GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 493, 4 August 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrighi

London, August 1. A private Bill licensing bookmakers will shortly bo introduced into Parliament. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company estimates tho damage to tho s.s. Rangatira at twenty thousand pounds. It is believed that the restriction on the importation of Argentine cattle into Great Britain will bo removed.

It is expected that tho autumn sessiou of Parliament will open on October 10. Lord Rosebery, at the Liberal League's dinner, again declared against Home Rule. Ho said there never shall bo an independent Parliament in Dublin. Lynch, the elect of Dublin, has been committed to trial for treason, Tho Admiralty will name a new battleship New Zealand and probably another will be called Maori. Holbein unsuccessfully attempted to swim the Channel. Ho was immersed 121hours, and covered 30 miles. Pekin, Aug. 1. A proclamation has been issued ordering the transfer of Tientsin to the Chinese on tho 15th. Tho Chinese Foreign office has notified Mr Conger, the American Minister, that the Government troops have killed 400 rioters in Szechuan and restored perfect order. Now York, Aug. 1, Sevonty-fivo shocks of earthquake havo occurred in fivo days in California.

Capetown, August 1. It is estimated that 9000 families have already been resettled on farms in tho Transvaal.