GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 920, 19 June 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

THE MOKAU ESTATE

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, June 17.

A fresh attempt to sell the Mokau estate, Taranaki, New Zealand, by auction, will he made in July. Truth publishes a strong article, and warns intending purchasers on the ground that Mr Fowler holds the estate solely as a trustee for Mr Jones. HEAVY, RAINS IN ENGLAND. LONDON, June 17. Five and three-quarter inches of rain fell last week in the Thames Valley, being a record for 45 years. Serious floods occurred in Essex. A WIN FOR THE KING’S COLT. LONDON, June 17. The King’s colt Mead won the Prince of Wales’ Stakes at Ascot. AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS. Mr Arthur Balfour’s Winnipeg property has been burnt. The damage amounted in extent to eighty thousand dollars.

THE AMERICAN SQUADRON TO .VISIT GERMANY AND ENGLAND. LONDON, June 17.,

The American squadron spend a week at Portsmouth after their visit to Kiel. GERMAN CABLE SYNDICATE. MELBOURNE, June 13. A German syndicate lias asked the Federal Government if it would sanction a scheme l'or a cable from German New Guinea to Queensland. The Government have asked for further information., TWO FISHERMAN DROWNED. LAUNCESTON, June IS.

A disabled boat, containing two dead bodies, lias been found on the beach at Sorell. The men have been identified as young fishermen — Walter Cannon and Charles Hewitt—the latter recently, from New Zealand.

SIR HARRY RAWSON’S DESPATCH. SYDNEY, June 18

Mr Haynes has given notice of motion that Sir Harry Rawson’s despatch on preferential trade was a misrepresentation of public opinion. Mr Willis also gave notice of motion that the House approves of preferential trade. MR CHAMBERLAIN’S POLICY. LONDON, June 17.

The Opposition have decided not to propose censure on Mr Chamberlain’s policy, owing to unity, of the .Unionists in the desire for ail inquiry. They prefer to begin the campaign in tile country,

A FINE SCHEME. ADELAIDE, June 18. Russell French, the retiring President of the Interstate Chambers ofi Commerce, said that he considered Mr Chamberlain’s preferential scheme a fine one. A STRIKERS’ STRIKE.

ROWS AMONG UNIONISTS AS TO STRIKE PAY. LONDON, June 17. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers directed the Glasgow District Committee to refund one pound per member disbursed during the recent Clyde strike. The Committee having refused, the Amalgamated So-J ciety. thereupon directed the trustees of branches to remit funds to headquarters, or be expelled. The local engineers have threatened to leave the society on the ground that they were misdirected in London in regard to the strike, also owing to tyranny. MOTOR RACE FATALITY, COLLISION WHEN GOING AT 80 MILES AN HOUR. PARIS, June 17. Mr Lorraine Barrow has succumbed to the effects of the injuries received by him when competing in the recent Paris-Madrid motor car race While driving at eighty miles an hour, he tried to avoid a dog, and ran into a tree witii terrific force, receiving terrible injuries.

TIMES CORRESPONDENT CAPTURED BY BANDITS. TA N GIERS REPRESENTATI VE, LONDON, June 17. Mountaineer bandits at Zeust have captured Mr Harris, the London Times Tangiers correspondent. CHURCH CEREMONIALS. BISHOP INSISTS ON ADOPTION OF. EASTWARD POSITION. MELBOURNE, June 18.

In a lecture before the Evangelist Church Association, the Rev. Digby Berry criticised some innovations in the Church service introduced by the Bishop. The Bishop, in reply, said that they might protest as long as they liked, 'and he added : “I have the eastward position because I believe it to be right and legal to do so. What is more, I am not going back on what I have said.”