VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1909, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph. — Press Association.— Copyright* (Received May 12, 8.30 a.m.) GIFT OF A PARK. LONDON, 11th May. The Duke of Norfolk has presented (Norfolk Park, which is worth £60,000, to .the town of Sheffield. BUENOS AIRES (STRIKE. BUtENOS 'AIRES, 11th May. The strike which took place as a protest against the forcible suppression of the May Day demonstration, has terminated. •HOUSE OF COMMONS GALLERIES. [LONDON, 11th May. The Strangers' and Ladies' Galleries in the House of Commons, which were closed owing to Suffragette demonstrations, have been reopened, but that set apart for the ladies is restricted to relatives of members. , VICTORIAN LOAN. ■LONDON, 11th May. The Victorian loan of £1,500,000, at 3£ iper cent., was twice covered. The list closed a day earlier than advertised, at £98 £fi — a quarter premium. (Received May 12, 11 a.-m.) LONDON, 11th May. It is officially announced that the subscriptions to the Victorian loan totalled in o nnd a half mitt'ions. Applicants received CO per cent, of the amount applied for.

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