GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 372, 22 March 1902, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

By .Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. '■ LONDON. March 20.—A petition has been forD mulated by the members of the Cape Parliament, asking for the suspension of the Cape Constitution. It asks the Imperial Parliament to : pass a Bill of indemnity, covering tne j martial law proceedings and unauthorised expenditure, also to fix the colog ny’s future Parliamentary, representation. I The Turkish Government has asked ( for the friendly intervention of the 1 Powers against Bulgaria in connection 3 with the Macedonian,question. ' A grand durbar will be held at Delhi in connection with the King’s corona- > tion festivities, at a cost of a quarter 1 of a million pounds sterling. WASHINGTON. 1 March 20.—A majority of the Sena--1 torial Committee has reported that the 1 Panama Company, owing to its relations with France and Columbia, is not entitled to transfer property, to America. „ BRISBANE. March 21.—A boy named-. Ockelford has been attacked with plague. ADELAIDE. March 21.—Maclaren’s and the Australian cricket teams departed by the Omrah. They had a great send-off. ‘ SYDNEY, March 21.—Yesterday was the last day that unions could register under the Industrial Arbitration Act in time for the election of delegates and to vote for representation of each of employers and employes in the Court. One hundred employers and 75 employes unions were registered. An extensive and rich discovery of cinnebar is reported from Yass. MELBOURNE. - March 21.—Mr Chamberlain has informed Mr Barton that the King would be glad to welcome a Commonwealth Contingent, not exceeding 580, for the Coronation, the Colonial Governments paying passages. The Tariff Committee discussed Sir George Turner’s statement. One section of members argued that, in view of the large surplus of revenue disclosed, tea, kerosene, and some other items not yet dealt with, should be placed on the free list. The other side advocated the retention of duties in order to assist the necessitous States of Queensland and Tasmania. Mr Edwards proposed to use the surplus to avoid raising a loan. Mr Watson moved that tea be placed on the free list, which was carried by 28 to 26, The question of sugar and glucose was postponed. The Senate negatived a new clause in the Electoral Bill providing for plumping at elections for the Senate, This was the Government’s proposal, and had been previously defeated with the proportional representation clause, A quarter of a million 3 per cent, loan, with the minimum fixed at 34, placed on the local market, has proved a failure. The Savings Bank applied for £IOO,OOO at the minimum, and the public took £75,000. The loan averaged slightly over £94 ls 1 The State Treasurer is much disappointed, apd ascribes the failure to recent press criticism of State expenditure. A "Catholic Ladies’ College has been opened at East Melbourne. Obituary : Lady Mclntyre, wife of Sir John Mclntyre,