GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 901, 27 May 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

TIN ORE.

By, Telegraph—Pros,-* AssociationCopyright.. LONDON, i\lay 25. In order to prevent the Morganisiug of the tin trade, the Straits Settlements Government has imposed a prohibitive duty oil tin ore, unless it is smelted in the colony. A TRAGEDY. LONDON, May 25. The body of Miss Whallcy, whose supposed abduction was cabled on March lllh, has been discovered in a sand heap in the river below Moscow. The indications arc that she was accidentally drowned. A STRONG GOVERNOR. LONDON, May 25.

Chauelhusan, the new Governor of Hunan province, lias issued a proclamation enforcing respect to foreigners. He threatens severe penalties to agitators. FALSE BIRTH REGISTRATION. LONDON, May 25.

Mrs Bedford, at the Bow Street Court, pleaded guilty to falsifying the register in connection with the alleged birth of a child, and was fim ed All).

CHILDREN ON THE STAGE. LONDON, May 25. Tlie Government, lias agreed to maintain the existing law regarding children employed on the stage. ANOTHER STRIKE. OTTAWA, May 25. The electric car employees at Montreal have struck, demanding the exclusive employment, of unionists. RUSSIA’S PUSH. LONDON, May 25.

The Russians are constructing a railway, to the mouth of the Yalu river, in connection with the eastern China system. POLITICS IN BULGARIA. SOFIA, May, 25.

Since the appointment of M, Petroll’s Cabinet, Bulgaria’s relations with Turkey have improved. Bulgaria, in a note to the Powers, asks them to sanction a separate Bulgarian agreement with Turkey, as to the pacification of Macedonia. ST. PETERSBURG, May 25. Russian newspapers denounce M. Pclroff’s Government. AUSLRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE, May 2(1.

A strong south-westerly is blowing on the coast, with blinding rain and hailstorms. Incoming vessels from the north experienced its lull force. The recent abundant rains have greatly, improved the crops. The prospects generally arc reported much better than for some years past. ' THE RECENT STRIKE.

MELBOURNE, May 2li. A' deputation of engine-drivers waited on the Commissioners, and asked that the drivers now on the engines he examined, and that those found medically unfit or incompetent he replaced by the late strikers. The Commissioners promised consideration of the matter. The secretary of the Drivers’ Association states that the Canadian Premier misunderstood their application. They arc now communicating with the Canadian railway companies with the view of securing employment. BUBONIC RAT. SYDNEY, May 3d. Another plagued rat has been found in Sussex street.

STATE LAND POLICY. The Premier, defending the Government’s land policy, said that during the life of the present Government, the settlers had been relieved to the extent of two million and eighty-six thousand pounds. RABBI DAVIS. SYDNEY, May 20. Rabbi Davis, head of the Jewish Synagogue, lias resigned owing to ill health. STATE GOVERNOR’S TOUR. T)i C Royal Arthur will try and intercept the steamer Tamho, bringing Mr Commissioner Houston’s despatches from Norfolk Island for the Governor, .

' HEAVY WEATHER; SYDNEY, May 20. Heavy, weather prevails along the coast.

A NEW JUGGERNAUT

NUMEROUS DEATHS. PARIS, May 25. Nine deaths were caused in the Paris-Madrid motor race. Crowds along the route caused much danger. THE UNTRACTABLE MOTOR. LONDON, May 25. Two cyclists at. the motor race at the Bristol sports collided. _ One, who was going at the speed of forty miles an hour, u r as flung among the spectators, injuring eight and killing two boys.

NAVAL ACTIVITY.

PRIVATE FIRMS GETTING ORDERS FOR WORK. LONDON, May 25. The Admiralty is ordering from private shipbuilding yards fifteen torpedo destroyers of increased size. Vickers. Sou, and .Maxim build nine submarines of the existing type, designed as an experiment.

TRADE RETURNS. THE CASE AGAINST GERMANY. LONDON, May 25. A return lias been published, showing that. Germany imports from Britain and the British colonies eigliwhile her exports to Britain and the teen per cent, of her whole imports, British colonies is twenty-live per cent.