GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 555, 27 October 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

A CABLE STEAMER. By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright, LONDON. October 24. The Pacific cable repairing steameriris was tested at Skelmerlie, and attained a s]iced of 14$ knots. THE EDUCATION BILL. LONDON, October 21. 'l’lie Government’s amendments to the Education Bill were carried, providing that local authorities are entitled to act as managers if the managers disobeyed their mandate. Each Education Committee must contain at least one woman. THE ACTIVE MULLAH. HOME, October 24. Owing to the activity of the Mullah, Italy has sent a squadron to the Benadar coast. PROTECTION IN GERMANY. BERLIN, October 21. 'l’lie Reichstag, despite Count Von Bulow’s efforts, increased tiie duty on barley and oats. Von Bulow’s organ states that the Government will persevere until the Agrarians have wrecked the Bill. BANDITTI IN CHINA. PEKIN, October 21. llunguees, or native banditti, are alarmingly active in Manchuria, and Russians arc not attempting to suppress them, though threatening, the reoccupation of the railway if it is injured. China has petitioned the Russian authorities for permission to send one thousand troops. An evasive reply was received. Meanwhile the banditti plunder with impunity. MAMMOTH PROFITS. NEW YORK, Oct- 2-1. The New York News states that Mr J’ierpont Morgan’s profits in financing companies for one year amount to 81 million pounds sterling. REDUCTION OF WAGES. NEW YORK, Oct. 24. The workers of the Amalgamated Tin Plate Company have accepted a temporary reduction of 25 per cent, in wages in Pittsburg in order to allow the company to secure a big contract. THE INCOME TAX. ADELAIDE, October 23. The Assembly has reconsidered its previous decision, and has now fixed the income tax exemption at £135, A TRAGEDY.

BRISBANE, October 23. A woman named Owen, suffering from delirium tremens, drowned her,self and her four-year-old daughter in a creek, near Rockhampton. BISHOP OF MELANESIA. NORFOLK ISLAND, Oct. 23. The Southern Cross, with the Bishop of Melanesia, has arrived. DEATH OF AN ACTRESS, MELBOURNE, Oetolicr 25. Obituary: Ada Willoughby, the comedienne, after a brief illness. RAISING THE WIND. MELBOURNE, October 25. The Government arc preparing a Bill to raise one million pounds by Treasury bonds, RAILWAY EXPERTS. MELBOURNE, October 25. The Cabinet have resolved to obtain the best, expert railway man available in England, America,’or Canada, to take charge of the railways, RETRENCHMENT IN VICTORIA, MELBOURNE, October 25. The Members and Civil Service Retrenchment Bill has passed tho Committee stage in the Assembly,