GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LX, Issue LX, 31 October 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY. BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. (Received Oct. 31, 10.45 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Oct. 30. The Wadymedani to Senaar section of the Cape to Cairo railway will be opened on November 1. A CANADIAN CANAL. • OTTAWA, Oct. 30. The Government surveyors report that there are no insuperable obstacles to the construction of the projected canal from Winnipeg Lake to the Rocky Mountains, via Saskatchewan river. OIL IN BORNEO. SARAWAK, Oct. 30; The Anglo-Saxon Company of London struck oil in their bore at s. depth of 450 feet. DESTRUCTION OF RATS. (Received Oct. 31, 8.45 a.m.) . LONDON, Oct. 30. Twenty thousand rats were destroyed within forty acres at Ipswich docks. Many cats and rabbits were also destroyed. FIRE IN A UNIVERSITY. (Received Oct. 31. 8.45 a.m.) PARIS, Oct. 30. By a fire which occurred in the medical section of the Toulouse University 80,000 volumes were destroyed. The damage is estimated at £30,000. LONDON POST OFFICE. (Received Oct. 31, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 30. The Post Office has Vacated St. Martin!'s le Grand and removed to the new King Edward's buildings. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT. NEW YORK. Oct. 30. It is reported that the United States Ambassador in Tin I ]-'" has resigned. The report is not cor firmed. CHOLERA. | (Received Oct. .31. 8.45 a.m.) ROME, Oct. 30. It is officially announced that the port of Naples will shortly be declared immune from cholera.