GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 443, 14 June 1902, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON. June 12.-Lord Salisbury, in congratulating the Hertford Militia on their return from the war, said : “If we are disappointed in regard to the duration of peace, and in years not distant there should be a demand for action on the part of English soldiers, I am afra d I cannot comfort you by sayingthe militia would be spared.” The miners on strike in Pennsylvania urge the companies to raise the •price of coal to pay their demands. 'The Times’ New York correspondent says it is a question whether the owners or unionists control the mines. Sir E. Satow has accepted the principle of a. pro rata reduction of all foreign indemnity claims against China arising out of the recent disturbances. As the result of the shipping combines, members of the House of Conrmons interested in sh pping have rormcd a vigilance committee. Sheehan, M.P. For Mid-Cork, was sentenced to five weeks’ imprisonment at Thurles on a charge of inciting to intimidation. He refused to give securities for, his good behaviour for a

year. i The French fishery on the Grand ; Bank of Newfoundland has been a complete failure. Hundreds of vessels at ■ St. Pierre are helpless. Bait is unobtainable owing to Newfoundland’s stringent laws. In consequence of the revolution, Venezuelan gunboats are bombarding the town of Lagetayra.... The German warships Gazeite and Falke are proceeding thither. Fifty-two deaths from plague occurred in Hongkong in a week. ROME. June 12.—The notorious Italian bandit Musilino, who eluded pursuit for years till October last, when lie was arrested on charges of murder, was found guilty on all counts, and sentenced to imprisonment for life, with solitary confinement for eight years. He is alleged to be guilty of some 30 murders. THE NAVY. SYDNEY. June 13.—Sir Harry Kawson, State Governor, speaking at the Chamber of Commerce dinner, dealing with the relation between the Navy and Commerce, said a strong Navy stopped those panics by which millions of money were lost. If one-quarter of the money lost in panics had been expended on a Navy there would have been no panic. Great Britain must have a Navy so strong as to meet any three nations. Admiral Beaumont declared that whilst foreign Governments might have a' poor opinion of the British Army, they 'had a great respect for the Navy. If the future of Great Britain lay in command of the sea, then every division of the Empire should be adequately protected Unfortunately, as yet, it was not ,so. HOBART, June 13. The F sheries Board has accepted the American Fisheries Commissioners’ offer of a million and a half quinnat salmon ova. SYDNEY, June 13. The Assembly sat all night discussing a motion of censure. At 8 a.m. the Assembly was still sitting. The Chambers of Commerce adopted a resolut on protesting.against the administration of the Federal Customs Department for its most harassing and restricted methods of business. Mr Dibbs, manager of the Commercial Banking Company, has donated £I OOO to a new hospital at the North Shore. Owing to the drought and scarcity of stock, the price of meat is very high, and is steadily rising.