GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 826, 14 February 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

EXPRESS TRAIN FOR MAILS,By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright,. LONDON, Feb. 12. Beginning in April a special express leaves Naples for llpdana, on ' the French frontier, conveying Australian mails by the Orient steamers without a preliminary medical inspection. REDUCTION IN FREIGHTS. By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, Feb. Id. The South African Steamship Companies Conference reduced the freights to ports eastward of Capetown on one-fifth of the cargo by liftecn shillings per ton. ROYALTY. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 12. The King and Prince of Wales attended the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society's smoking concert at. the Queen’s Hall. LAW ACTION SETTLED. By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright, LONDON, Feb. 12. The Tail Vale Company nave accepted twenty-three thousand pounds in settlement of the action against the Amalgamated Railway, Society’s men. COLD STORAGE COMPANY. By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright, LONDON, Feb. 12. Shares in the Eastern African Cold Storage Company have been allotted. RED SEA PIRATES. By Telegraph—Press Association — Copyright, LONDON, Feb. 12. The gunboat Harrier captured three pirate sambuks in tiie Red Sea. SERVIAN ROYALTIES. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. VIENNA. A representative of the Emperor Fran/, Joseph welcomed King Alexander and Queen Braga ol Servia, who arc visiting the tomb of ex-King Milan, at Krudesol. ... j FRENCH SHIPPING TRUST. By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. PARIS, A French Shipping Trust has been formed, embracing a tonnage of fifteen millions, virtually the entire shipping trade.... Al. Le Bon, President oi the Messageries Maritimcs Company., is President of the Trust. GERMANY AND TURKEY. By Telegraph—Press Association— I Copyright. j CONSTANTINOPLE. A convention between the Porte ( and a German company for the construction of the whole railway line 8 from Konia to Bagdad awaits the Sultan’s irade. f