GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 971, 18 August 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

CORNED! MUTTON FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

By, Telegraph—Press Association— Copyrightj LONDON, August 15. Mr Burney Young, manager of the South Australasian l Trade Department in London, has obtained a large contract with the War Office for South Australian corned, mutton

WHOLESALE 'ARREST OE RIOTERS. ST. PETERSBURG, 'Aug. 16. ( Fifty-two persons, including twelve 'Jews, have been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment at Nikolaiveff for rioting and disobeying a summons to disperse.

THE SUGAR TRADE. BERLIN, Aug. 16

Owing to the dissolution of the German sugar cartel, owners are forming a new cartel to control the output of the sugar refineries.

MINERS’ WAGES. MELBOURNE, Aug. 15. In connection with the proposed new scale of feraiges at the Mount Lyell mine, the directors wire that the reduction operates on Thursday, and the men must either take it or go-

TI-IE BEACHED SHIP.

SYDNEY, Aug. 17

The ship Earl of Dunmorehas bfcpn pumped dry. • The vessel is fast in the sand. Attempts to tug her off have failed. Another attempt will te made when a portion of her cargo has been discharged.

AN UNCANNY SHOCK.

ADELAIDE, Aug. 15

'A 1 severe earth tremor was felt at Bunkworth. Crockery rattled, and people rushed out of their homes. The shock lasted twenty, seconds. Minor disturbances occurred in several other places in the northern districts.