GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 484, 25 July 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. NEW YORK, July 23. The fortune left by Mr Mackay, the millionaire, was upwards of twelve millions sterling, American shippers have reduced the freight on goods for .South Africa to dine shillings per ton.

THE BRITISH MINISTRY, THE CHANGES, By telegraph—Press Association — Copyright. LONDON, July 23. The Standard states that considerable pressure is being brought lo near too induce Sir Michael Hicks-Beach to remain in office until after the next Budget is delivered. His colleagues are anxious that, he should prepare to carry out a scheme to gradually liquidate the war debt. The London Gazette contains (lie announcement that the King has conferred the Grand Cross- of the .Victorian Order on Lord .Salisbury, in recognition of his long, faithful, and valuable services to the Crown and Empire. COMPENSATION CLAIM.

By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright, LONDON. July 23. Baron Lambermont lias been awarded by France £(1500 for the seizure by officials of the Niger Company of the French steamer Sergeant Malamme on the river Niger several years ago. LOAN WITHDRAWN,

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, July 23.

The projected British Columbia loan of £72l,hut) has been withdrawn, and the underwriters have been released from their obligations., BLACK LABOR. A BISHOP’S, INDIGNATION, By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright, SYDNEY, July Z*. Bishop Stretch, of Newcastle, recently visited Northern Queensland, and he writes in his parish paper in reference lo black labor in Queensland, The Federal Government, with that rare courage that marks truly meat men, fastened upon Hie most harmless and unprotected for their special fury, Chinese are there in thousands, and Japanese also, hut' it is the Kanaka who must go, These last seem singularly inoffensive. They work hard at work which no while man should lie asked to undertake. They are law abiding, and spend "their money where they earn it. These men, many of whom have wives and. families, who arc really good living people and enlightened, tiie Government insists upon deporting to heathen islands, where the chances are they will lie murdered by their still heathen countrymen. A more curious and cowardly proceeding it is hard to imagine. The Bishop trusts that in some way Australia may be spared the scandal. >[f it got a while Australia it would have to blush a pretty high-colored red for very shame. It is,curious mat no iilans for deporting the Cliine.se and Japanese have iieen put forward, and it is not too hard to see the reason, for when we wisli to play the bully we naturally choose the smallest hoy, THE COMMONWEALTH, LORD TENNYSON TO RETRENCH By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. MELBOURNE, July 21, The Senate is considering the Excise Bill. The proposed amendments to the" tea, sugar, starch, and tobacco duties were all negatived. The Federal House struck out the provisions'in the Electoral Bill requiring a voter to vote the full number ot candidates to be elected to the Senate and a contingent vote for election to the House of Representatives, Lord Tennyson lias arrived and taken up the duties of Acting-Governor-vrenc-ral. He stated that Mr Chamberlain had suggested that he need not Keep up two Government establishments in Sydney and Melbourne during his teim of office, and it is understood that he will act on the suggestion.