GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 460, 3 July 1902, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON. July !.—London was not illuminated last night. It awaits a signal from Marlborough Mouse. The British revenue for the quarter was £35,000,0UU, not £25,000.000. Consols are at Oil 7-10. T’lie Daily Telegraph's Brussels correspondent states that Austria is alarmed at the Russo-Bulgarian Convention. Mr Charles Gussert, a wine shipper, has bequeathed a quarter of a million pounds to St. Thomas's Hospital. OTTAWA. .July l— I The Customs revenue of Canada for the fiscal year was 32A million dollars. TKHKRAN. .July 1.—11.M.5. Amphritrite, the biggest warship which has ever entered the Persian Gulf, cruised about- the ports, creating a great sensation. WASHINGTON. July i.—A committee appointed by the House of Representatives to induire into charges of bribery in connection with the negotiations for the purchase of The Danish West Indies, were unanimous that there was no foundation for the charges. VIENNA. July I. —The result of the motor-car race from Paris to Vienna is unsettled owing to protests. The first live averaged 30 miles an hour all the wayMELBOURNE. July 3.—The Senate has reduced the duty on agricultural implements to 10 per cent. SYDNEY. July 2.—The Comte de Courts, the French Consul in New Zealand, has returned from a visit to New Caledonia. He speaks highly of the progress there. A great jioint in favor of an increase of desirable settlers there lies in the fact that no more convicts will be sent to the island. The Comte leaves for Wellington on Saturday. Enquiries made by Hie Board of Health into the Mayor of Glen Jimes’s statement shows that the sheep were certainly poor, but not unfit for consumption. Tenders received for the North Shore, bridge range from £1,112,000 to £2,720,000. The Treasurer estimates the deficit for the year at £230,000, including a deficit of £152,000 brought forward from last year on account of the war and plague.