GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1041, 6 November 1903, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

A GANG OF INTIMADATORS

By Electric Telegraph—Per Pres®. Association—Copyright. LONDON, Nova . A letter signejd ■“ Captain iO. a Gang of Fifteen Great Wyrley Mutilators ” has been sent to the police It declares that Edalji, the solicitor, ■who was imprisoned, is innocent. A similar letter was sent to a Wolverhampton newspaper, and threatens further,, outrage municipal elections. LONDON, Nov- 4. Only 35 per cent, of the burgesses of t!ie London electorate. voted at the municipal elections, THE MAN OF. THE HOUR. LONDON, Nov- 4. A’ picture postcard, with Mr Chamberlain’s portrait, is selling in millions. „„„ BIG RAILWAY ROBBERY. LONDON, Nov, 4. Four Englishmen have been arrested in connection withjthe robbery of £IG,OOO sterling from the Northern France Railway messengers on the road to Paris in March, 1900. AUSTRO - RUSSIAN PROPOSALS CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov- 4. The Porte’s reply comments unfavorably on some of the Auslro-Rus-sian proposals. It lays stress on its sincerity in applying the reforms decreed in February, A TAMMANY VICTORY. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. George B. McClellan, son of the famous civil war general, a Tammany candidate, has been elected Mayor of New York, defeating Mr Seth Low, the present occupant of the office.' Plurality of votiug is estimated at 70,000. ALASKAN BOUNDARY. OTTAWA, Nov. 4.™ Mr Alan Aylesworth, one of the Canadian representatives on ‘ the Alaskan Boundary Commission, speaking at a banquet at Toronto delivered a conciliatory sp/eech. He eulogised Lord Alverstane and the other Commissioners, and said that Canada must hear the award graciously and subm ssivcly. He said, indeed, that if she childithly resented what was considered as unjust, the ties, binding Canada and the Motherland were able to stand the stra n of many Alaskan awards.

BORROWING MONEY. MELBOURNE, Nov. 5

Speaking at a meeting of) the shareholders of the National Bank,, Sir William Zeal, the Cha rman, safcl ,'tliat the deposits in the New South Wales savings banks had been drawn upon by the State Government. Much of the money had been used in reconstruction and for unproductive works, to the detriment of private enterprise., This was unfair competition. Added to the many, difficulties attachirjg to trade, it [would seriously aSect 'all persons borrowing if persisted in,_ He also said that theJ£,4oo,ooo discount paid on tire Victor an five-million conversion loan showed the necessity of restricting borrowing, The limit was nearly reached, unless money could be obtained at greater advantage. A QUESTION OF, EXPENSE. ADELAIDE, November 5.

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