GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 846, 21 March 1903, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

THE ARMY VOTE

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, March 19

The House of Commons is discussing the Army vote, providing for an army of 235,762. Mr Vicary-Gibbs drew Mr Brodrick’s attention to the fact that he has given a pledge that greater care will be taken in the selection of recruits, and inquiries regarding their character, owing to the dismissals of undesirables and incfficients in (he past.

HONOR FOR INDIA. I LONDON, March 10. I It is expected that the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit India it October. TIIH ORATAVA. LONDON, March 10. The Oratava proceeds to Marseilles MORE TAXATION.. LONDON, March 10. In the House of Commons, Mr Chambcilain declared that in some eases the native Crown colonies of

South Africa were insufficiently tax

ROYAL NEIGHBORS. LONDON, March 10. The Sultan of Morocco has purchased an estate at Bungay, because it is near to Sandringham. PANAMA CANAL BILL. LONDON, March 10. The Times New York correspondent says that the abrogation of the CJay-ton-Bulwer treaty has largely helped the ratification of the Panama Canal Bill.

ADEN HINTERLAND., The Times says that the Sultan, yielding to S'ir IT. O’Connor’s demands, has issued an irade practically settling the Aden hinterland difficulty.

HOME RULE FOR WALES. LONDON, March 19. A Bill in favor of granting ‘Wales self-government was negatived by 146 voces to 74. DELAGOA v. DURBAN. CAPETOWN, March 19. Natal has protested at the Johan-

nesburg Railway Conference preferring Delegoa Bay as the Transvaal s port in preference to Durban The matter was compromised by the Transvaal agreeing to contribute to the Duroan harbor works, she having a representative on the Board, PARTY POLITICS.

Doctor L. S. Ames on, President of the South African League, speaking at Capetown, said the Afrikander Bond's ideal was that the British should be allowed the show oi supremacy, with guardianship of the coasts. The Bond was striving for internal control of South Africa, and the progressives were determined to defeau this. After the reDels had ueen nlranchised, the progressives would be in a minority unless there was a supernatural conversion of voters.

AMERICA FEEDS STARVING LAPLANDERS, ST. PETERSBURG, March 19, American contrinutions, totalling twenty-live thousand pounds sterling, have averted a large mortality in dred thousand people are dependent Northern Finland,- About one hunon reliei Their sufferings are terrible, but the worst is expected when the thaws of April render the country inaccessible.

ATHEISTIC FRANCE, PARIS, March 19, The Chamber gave M. Coombes a majority of 43, rejecting applications for the authorisation of twenty-five educational and religious confraternities. M. Coombes emphasised the fact that the general elections favored the suppression of religious associations, which threatened a counterrevolution, M. Coombes’ speech was ordered to be placarded throughout France.

THE SWISS TARIFF, BERNE, March 19._. The Swiss tariff, which is avowedly a weapon to fight the German tariff, has been sanctioned as the result oi' a referendum, the voting being 926,000 for and 222,800 against^

.VENEZUELAN. CLAIMS., NEW YORK, March 13. It is ieported that a Caracas syndicate is arranging to pay the .Venezuelan claims without reference to the Hague Tribunal, if some guarantee js obtained. Germany, supports this course, while Messrs Bowen ana Play oppose it. QUEENSLAND LOAN. BRISBANE, March 20. Half-a-million Treasury hills have been placed^,

ARLTUNGA GOLDFIELD,. ADELAIDE, March 20. Three days’ raiti at the Arltunga gold-helds has assured a water supply f r months. All the reefs are reported to be improving in quality and size, with depth. ANOTPLER EL DORADO.

A rich reef has been struck in the Melba claim, CARDINAL MORAN’S JUBILEE. SYDNEY, March 20. Cardinal Moran yesterday celebratea the jubilee of his ordination as a priest.

A STEAMSHIP COMPANY. MELBOURNE, March 20. At the annual meeting of Howard, Smith, and Co., the profits were shown to he thirty thousand pounds odd. A dividend of 5 per cent, on preference shares and 10 per cent, on ordinary shares was declared. The Chairman said the prospects of profitable business were not favorable. In order to economise, the company had laid up steamers rather than run them unprofitably, which policy it was intended to pursue if necessary. A serious outbreak of anthrax is reported from Kcilar. The scat 'of the fire which has broken'out out in tkc New Hopeful mine at Eaglehawk is still undiscovered. All work has been stopped in the two adjoining mines,