GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 341, 15 February 1902, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright London, Feb. IBTwo hundred Harrow schoolboys are suffering from influenza. Sixty-four deaths from small-pox occurred during the week. Fifty-eight cases were reported yesterday. The Upper Thames is frozen over. The Times says the opinion is hoM in Washington that Count Holleben’s view is erroneous. The Austrian Ambassador was the originator of the note, and con vened the meeting. Sir .Julian Pauucetote’s and Viscount Cranborne's state ments are regarded as conclusive. Paris, Feb. 18. A committee of the Senate has recommended two years’ service in the army, without exemption. Constantinople, Feb. 13. Miss Stone’s ransom has been ro-lodged at Constantinople. The brigands are afraid to negotiate for her release owing to the presence of numerous Turkish troops through the mountains. New York, Feb. 18. The how of a vessel brought to Vancouver has been identified as belonging to the ill-fated H.M.S. Condor. Berlin, Feb. 18

The newspaper Deutsche Reichsgaigea states that in his official despatches Count Holleben, German Minister at Washington, on April 15th, regarded the proposed note somewhat coolly. He mentioned Sir Julian Pauncefoto as the initiator. The Kaiser entered his dissent from the note on the margin of the despatch. Perth, Feb. 14. The cable steamer Scotia has aboard

1500 miles of cable. After this is laid, the cable staff join the steamer Anglia, which will lay the Pacific cable between Brisbane, Norfolk Island, and New Zealand.

Melbourne, Feb. 14,

A deep-water pier, costing 1115,000 has been opened at Portland, it is designed to allow the big ocean liners to load.

Sydney, Feb. 14,

News has been received that the Government of Tahiti has requested the Queen’s sons and head men to annex the islands of Bimatara and its dependencies, over which Franco has for some time exercised a protectorate.

Brisbane, Feb. 14.

The profits of the Queensland National Bank for the past half-year were over £28,000. Seven thousand pounds was transferred to the contingency account.