GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10732, 1 November 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

NEWFOUNDLAND ELECTIONS

United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright Australian Press Assn—United Servlea ST. JOHNS (Newfoundland) Oct, 30. Early returns of Monday’s elections indicate.the defeat of the Government of Air F. C. Alderdice by Sir Richard Mcßride's party. The Minister of Agriculture, Air W. J. Walsh, and the Minister of Post and Telegraphs, Mr H, V. Burt, have been defeated.

FIVE MURDERERS TO BE BANQUETTED

United Press Assn, by EL Tel Copyright (United Service.) VANCOUVER, Oct, 30.

News from Columbus, Ohio, states that five murderers, soon to enter the electric chair, will be permitted to be the banquet guests of John Sabo, known as “the Kid of Murderers’ Row”. Sabo is celebrating his twenty-first birthday with £6 to his credit in . the penitentiary treasury. RELIEF FOR STRICKEN " FAMILIES. Dnlted Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright PARIS, Oct. 29. The finance committee of the Chamber of Deputies voted £4838 for relief to the families of victims of the submarine Ondine and the crew of Amundsen’s plane. (Received Oct. 31, 10 p.m.) ST. JOHNS, Oct, 30.

Definite election results so far indicate that ten of the . Opposition have been elected and f°ur Government supporters. Twenty-six results arc not definite.

MORE EGG-PRODUCTION WANTED IN BRITAIN.

(Australian Pres* Association.' (Received Oct. 31, 11.10 p.m.) LONDON, Get. 31. The Minister of Agriculture, opening Britain’s first egg-grading and packing station, in Gloucester, claimed to be the most up-to-date in Europe, said he hoped there would be 100 stations, in 1929. The home production of eggs had increased 70 per cent, since before the war. Nevertheless, Britain imported 300,000,U00 eggs annually.

UNUSUAL TRAGEDY ON HIGHWAY TRACK.

(Received Oct. 31, 11 p.m.) VANCOUVER, Oct. 31. A message from Lansing,- Michigan, states that, discovering the lifeless body of a girl beside a highway track tlie driver stopped to remove it, when a car at high speed hit his truck, killing the two occupants. HOSTILE RECEPTION TO INDIAN REFORM COMMISSION. (Received Oct, 31, H. 50 p.m.) DELHI, Oct, 31. Sir John Simon and members of the Reforms Commission, received a hostile reception on arrival at Lahore. Thousands of Nationalist demonstrators attempted to rush barbwire barriers around the station and stoned the police, who retaliated,- ini iiri ng several prominent leaders, including La la Jaipai Rai. A boycott procession in the evening was dispersed by the police. HISTORIC MILL DESTROYED fire. LONDON, Oct. 31V . An historic watermill at Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, dating back to 1280, has been destroyed bv fire, it was mentioned bv Chaucer, and inspired Tennyson’s “The .Millers Daughter,” and was the subject of-a poem by Rupert Brooke.