GENERAL CABLES.
! By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Aug. 21. At the tallow sales 2000 casks were offered and 1075 sold. Prices are unchanged. A Pan-Celtic Conference is being held at Dublin. Delegates are attending from ! Wales, Isle of Man. Brittany, and Scotland. The West African frontier force is advancing to Lake Chad, to secure British interests in the Sorato region, Northern Nigeria. Capetown, August 21. Parliament has been prorogued to September 13th.
Melbourne, August 22, ! In the House of Representatives, the | Government were twice in a minority on j divisions on a clause of the Postal Bill I declining carriage of newspapers contain--1 ing seditious and blasphemous matter. Sydney, Aug. 22. The weather is clearing. In the Assembly the Women's Franchise Bill was read a second time by 51 against 7. The railway revenue for the past'year shows an increase of .£410,000, and the tramways revenue increased £142,000, compared with the previous year, both being records. The nett surplus on the two services is £126,000. Adelaide, Aug. 22. The estimates of expenditure show a decrease of £307,000 compared with the previous year, due to the transference of several Departments of the Commonwealth.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 194, 23 August 1901, Page 3
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191GENERAL CABLES. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 194, 23 August 1901, Page 3
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