GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 382, 5 April 1902, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

THE QUEEN’S WREATH,

By Telegraph—Press ’Association— Copyright. ■ LONDON, April 3. A beautiful WTeath sent by Her Majesty the Queen has been given place of honor .on the coffin of the late Mr Cecil Rhodes. CHINESE ASSASSINS. A force of armed Chinese crossed the Upper Burmah frontier a.t Ohamo and seized and beheaded a Chinese British subject. CONCESSIONS TO GERMANY.

In reply to the enquiries of the American Government, Germany admitted that important concessions in Shantung had been granted toiler, but said that these were not exclusive, and that it was not intended to establish a monopoly.- gUBMARINB VESSELS. The first British submarine war vessel underwent a satisfactory trial at Barrow-on-Furness. It was submerged to a depth of nine feet. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

By a colliery explosion at Wigan 11 people were entombed. Four were rescued, but they had been seriously injured. The remainder perished. MILLIONAIRES’ SPECULATION. .The Morning Post states that D’Arcy an Australian millionaire of Mount Morgan fame, has obtained an important concession in the oil belt of the •Korkoh Valley, Southern Persia, and proposes to lay a pipe-line a distance of 360 miles, from Kasrashiren to Mahommerah, A BIG FIRE.

BRISBANE. 'April 4.—A disastrous fire lias occur; red at Longreacli, the terminus of the. Central railway, 424 west of Rockhampton. The whole of the block to the Imperial Hotel from the post office has been burned. The latest report is that the fire is still raging. There are no details available. PURSUIT OF THE ROBBERS.

All the available police in the district are in pursuit of the robbers, the (Kenneths. A desperate encounter is feared. It is reported that a feud existed between the police and the Kenneths in connection with a cattle-steal-ing prosecution. The brothers also threatened Dalke. 1

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FINANCES, ADELAIDE.

April 4.—The State imports for last year were valued at £7,171,000, a decrease of £363,000, and the exports at £8,010,000, an increase of £IB,OOO, compared with the previous year. The export of staple products, however, showed the large increase of £603,000. RECORD JUMPING. ( SYDNEY.

April 4. —J’umping at the Show, Fitzgerald Btios.’ Newhaven, a Pritchard —Rattler* cleared 6ft sin, which is a record for the ground. WATER CONSERVATION. The Inter-State Water Conservation Conference at Corowa adopted a resolution urging the States to empower the Federal Government to establish storage reservoirs on the Upper Murray, as an instalment of a comprehensive scheme for the Riverina, Northern [Victoria, and South Australia. DAY-LABOR SYSTEM. The Inter-State Conference of Master Builders strongly condemned the Gowcinment day-labor system. BREED OF HORSES.

.The Conference of horse-breeders resolved that it was desirable that immediate steps be taken to improve the breed of horses, and to secure the establishment by the War Office and ‘lndian Government of direct purchasing agencies. A representative committee id the Association was formed to early out the resolution.

NEW HEBRIDES* The first settlement of the Mew Hebrides will be on the Island of Santo. .A steamer leaves with the first batch of settlers on June Ist. Burns, Philp and Co. have placed at Ithe disposal of the Government of the Federation 100,000 acres in the New Hebrides, with the object of encouraging British settlement. The land will 'be leased at one shilling per annum for each fifty acres, with the option of purchase. About sixty..families comprising between 200 and 300 souls,; have already applied for land.

SALT DUTY, MELBOURNE. April 4.—The Tariff Committee has feed the duty on salt at 15s per tom FEDERAL REVENUE, The Federal Customs revenue for the month of March was £721,000, being (£BI,OOO above the estimate^