GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 975, 22 August 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

MR CHAMBERLAIN’S REPLY,

Bji Telegraph—Press 'Association—j Copyright. LONDON, August 20. ■ Mr Chqfmberlain, replying to a correspondent, said that the present circumstances oiler no parallel to the period prior to the repeal of the corn laws. After emphasising the influence of railways, electricity/organisation of labor, and exercise of the suffrage, he declares that the condition of the country in the early forties was due to many ‘causes jqjiito [independent of the tariff. He goes on to show hy inference the progress |of such countries as Germany and j Sweden, where the tariff has b.een utilised ;to increase employment for j workers. RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS. LONDON, August 20. A 1 Blue Book published shows that Lord Lansdowne did his utmost in the interests of the Passionist and Benedictine Orders in France in conI nection with the disabilities they are suffering under the Religious Associations Act, but was finally informed by the Abbe Gasguet that inasmuch as they were situated in France, they were governed by French law. Lord Lansdowne refused to advance a claim on behalf of the orders for compensation. PRICES FOR COAL. LONDON, August 20.

The Daily Mail states that the Admiralty. has asked for quotations lor one million tons of steani coal for the last four months of 1903, delivered at Gibraltar, Malta, and elsewhere. The Mail adds that Russia wants nearly an- equal quantity. HEAVY RAIN IN IRELAND. LONDON, August 20.

Incessant rain has failao for thir-

ty-five days in the west of Ireland. The bulk of the crops has bben loft rotting in the fields.

CONGO FREE STATE. LONDON, August 20. Sir Constantine Phips, British Ambassador at , Brussels, has handed the Belgian authorities Great Britain’s protest to the Powers against the employment o-f forced labor grants, and monopolies, in the Congo Free State.

GOOD BOWLING. LONDON, August 20

Playing against Essex, Haigh took eight wickets for 24, and Rhodes nine for 75. DEATH OF A RAIDER. LONDON, August 20.

Obituary: At St. Petersburg, Colonel the Honorable Henry Frederick White,, ex-Mayor of Buluwayo, who took part in the Jameson raid._ ARABS CAPTURE STORES. LONDON, August 20.

Arabs attacked a British convoy, and captured its stores, in the Aden hinterland, Theesjcort pursued them fruitlessly.