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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 19 December 1902, Page 4

m Si •tern "Wo guarantee our Teas better value, better grade than any sold. COMPARE OUR EVEN Ns-\ 2/- CHAMPION WHEN WITH ANY IMPORTED TEAS 1N PACKETS AND ARE SAID SOLD AT PENCE TO BE ' l JUST AS GOOD MORE MON E Y AS MOATE & Co.’s, lm. BUY THE

GENERAL CABLES. A GOOD DIVIDEND. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, December IV. The National Bank of New Zealand has (iecl,;:e:! “P iuieiim dividend of l'J per cent. A STRIKE COLLAPSED. LONDON, December IV. Members of the .Seamen's Union at Marseilles have resumed work. CHINA AND COMMERCE. LONDON, December 17. An edict has been issued which foreshadows the purchase by China of the China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company on the basis of payment of two-thirds of the value of tiie shares. THE LOVE OP THE HUNT. LONDON, December 17. Owing 'to the protests of Irish farmers, the League has removed its embargo against hunting. THE EDUCATION BILL, LONDON. December 17.

A Committee of the House of Commons considered the I-lotise of Lords’ amendments in the education Biii. With a view to helping Mr Moor house's amendment, a proviso was moved, stipulating that it was not intended to increase the public burdens. This, however, was dropped at the instance of Sir James Ferguson. By u majority of OK the original amendment of Mr Moorehousc was affirmed, and Sir James Ferguson's motion carried hy one hundred and ninety-seven to one hundred and fifty-nine. Mr Redmond and liny-six' Nationalists voted with the majority. The Unionists were greatly divided. I Tiie Radicals protested that it was a sham proviso intended to overcome tinanciai privileges. Mr Balfour, supporting Sir J, Ferguson, left the question to the discre-