GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1009, 30 September 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By .Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.) London, Sept. 28. Obituary : Croseland, the cricketer. The capture by the Montana Steel Trust, a huge American organisation, of neutral markets, especially Great Britain and her colonies, is alarming manufacturers, many of whom demand defence of home markets and colonial preference. The King has instructed Professor A. C. Bonson, son of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, and master of Eton College, and Viscount Essex to. prepare for publication selections from' Queen Victoria’s correspondence covering the period from 1837 to 18G1. Air Peacock, the Tasmanian delegate to the late International Chamber of Commerce Conference at Montreal, interviewed at Plymouth, said that the fiscal relations of the Empire were certainly a matter for enquiry. He was unable as yet to say whether the proposed change would bo to the advantage of the Empire. Any scheme intended to bind together different parts of the Empire ought to he carefully studied. He thought it would take Mr Chamberlain to his utmost to convert the people of England to his views.

New York, Sept. 28. Because the Northern Pacific Railway Company refused a blackmail demand of ten thousand pounds, a gang of dynamiters made four attempts to explode the railway. Threats have been made against Pierpont Morgan’s life by some of the ruined Steel Trust investors. Ottawa, Sept. 2 8. The Dominion Trade Congress, held at Bloc kville, Ontario, adopted resolutions disapproving of any Imperial policy intended to benefit the colonies to the detriment of the Motherland’s proletariat. Faris, Sept. 28. Some Parisian newspapers denounce as robbery the confiscation of Armenian Church property, which Russia justifies on the ground of the Church’s seditious activity. St. Petersburg, Sept. 28. Russia is settling a million colonists in Amur territory, and is undertaking great road and irrigation works in the Ussuri region. Adelaide, Sept. 29. The Leader of the Opposition moves a vote of want of confidence in the Government to-day. It is rumored that he commands a majority.

Sydney, Sept. 29. Australians in London cabled to Miss Ada Crossley congratulations on her great welcome to Australia. A seaman named Nueroz has been found guilty of the manslaughter of another sailor named Sohier. The amateur boxing conference, including New Zealand delegates, drew up an amateur definition, and also decided that contests he held the next and two following years in New Zealand, Queensland and New South Wales, the two former to decide the order of precedence. Sir W. Lyne told a deputation seeking an alteration of the duties that there was a general feeling that the tariff must not he touched.

Cyclonic storms at Dungog and Mudgee did a large amount of damage to the crops. A wide area of the northern districts suffered severely. Kaiu at Waratah fell over 11 inches in 24 hours. Good general rains are reported from Queensland and South Australia, and the crop prospects are good. Speaking at Albury, Sir W. Lyne said all the Federal Government wanted was fiscal peace. A preferential tariff with Great Britain might take years, but that was what they were going to the country on. The time was coming when between the Mother Country and Australasia there must be a commercial union as well as a defensive union.

The Presbyterian General Assembly appointed Dr Marshall, Kevs. Youle and Ferguson, delegates to the panPresbyterian Conference to be held in Liverpool next year. The Protestant churches are again stirring up the question of precedence. Sir E. Barton having announced that it is not definitely settled. Mr Deakin is reopening negotiations with the Imperial authorities. The Treasurer delivers the Budget to-night, after four times returning the Estimates to his colleagues and requesting them to further cut them down.