GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 373, 24 March 1902, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

By, Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON. March 21.—1 n order to facilitate the transfer to America, the French Court have sanctioned the sale of the Panama Canal Company’s interests. Russia has informed France of the extent aiid importance of the traitor Grimm’s divulgations.. In the House of Commons during the progress of a discussion on China, Viscount Cranborne congratulated the House that the Anglo-Japanese agreement had been so well received, particularly by Russia and France, who warmly assented to the principle the agreement embodied.; • Lord Hope, who some years ago married the actress May Yorke, has obtained a divorce from his wife on the ground of misconduct with Colonel Strong, of New York.

It is reported that Persia aas given Russia fresli road concessions in return for a loan of ten million roubles.

The Pall Mall Gazette’s special correspondent in Ireland exposes the United Irish League’s incitements in the direction of farm confiscation and the boycotting of whole districts in the West of Ireland. Houses are entered at night, the tails of cattle cut off, and tenants beaten and maltreated for dealing with those boycotted or renting boycotted property. The Pall Mall Gazette urges the suppression of the League.,

VIENNA. March 21.—The semi-official press in Vienna censures the unpatriotic attitude of the pan-Germanic party of the Reiehsrath as tending to the disintegration of Austria. PERTH, Saturday. Amy Castles, the Victorian vocalist,

has returned from England, and received an enthusistic welcome. She gives a series of concerts .in Australia and New Zealand.

SYDNEY, Saturday

A large section of the tea trade strongly condemns the abolution of the duty, and says it means a large loss of revenue to to the Government, and is a cruel blow to the trade. It will benefit no one, not even the consumer. The South Australian State Treasurer considers it most in opportune. The curtailing of revenue spells a vigorous curtailment of expenditure, and probably further taxation.. It is understood an effort will "be made in the Federal House to re-commit the tariff, Mr Barton strongly, supporting this course.

A plague patient named Robinson is dead.

Mr John Smedley, an English temperance lecturer, has arrived to conduct a crusade under the auspices of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. He remains a week in Sydney, and proceeds to New Zealand. ' There is a possibility that a Commonwealth team will be sent to B'isley. Sir John Forrest stated that, though two thousand pounds had been placed on the estimates to cover the expense, it must not be taken fo,r granted that the money was available. MELBOURNE.

March 22—A. local broker took the balance of the loan at yesterday’s average.The Government Statistician s preliminary estimate of the current wheat crop is'a little over twelve million bushels, which is seven million bushels less than in the past season. BRISBANE,

March 22.—Mr Philp has suggested to Mr, Barton that Queensland should be allowed to send a whole battalion, of five hundred with the contingent, the State iiaving a much larger proportion of bushmen than the others. He considers there would be no difficulty in raising that number^