GENERAL CABLES
'A! HURRICANE.
By .Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.
LONDON, 'Aug. 11. A hurricane in East Jamaica did great damage to the 'banana es tates
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. LONDON, Aug. 11. The Savings Bank Bill has been dropped, and the Port ol London Bill postponed until 1901. AUSTRALIAN NIGHTINGALE. LONDON, Aug. 11. Miss Amy Sherwin, “ the Australian Nightingale,” has been invited to represent English singers at the unveiling o£ the Wagner monument, at Berlin in October, and to sing at aa international concert. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. OTTAWA, August 11. The Dominion House of Commons has passed a, Bill incorporating the Grand Trunk Pacific railway. RAILWAY REPORT. ADELAIDE, Aug. 12.
The railway report shows the earning to be £1,078,000, working expenses £631,000, percentage of working expenses to earnings .59.
THE KANAKA. MELBOURNE, August 12 In respect to the Duke of Marlborough's statement in regard to Kanakas, Sir E. Barton states that he does not know what the regulations referred to are. Kanakas are deported under the Queensland State, law.
RETRENCHMENT. MELBOURNE, August 12
Owing to the number of dismissals officials of the Mines Department fear a wholesale retrenchment, but the Government only propose to dispense .with superfluous officers.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 967, 13 August 1903, Page 4
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