GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 707, 31 December 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

MACEDONIAN INTRIGUES. By, Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, December 23. Several Macedonians have necn arrested for plotting an attempt on the life of Count Lamsdorif, the visiting Russian Ambassador. RUSSIA'S ONWARD MARCH. LONDON, December 39. Russia is establishing a Customs Bureau at the new port of Daitiey, despite China’s opposition, STRONG CRITICISM. LONDON, December 29. The Times says the Public Prosecutor incurred a grave responsibility in refusing to prosecute the directors of tile London and Globe Finance Corporation. A SENSIBLE DISPOSAL. LONDON, December 29, The loyalists’ fund of £12,000, including £250 subscribed by the Duke of Westminster, will be distributed preferably in the purchase of implements, and advances bv way of loans JAPANESE STONEWALL. TOKIO, December 29. The Japanese House of Representatives lias been dissolved for refusing, to compromise over the Government taxation proposals. AUSTRALIAN NEWS,; MELBOURNE, December 30. The Federal military authorities contemplate having all small arms and ammunition made here if the factory can turn out the ten million pounds required annually. The costwill be higher than it is now. SYDNEY, December 39. Mr Rason, British Commissioner in the New Hebrides, is on a visit to the High Commissioner of Fiji. lie hopes to effect a settlement of the. land difficulties between the English and French. British traders, lie savs, had the New Hebrides' trade in their grasp, but the French were about to make an effort to wrest it from them. A conference of State Premiers meets in January to discuss questions of mutual interest.