GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1049, 17 November 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

VICTORIAN LOAN.

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 15. The public took about half a million of the Victorian loan. SHOOTING COMPETITION. LONDON, Nov. 15. In the competition ot the first battalion of the 3rd Brigade and Australian Defence Forces, for B.athannen’s shield, the Scots Guards scored 971, Coldstreams 956, and Grenadier Guards 939. A Ballarat team fired on November 7th, scoring 1018, thus winning the trophies presented from moneys set apart by the late W. E. Bathansen, of Ballarat, to be shot for by teams of the regiment mentioned,; NAVAL SURVEY WORK. LONDON, Nov. 15. Tiie Admiralty has purchased Mr Vanderbilt’s yacht Consuels for surveying work in Australian waters. BADEN-I’o WELL. LONDON, Nov. 15. Mr W. P. Reeves, at the AngloSaxon Club dinner, presented General Baden-Powell with an escritoire and casket, subscribed by Aucklanders. General Baden-Powell thanked New Zealanders for the many kind messages and presents, and especially valued the emblems of the war. SLAUGHTER OF BULGARIANS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15. It is officially estimated at Salonika that 1500 Bulgarians were killed in six months. RADIO-TELEGRAPHY. ROME, Nov. 15. The Italian naval authorities have tested the Alexandroartonis system of radio-telegraphy, which claims to 'have solved the divagability of wireless currents. The tests prove that the receipt oi signals ceased when the charged electric waves were directed away from the former receiving station, thus demonstrating the possibility of con(centrating currents to a specific point.

THE HUMBERT CASE. PARIS, Nov. 15, M. George Berry, member for the ■Seine in the Chamber of Deputies,, persuaded the Chamber to appoint a commission to enquire into the lium'bert case. He stated that he had precise information that Madame ■Humbert had nineteen million francs in a London bank in an assumed name. CONDITION OF LORD ROBERTS. PARIS, Nov. 15, Lord Roberts’ temperature is low. His general temperature is good. ENGLAND’S FALLING TRADE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. Tho Ways and Means Committee has approved of the Cuban reciprocity treaty, which takes away two millions ■ of English trade.

FEDERAL ELECTIONS. SYDNEY, Nov. IG. The Federal elections have been 'definitely fixed for December 16. MAJOR TAYLOR.; SYDNEY, Nov. 16.

The local cycling authorities are endeavoring to arrange lor Taylor’s appearance in New Zealand before coming to Australia. AN AMPHIBIOUS TRIBE. MELBOURNE, Nov. 16. The Acting Administrator of New Guinea reports finding a small tribe living in the morasses of the eastern part of the possession, remarkable for the formation of the feet and legs. The latter are very short from the ankle down, while the former are soft and flat. The tribe are almost amphibious in their cubits. RIOTS AMONG CHINESE. MELBOURNE, Nov. 16.

The strike of Chinese cabinet-ma-kers culminated in a riot in Lit'.-e 'Bourke street between the strikers and Chinese importers from Sydney. Knuckle-dusters were freely used. Two local men were badly injured. Two Sydney Chinese her e 'been arrested.