libs ordered the release of Geheral StoMscl ntid Adiliir.il Ncbdgatoff, now confined ill tho fijftrdSs. of Bts. l'afe and Patll, owing to their hc&lth beiiig sfcridUely hlftctcdi ■ [After ti 66nft-inni'tlal tl'kl, .General Stoessel whs Beiitetiefed fdf lllMUirGlidot 1 of. P.ort Arthur hitd Admiral Nebogrttbff fof. his tSoniludt at tile buttle of Tsusluini\.] RUBBER AND LEATHER, . London, May 18. Tho Rubber T&tiiifed Leather Company, With a capital of £260,000, of which half had been issued to tho public, has acquired tho business of tlltt llliuberteed Leathdf Company. . r .' A moderator Appointed, , ' Molbourno, May' 10. PftifossOr Skono has befin clccted Modof aior of tlio Geheral Assembly. GOOD-BYE DROUGHT. . _ _ Sydnoy, May 19. Good fftittj ratlgiilg to dver t\\'o llidios, his fallen in tlio Coastal districts, aild lias relieved this diliryllig sitUiitlbli. Food was getting very scarco. fTlld fftln-ft bittiple of days'ago foil blily. Bpnringly ;li 'No cdntlal districts, but was good ill illl Utllet lial'ts tlf (lib Slnte uf New. Smith Wales. The omission has itotf b&ou Inade good. Useful rain over a groat part bl the State of Victoria was cablcd on May 14.]