GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 189, 17 August 1901, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Hongkong, Aug. 15. The reduction of the British garrison at Shanghai, especially the withdrawal of cavalry, leaving the German commander senior, is bitterly resented by the British community.

New York, Aug. 15. The steelworkers on strike number 57,000. On the other hand, 243,000 men are working in trust mills. The- trusts have re-opened several mills. Paris, Aug. 15. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Pelletan, a Radical Socialist member for Benches Durhone, declared that the armored cruiser Janne D’Are and the firstclass cruiser Chateau Renault had been disastrous failures. The boiler tubes became red-hot, and tho machinery melted, Both vessels wore disabled.

French newspapers rejoiced at Signor Crispi’s death, describing him as an unscrupulous adventurer.

London, Aug. 15. Messrs Weddel and Company, the well-known produce importers, in their annual review of the dairy trado, anticipate that last season’s high prices for butter will be maintained, and may possibly be augmented. The beautiful statue of Queen Victoria at Malta has been damaged by corrosive acid being thrown over it. The act is attributed to ill-feeling over the language dispute. The sum of .£933,000 has been promised and ,£600,000 paid to the Methodist Million-Guinea Fund.

The British warship learius has been despatched to Panama in connection with the threatened disturbance in Venezuela. Rome, Aug. 10. Monsignor Kelly lias boon consecrated at the Vatican as Coadjutor Bishop of Sydney. Austria semi-oflicially announces that she would not accept Albania as a gift. The announcement terminates a violent newspaper agitation arising out of Italian fears of Austrian aggression. Signor Crispi was accorded a national funeral, the splendid spectaclo evoking Garibaldian and later memories. The Kaiser was represented by Count von Bulow, and sent a striking message to the widow, in which he eulogised her “ glorious husband ” as an eminent statesman and self-sacrificing patriot.