GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2000, 2 October 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

United Press Association—Copyright Received Oct. 1, 9.59 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 1. A light engine collided with an Edinburgh excursion train at Coatbridge. Fifty wero slightly injured, none fatally. Templer’s military airship Alilli Secundus flew round the camp at Aldershot and circled a oliurch steeple. ft attained a speed of 20 miles an hour with the wind and 12 miles against it.

(Received Oct. l,j 10.5 p.m.) CALCUTTA, Oct. 1. Native agitators feted Mr. Iveir Hardie in Eastern Bengal. He advocated governing India like Canada. BELGRADE, Oct. 1. An autopsy showed that Novakovies and liis companion did not commit suicide. ..Tho relatives charge tho Prefect of Police with murder in ordering tlie gendarmes to fire on the prisoners.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct, 1. Nino arrests have been made : in connection with the Sevastopol incident

Received Oct. X, 11.44 p.m. PRETORIA, Oct, 1. A majority' of the Rand Water Board, representing 50 millions of capital, protested against the Government’s arbitrary and discourteous action in appointing Mr. Purchase, lato Legislative Councillor, chairman of the Board contrary to the unanimous desire of its members. A minority, representing 27 millions, declines to support the protest. NEW YORK, Oct. 1. President Roosevelt, at the inauguration of a memorial at Canton, Ohio, to the late President McKinley, referred to the necessity of discouraging envy of wealth, but it waa ■still more important to discourage dishonest business, chicanery, and wrong-doing on the part of the wealthy. While the Government •, : the best friends of the man of pioperty and tile staunchest upholders of the rights of property, they set their faces like flint against those doing wrong in order to aenuire great wealth or using their wealth as a help in wrong-doing. SYDNEY, Oct, 1. This was another very hot day, the temperature being 90 in the •shade. Received Oct. 2. 0.28 a.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 1. The _ steamer Melbourne, bound from Kaipara to Melbourne, arrived at Port Kombla. Tho Speculant, Kaipara to Wiarrnambool. put into Eden short of provisions.