GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 363, 13 March 1902, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

GANG OF FORGERS. By Ti iegraph—lTe-s Association —Copyright LONDON. March 3 J. —The police cleverly arrested a guns five, who were circulating forged Hank of England notes in Loudon. The police seized two hundred notes. AN AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE. 11. A. Hay, an Australian, won the long jump at Cambidge Sports, jumping 20ft. B‘in. SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE. Mr Sleigh, of Melbourne, on behalf of the Blue Star line, lias offered to run slearners from New Zealand to South Africa. A LUCKV COMPANY. Between April, 1899, and December, 1901, the War Office paid the Cold Storage Company & 1,772,000. WAR OFFICE TENDERS. The War Office has accepted the Sydney Meat Preserving Company’s tender for a million pounds of compressed corned mutton, also the tender of a Sydney firm for film tons of flour. FRENCH NAVY. PARTS. March 11.—The Chamber of Deputies has authorised the construction of three ironclads and thirteen sub-mar-ines. The Temps says three additional ironclads will be begun in 1903. SUCCESSOR TO MR LONG. NEW YORK.

March 11.—William 11. Moody, representative of Essex County, Massachusetts, succeeds Mr Long as Secre lary of the Navy in May.

RELIGIOUS STATISTICS. SYDNEY, Mar. 12. 'Hie religious statistics of the New South Wales census, taken last year, show : —Church of England, 023,131 members, an increase in ten years of 120,000 ; Catholics, 317,817, an increase ol (10,000 ; Presbyterians, 132,017, an increase of 23,000; Methodists, 135,390, an increase of 25,000 ; Baptists, 10,018, an increase of 3000; Independents, 21,831, an increase of 7 10 ; other Christian denominations, 23,203, an increase or 2,300 ; Salvation Army, 9585, a decrease of 730; indefinite religions, 128, decrease 170 ; non-Christian religion, .12,389, decrease 2000 ; sceptics, 2529, decrease 2700 ; no religion, 10,231 ; objected to State religion, 13,000. The Protestants number 951,051, an increase or 171,000. Six plague patients have been discharged. QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS. BRISBANE, Mar. 12. All the Ministers have been returned. The balance of parties is about the same as before. A feature of the election was the improved position the Government candidates secured in labor strongholds. Labor votes disposed of Ministerialists at Maryborough, the Government also losing seats at Bowen and Ipswich. These are compensated for by victories at Enoggera and South Brisbane. r lhe state of parties so far is : Government 12, Labor 24, Independents 6,