GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1036, 31 October 1903, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

THE WILY JAP

By Telegraph— Press AssociationCopyright, LONDON, Oct, 29, An American diplomatist has asserted that Japan in 1960 intrigued with the Filipino leaders, with a view to obtain ng coal ng stations in tiie Philippines. The Japanese Legation in London denies the statement. “ TUB WORKING; MAN’S PARADISE.”

LONDON, Oct. 29. Lord Lonsdale, interviewed in reference to- his recent visit to Australia, declared that all Australian industry was handicapped by the labor difficulty. There was boundless scope lor agriculture if labor- was less dear. Attempts were being made to limit the day’s .work to firhours. RAINFALL IN, ENGLAND. LONDON, Oct. 29.

The rainfall in England for the present year, 34£jn, is a record since 1828. ' It caused enormous damage to crops. It is not possible to gather much of the harvest. Potatoes are stiK in the ground. Ploughing and sowing is impossible, IRISH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY., LONDON, Oct. 29.

The lion. George Wyndham is preparing a Bill providing one national Irish university, Protestants and Catholics to receive location in common, with proper religious safeguards. The university will consist of three constituent self-governing colleges—Trinity College (Dublin), Queen’s College (Belfast), and. tl ! c Catholic College (St. Stephen s Green), the latter with initial control. It is reported that the Government will offer Trinity College ■authorities £IO,OOO per annum if they support the Bill, and offer to endow, Queen’s College £15,000 a year, and .the .Catholic .College £45,000, A NEW CABINET. ROME, Oct. 29. Signor Giolitti is forming a Ministry. _ ENTENTE CORDIALE. PARIS, Oct. 29. The Premier and Minister of Commerce participated in the enthusiastic banquetting of two hundred representatives of the London International Commercial Associations. Their speeches emphasised the growth of the entente cordiale hexween England and Franco. THE RELIGIOUS CHARLATAN. NEW YORK, Oet. 29. Dowie’s collection was insufficient to pay the gas bill, lie made no converts.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. NEW YORK, Oct. %9. Mrs Booth-Tucker and Colonel Holland, Salvationists, were killed in a railway accident in Missouri. BI.SPIOP OF BRISBANE,; BRISBANE, Oet. 30. Dr. Green, Bishop of Goulburn, lias been elected. Bishop of Brisbane..

Mount Vesuvius continues to pour out a slow stream of lava, and licry icts from thq crater ’are visible at Naples.

The most expensive street to rebuild during the last century was the Rue de Rivoli t in Parisr. It cost £2,800,000.

A profit of £5908 18s lOd was earned upon the working-class dwellings of the London, County .Council last year.

If there were a “ man in the moon,” the earth would look sixtyfour times larger to him than the sun does to us on earth.

Ingenious frauds have been perpetrated on a well-known firm of Mel-

bourne jewellers by a clever gang of swindlers. . _ ~__ “An ex-soldier, wko had lost" his leg fighting at Spionkop, was discharged at Melbourne recently on a charge of travelling on a steamer without paying his fare. The Eltham paper says that a cow belonging to_ Mr Jenkins, Stewart Road, gave birth to a calf a couple of days ago which bears an exact fac-simile on both ears of the earmarks of its mother.)

The Minister for Agriculture stated recently that the Veterinary Department will on application undertake the inoculation of calves. On the completion of the laboratory at Wallaceville, steps will he taken to commence the manufacture of vaccine.

A prospecting party which lias been at' work on Stewart Island is reported to have discovered a welldefined quart reef, which shows a thickness of from 18in to 2ft,_ with every judication of increasing in volume. Samples of the stone arc to <be sent to the Dunedin School of Mines to be tested.

A railway ticket clerk at Tenterfield, New South Wales, has been badly gored by a bull. The wound necessitated ten stitches.

A party from Rangitikei visited Gisborne a few days ago for the purpose of spying out the land. One roan has already taken up 900 acres at the Motu.—N.Z. Herald, The daily service between Onehunga and New, Plymouth commences on Sunday*

The following twelve maxims form part of the will of Ivlayer Anselm Rothschild, the founder of the great hanking house at Frankfort. lhey are recommended to those who desire to sueced in life: Seriously ponder over and- thoroughly examine any project to which you intend to give vourvattention. Reflect a long time, then decide promptly. Go aheau. Endure annoyances patiently, and fight bravely against obstacles. Consider honor as a sacred duty. Never lie about a business affair, lay jour debts promptly. Learn how o sacrifice money when necessary, uo not trust too much to luck. Spend your money profitably. Do not pretend to be more important than you really arc. Never become discouraged ; work zealously, and you wi surely succeed.

The Superintendent of Tourist Resorts (Mr T. E. Donne) tells a correspondent of Truth an amusing story concerning one of his expci 1 cnees during his recent run through the wilds of the North. _ Going through Tulioeland, lie and ms pany lighted upon a queer little native village," in the main street of which stood a square building of unpretentious architecture, which was evidently, neither a whare nor a wharepuni. The visitors were fiinous concerning it. “ Oh, that the bi - hard saloon,” they, were informed by a dusky villager. Might they, see it? “ Oh, yes ; them icllar play all day, all night,” and they were .escorted .within. ‘ln an atmosphere which might have been dug 011 ** n | chunks were’ congregated a do/.en or more sturdy natives, watching a game between two of their brethren. The table was a marvel. It hah been constructed in the village on lines reeoflected by someone who had actually seen a real tabic ,in the dim: distant past. The cloth was composed of one part blanket and threeparts old Crimean shirt, which hau evidently once covered a pcrspirmg hack. The balls were of different sizes, and the cue—well, it had once probably seen service in a saloon, 'but now was without a tip, though someone had apparently chewed the wood into some sort of pliableness to enable it to hold the ball, anu the pockets were composed of wirenetting. The scoring-board was absolutely bevond description, but it served its purpose, and the players were doing wonders with the curious assortment of paraphernalia, They played wholly for the sport, and it was their one apparent vice,.