GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 999, 18 September 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, Sept, IG. Robert Benson, a soil of the late 'Archbishop of Canterbury, has beenconverted to Rome. EXPERTS AND NEW RIFLE. LONDON, Sept, 16. Experts declare that ii the proposed new service rifle is adopted, the British army will be worse armed than ever. 'AN INVESTMENT COMPANY. LONDON, Sept. 16. The Northern Investment Company of New Zealand shows a profit of £s2l!)' A dividend of five per cent, has been declared, -and £219 carried forward. The directors report that the whole of the investments in the colony have been realised without loss of principal or interest. They propose to realise the reserve and redeem debentures, preparatory to winding up, when a surplus above the paid-up capital will be available. FOOLfSIi ADMIRALTY.

LONDON, Sept. 'the Admiralty decline to ILteh to strong representations that Lyttelton is the host port oi departure of the Antarctic expedition. - ALASKAN BOUNDARY. LONDON, Sept. IG. 'American counsel will be allowed the last address in connection with the Alaskan boundary arbitration.. CONTROLLED BY MURDERERS. LONDON, Sept. IG. The regicides in Servia refuse to allow the King to appoint his brother Arsau Commandcr-in-Cliief, on the ground that lie is merely a cavalry captain in the Russian army, and has no qualification for the post.

MILLIONAIRE MORGAN. LONDON, Sept. IG. Mr Pierpoiit Morgan is requesting) the American Steel Trust underwriters to extend the agreement for nine months, and lie has called up an additional five million dollars cash. Five thousand men have been discharged from the Trust’s mines in Wisconsin and North Michigan owing to the non-shipment of last Winter’s stock of pipes. BIG STEAMER STRANDED. PARIS, Sept. 16. The Messa'geries Maritiincs steamer Polynesian, from Australia, was stranded in a gale in tire outer hartoor of Marseilles. A COOL REQUEST. PARIS, Sept. 16.

The Marseilles Sanitary Committee urge the Government to appeal to the Powers not to quarantine-the port in consequence of plague, as there is no need for alarm. STRIKE OF DUST-MEN. PARIS, Sept. 16, The Marseilles dust men have struck, and refuse to 'remove refuse. MOORS ATTACK FRENCH CONVOY. PARIS, Sept. 16.-

Moors Wave attacked a French convoy at Beniables, killing the leader Wild thirteen Algerian sharpshooters'. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. PARIS, Sept. 16-1 M. Jaures, writing to the newspaper Petite Repuhli/que, says that France is organising a protectorate in Morocco, .with the capital at Tangier. VICTORIAN SPEAKER. MELBOURNE, Sept. 17. Mr Beazeley has heen elected Speaker of the Assembly. SEAMEN’S UNION. Sept. 17. The secretaries of the Seamen’s Unions in Sydney, Melbourne, and (Adelaide, n a joint letter, asked the Steamship Owners’ Federation to renew the existing agreement for another year from January next, and it is understood that the request is to he complied .with. A little retrenchment, HOBART, Sept, 17.The Assembly has reduced the lAigentt-Oeneral’s salary to £IOO.

HOSPITAL BOARD. BRISBANE, Sept. 17. The Mayoress and another lady have been appointed the first lady representatives on the Government Hospital Board. jflj .GOOD REASON WHY. SYDNEY, Sept, 17. The Treasurer atenies a rumor that New South Wales proposes to place a half-million four per cent, loan on the local market at the end ol the present month. THE ADMIRAL. SYDNY, Sept. 17. The Admiral sails in the flagship for Singapore to-day. STABBING AFFRAY, SYDNEY, Sept. 17. During a drunken row among the crew ol the Frcncli barque St. Louis a sailor named Ducreze fatally stabbed another named Collier. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION. SYDNEY, Sept. 16. There is a great influx of Christian Endeavorers for the annual m-ter-State convention. Special trams 'brought a number from the southern States.