GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 437, 9 June 1902, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.

LONDON, June fi

The courtesies between Viscount Kitchener and the Boer Generals have staggered Europe, the people of which are unable to reconcile the growing friendliness of the two races with the newspaper misrepresentations. .Surrenderors who are able to provide for their families are being allowed to return to their farms immediately. Efforts are being made to expedite a return of the refugees from the camps. Huge depots of supplies are he ng formed. Mr Balfour in the House of Commons, in moving a resolution of thanks to Viscount Kitchener and the troops said that the sentiment inspiring colonial military assistance opened a new chapter in Imperial history. The terms o f peace have been extremely well received in Natal and Cape Colony. British interests are considered to be safeguarded. A great rush has set in for farms. HOOLIGANS IN LONDON.

LONDON, June (i. A party of Hooligans attacked Mr Murray Spicer, of the firm of Spicer Bros., papermakers, at midnight, in Aston road, after the peace rejoicings. They killed him'with a buckle belt. THE BRITISH COMBINEIf the attempt to form a comb ne of the Cuiiard, Castle, Union, Allan and Elder Dempster lines is successful, it will control more vessels and of greater tonnage than Morgan’s syndicate, if the Germans are excluded from the calculations, STEAMER FOR AUCKLAND. The steamer Claymore, built for the McGregor Steamship Company, Auckland, has been launched at Glasgow. CONCESSIONS IN CHINA The great concessions secured in IStIC by a Pekin syndicate, the British-Chi-nese Corporation, in Shansi and Honan. are still untouched, though the Belgians, American, French, and Germans have considerably developed theirs. The inaction is attributed to the British Government’s bias against concessionary rights. A HUMBERT ARRESTED.

Madame Humbert’s brother Louis has been arrested, PUGILISTIC LEGISLATORS. M. Itioust dc Largentaye,-Conserva-tive Deputy for Dinan, in the Departmenti of Cortes Du Nord, while in a committee-room of the Chamber of Deputies, called M. Loubet a thief. A free fight ensued, and torn clothes and bleeding faces resulted. A number of duels are being arranged as the outcome of the incident. THE KAISER’S ANGER. BERLIN, June C. 'l’lie Kaiser, speaking at Marienburg, protested against Polish arrogance encroaching upon German interests. THURSDAY ISLAND, Saturday A pearling lugger recently reported that one oi her crew had been lost at Melville Island while shooting. It was feared he had been killed by blacks. Another lugger brought-the man, who tells a different story. He states he .was purposely marooned, and subsisted on shell-fish, roots,- and game, and swam off to the rescuing lugger. PERTH, Saturday. A fire destroyed Baird’s hardware premises and the Albion Hotel at Boulder City. The damage is £13,000 and the insurance £4OOO.