GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 238, 17 October 1901, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Oct. Ij.

Bills covering a capital of fifty millions for the construction of underground railways in London on the lines of the now famous Twij-penny Tube will be submitted to Parliament next session. Several leading cricket counties have agreed that Mr C'. \V. Alcock, secretary of the Surrey Club, should arrange fixtures for the Australian team visiting England next year. Mrs Catherine Brodie, an artist, formerly of New Zealand, sued Air Magregor, contractor, of Glasgow, for .£30,000 for breach of promise, and was awarded TSOO. Previously she declined an oiler of J.TSOU and expenses. Count Yaulx's balloon has been sighted half-way across the Aleditoranoan. Mr Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, warned teetotallers of the danger of making extreme demands. No Government would repeat the experiment of the Local \ eto Bill. Such legislation was ineffectual for reducing drunkenness. It was unwise to treat moderate drinking ns a crime. New York, Oct. 15.

The Court sentenced Johann Alost to twelve months’ imprisonment for publishing a seditious article in his Socialist paper. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15. The Russian press declare that Af. Kuropatkinc’s visit to Central Asia is only to inspect military posts. A Russian do million pounds sterling loan has been coldly received in Germany an] France. Paris, Oct. 15. The French Budget Committee have omitted from the Estimates the cost of three ironclads authorised to be built. French Ministers show indifference to the proposal of workers to strike with the object of promoting eight hours, pension, and minimum wages legislation. The two hundred students in Paris who commenced to learn the Russian language havo dwindled to twenty. Washington, Oct. 15. President Roosevelt declares that he will not pander to political cliques in order to secure nomination for the Presidency in 1904, although he would be deeply grateful if the people re-elected him. Colonel Roosevelt’s detachment from political parties has caused a sensation in America. i

Capetown, Oct. 15. Rear Admiral Sir Lambton Loraino, in a letter published in the Times, ridicules the design of the Australian Commonwealth ilag, lie suggests the employment of competent heraldic designers. The Antarctic vessel Discovery has sailed for Lyttelton, New Zealand.