GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1047, 14 November 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

THE HOTTENTOT OUTRAGE

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 12. The Germans have reoccupied Fort Warm bad. LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL. LONDON, Nov. 12. It is confidently expected that the King and Queen will visit Liverpool in connection with the laying of the foundation stone of the Cathedral early next year. AN INDEPENDENT OPINION. LONDON, Nov. 12. The German General Stall has published a treatise on the South African war. It considers that Buffer’s bad leadership \v,as the cause of the Colenso disaster. The British troops were unbeaten. PRICE OF CONSOLS. LONDtON, Nov. 12. ■ Consols are at 87f. A MILLIONAIRE’S MONEY. LONDtON, Nov. 12. Mr Justice Stone is holding an enquiry into the Liverpool millionaire Jones’s fortune case. He excluded all new claimants who had not entered an appearance. Thirty claims are being investigated. THE AFRIKANDER BOND. CAPETOWN, Nov. 12. Incomplete returns foreshadow, an Afrikander Bond majority in the Cape Legislative Council. The western. circle has re-elected T. L. Graham, Attorney-General, and elected J. D. Logan, Progressive, and Petersen, Independent. The last-named in reality belongs to the Bond. THE BALKANS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12. 'Austria and Russia strongly insisted on the Powers’ acceptance of the entire scheme of Balkan reform, similar to the notification addressed to the Sultan. Austria and Russia have warned Turkey that the Ottoman Empire will be greatly endangered if the Macedonian reforms are not executed. The Porte is /extremely hostile to the appointment of assessors and reorganisation of the gendarmerie by the Powers.

STEEL TRUST. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. The 'American Steel Trust’s common stock is quoted at 10J, and preference s'6\, a fall of eighty million sterling since 1901. The Trust, by .reducing the output, curtails the annual pay roll by three millions. It recently sold Europe 150,000 tons of •products.

COPPER MINING. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. The amalgamated copper concerns in Montana have resumed operations. SUGAR CROP. BRISBANE, Nov. 13. The sugar cro.p last year' was the smallest in recent years, owing to the drought. The yield is 76,626 tons.

FEDERAL LABOR LEADJER. SYDNEY, Nov. 13. Mr Watson, leader of the Labour party, addressing Ms constituents. condemned the naval agreement. He was impressed that they would in (time to come establish a purely (Australian navy, permanently and solely available for the protection of Australian shores and commerce. He declared for fiscal peace and an unswerving attitude on the White Australia question. REDUCTION OF MEMBERS, SYDNEY, Nov. 13. In the Assembly, a Bill providing' for a referendum on the question o! members, was read a second time. A WAGES QUESTION, SYDNEY, Nov. 13, A conference of the Masters and Engineers’ Association with the representatives of harbor and coastal shipping companies fixed the minimum wage of masters and engineers at £3 a week of sixty hours for tugboats in harbors, . rivers, and within a radius of ten miles outside harbors.

STRIKE SETTLED. SYDNEY, Nov. 13. The Pelaw strike lias been settled

On the King’s Birthday the Wairoa cricket team journeyed toFrasortown and met the local eloveD. Frasertown winning the toss, elected to bat. The following were the scores :—Arundel 4, Braithwaite 1, Steed 22, Goodwin 5, Kirkham 1, Grims-. dale 10, Kain 6, F. Couper 5, W, Couper 1, Roberts 6, Stacey 9 ; extras 6 , total 76* Wairoaresponded with the following scores: —Thomson 11, Deighton 6. Mayo 2, JonBon 18, Strickland 0, Pr Moir 8, Toy 5, Mainwaring 3, Shaw 2, Williams 0; extras 2; total 52. Frasertown thus won by 24,

The annual social gathering in connection with St. Peter’s Church (Wairoa) took place in the Royal Albert Hall on Monday evening last (Kiog ! s Birthday), Taking into consideration that the season is rather late for danoing, the gathering was well attended. Dancing commenced shortly after B o'clock, and was kept up with spirit until after 1 o’clock. Vocal items were rendered during the evening by Mr F. Thompson, who sang “ Killarney,” Mr R. Deighton, “ The Passion Flower,” and Mr A. Vickers, “ Shells of the Ocean.”. An excellent sapper wets provided by the ladies, and was done ample justice to. Daring supper extras were played by Misses L. and N. Poyzer and Miss Parker. Mr Corkill’s orchestra, as usual, provided splendid music. Mr F. Thompson aoted as M.C.