GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 482, 23 July 1902, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

IRELAND'S CONDITIO N, SAII) TO ii H PROSPEROUS AND CONTENTED. •By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, .July 21. Tin; Standard, New York Times, and Sun report that Crimniins, an influential Irish American, recently visited Ireland to enquire into the claims of the Irish Nationalist Party to the sympathy of the people of America, lie declares that Ireland is in a contented. prosperous 1 condition, largely due to the operations of the Land Hoards and Agricultural Urban and Rural Councils. Employment is open 1.0 every healthy man. The land Commission’s recent apprisals are fair and liberal, hut compulsory purchase will alone settle the land question.

THE PREMIERS. MR SED DON INVITED TO VISIT CANADA. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. OTTAWA, .July 2T. The Manufacturers’ Association of Toronto request Sir Edmund Barton and Mr Seddon to visit Canada. A RESCUED CREW. AFTER TWENTY DAYS AT THE PUMPS. ■ By telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. HOBART, July 22. The French barque Gaei, from Mauritius, landed 1 twenty-eight men, the crew of the French barque Villc D’Orleans, which foundered on the voyage from Glasgow to Brisbane, with a cargo of rails. 'Hie vessel sprang a leak, and the crew for twenty days worked at the pumps, until Hie men were completely worn out. 'Hie water continued to gain on them, and the ship was abandoned -till miles oIT Urn South-west Cape of Tasmania. 'The erew took to the (boats, and were picked up on the 13th.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. imiSHANT]. July 33.; A duplex serviee lias been established outlie Pacific, cable between Brisbane and New 'Zealand, facilitating the expeditious of messages and great lv increasing the traffic. PERTH, July 22. 'The estate of the. late Premier, Mr Leake, lias been sworn at Lit!,ooo. SYDNEY, July 22. During her search for the Quitting, if.M S. Karrakatta tests the steaming qualities of local coal. Four bullets were found in Constable Guilfoyle’s body. The Cricket Association have decided to ask Lord Hawke’s team to visit, New South Wales after touring New Zealand.

Owing to the scarcity of prime cattle, the best beef sold at las per hundred pounds, which is a record. The Railway Commissioners have carried fodder to starving stock at the rate of a farthing per truck per mile. The concessions already amount, (o ■■Cl) 1,000, and other losses of revenue through the drought are severe.