GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 928, 29 June 1903, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES

CONTRABAND ARMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON. .June 27

British bluejackets are co-operating

with Hit’ authorities in Italian Somaliland, and arc searching the coast for contraband arms. A SWEET HARPIST. LONDON, .June 27.

Signorina Sassoli, the harpist who accompanied Madame Melba on her Australian tour, held a successful concert at St. James’s Hall. The critics are complimentary in then notices. Melba assisted at the cont<?r lIORSE GUARDS PARADE.

LONDON, June 27. At the trooping of the colors at the Horse Guards parade in honor ol the King's Birthday, the King and Queen and other royalties were present. A holiday was observed m all the naval and military centres.

THE NEW ZEALAND BAND

LONDON, June 27. The New Zealand Band played at a concert at the Albert Hall uiulei the auspices of the Union Jack Club. The King and Queen and Princess of Wales were present. TARIFFS AND TRUSTS. LONDON, June 27. Vv conference of members of the House of Commons interested in the iron and steel industries, engineering and electricity, appointed a committee to arouse public attention to the unfair and illegitimate trading arising from the hostile tarifis and trusts.

lAN AUSTRALIAN’S SUCCESS. LONDON, June 27. (J. r ,T. Lane, an Australian,, was .second in the International Cup at Urn Jlurlingtoii Gun Club meeting, dividing a sweepstake of AGIO witli Cartels, 1 lie winner of the Cup. AN OMNIBUS BALLOON.

LONDON, June 27. M. Santos Dumont's omnibus balloon will bo ready in September for shipment to St. Louis, where it. will ho exhibited at the National Exhibition in that city. A PRESENTATION. LONDON, June 27. ]\l'r Arthur Balfour, on bclialf of

the Constitutional Club, has presented Mr Chamberlain with a magniiiccnt. silver casket, and an address, eulogising his administration and important economic speeches. A MEMORIAL STATUE.

LONDON, June 27. The. Princess of Wales and many generals visited Mr Adrian Jones’s studio to inspect the equestrian statue for Adelaide in memorial of the victories in Hie Boer war. GERMAN ELECTIONS.

LONDON, June 27. TJie new Reichstag contains 0!) members of the Centre party, 80 Social Democrats, 51) Conservatives, and 48 National Liberals. A majority are favorable to Germany entering into commercial treaties. KAISER AND PETER. BELGRADE, June 20. The Kaiser sent a cordial telegram to King Peter, and Austria lias resumed relations with ServiaKing Peter re-enters Belgrade with full ceremony. Me has amnestied prisoners undergoing sentences for press and political offences. A! NEW CABINET. BUDA PEST IT, June 20. Most or 3YT. Szell’s colleagues join JTedervary’s Cabinet,- excepting General Tejcrevary, 'Minister of ‘Defence, and Count Szcchenyi, Minister at the Imperial Court. MOORISH RAIDERS. LONDON, June 27. •France has organised a defence of the left hank of the river Senegal against Moorish raiders. Special posts have been established for Mauritana camelry along the Senegal border. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. SYDNEY, June 27,

Thc. auxiliary pumps of the Broken Hill water supply have, been got to work, and the town reservoir was filled to-day. People are able to draw from their taps, but the position as far as the mines arc concerned is unchanged. When the town reservoir was lilled an attempt was made to give the mines a little to enable, them to clear up outstanding coniraels. The trains .will ‘start again to-day. The distress amongst the workingclasses is increasing. A meeting of citizens appointed an extraordinary commillee to take measures lo alleviate. it. Relief works will be starled. 'flic construction of (lie Umbcnimbcrka weir, which will considerably augment the future supply of the Barrier, will be taken in hand. Tile- Premier has repled to the Ma-

yor's suggestion to supply the mines with water obtained from iSoutb Australia, that he is advised that he cannot get sufficient, to supply the mines. Interviewed respecting the position at Broken Mill, the Premier said he was receiving all sorts of applications, hut could not turn the town into a huge charitable inslitu-

ion. Where il, was a matter of life ml death, Ihc Government would lo all that was possible, but it was [iircasoiiable to ask them to keep

file mines going in order to find full work for the miners. The Government could not go to the rescue of

the miners. It had already provided the water taken on Ihc trains. It was riduculous to blame the Government for the distress. The labor

minorities state that the petition iiesenled to the Assembly much cxggevates ihe number of unemployed BRISBANE, June 27. Tiie New South Wales Government

having notified a discontinuance of ns contribution to the weather bureau at the end of the present month Hie Premier stated that Queensland's expenditure in future would be reduced to i‘3uo a year, aud the bureau would probably resolve itself into an office merely for recording the rain-

all. Air Wraggc has issued a not iication that, as the New South

Vales and Queensland Governments discontinue their subsidies the bureau will cease to exist as far as ns lie is concerned at midnight on the 30th, after which his forecasts will cease. Charles Westwood, secretary to the Tasmanian Racing duo, it dead.