GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1032, 27 October 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

Bjr Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.) London, Oct. 25. Queen Alexandra has returned to London from a visit to Copenhagen. In connection with a cattle maiming case at Great Wyrley. Staffordshire, George Ernest Ediiji, a solicitor, of Birmingham, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment with hard labor at Stafford for maliciously wounding a horse. The jury recommended him to mercy on account of his social position. Sir Reginald Hardy refused to accept the rider, and emphasised tho gravity of the outrage. Mr Reoves, in an interview, slated that Mr Seddon was not going to open auy meat shop within 100 miles of London. Tho New Zealand Agricultural Company propose to reduce their capital by one-half, returning shareholders ten shillings per share. An official estimate or tho Englieh hop yiold is B:[cwt per aero, giving a total production of 421,078 cwt. Constantinople, Oct. 25.

The guiding principle in tho AustroRussian memorandum is surveillance of all branches of Macedonian administration for two years by Austrian and Russian assessors, aided by assistant secretaries and interpreters attached to Hilmi Pasha ; administration and control of provincial authorities ; tho assessors to make tours of inspection in the provinces. It provides for the establishment of communal autonomy, vectification of boundaries of present communes, with the view to tho creation of spheres, more homogenous nationality and [religion.

, Rome, Oct. 25. The Popo farewells Cardinal Moran on Tuesday.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. BRISBANE, October 2(1

Mr Milne, ex-President of the Chamber of Commerce, has returned lYc- a visit to London. He status 'that Australian credit is very low and that it will he difficult to .Vsce loans for some time to come.

ADELAIDE, Oct. 2(i.

Mr Percy CJjernside has returned from a visit to England. He states that so little is known of the Australian States that Victorian and South Australian meat, rabbits, and butter are being sold as New Zealand and even as prime English. He urged the necessity of lectures by practical men to advertise the Commonwealth.

Several accidents occurred at the Port Adelaide races. Sydney Willis ,(the crack horseman of the State) .was killed.-

MELBOURNE, Oct. 20

The Seamen’s Union are advised by the shipowners that the present agreement has been extended for a further 18 months from January 31.

'. The Frenchmen picked up by the Cromarty had tickets ot leave.- The majority admitted that they had been transported, hut said that the sentence had long ago expired.