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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1050, 18 November 1903, Page 3

Garriga, tho last of tho Cuban loaders, has been captured. Among tbo third class passengers who arrived ?n the colouy from England by the Kumars there were twenty-four farmers, five carpenters, six laborers, three butchers, threo engineers, nino glassblowers, two miners, two mechanics, two warehousemen, ono clerk, a wool-sorter, a bootmaker, trapper, dispenser, builder, bricklayer, baker, paintor, fireman, enginejoiner, gas-engineer, stoitor, fanier, gardener, cycle mechanic, agent, and commercial traveller. There were only four male passengers who stated that they had uo trade or occupation.

Ono of tho greatest strains ever imposed upon tho lelegraph service of Victoria was that in connection with tho speech of the Prime Minister, Mr Deakin, at Ballarat. Tho speech occupied noarly two hours and a-balf in delivery, and upwards of SO pressmen, Mclbourno and inter-State, visited Ballarat on reporting duty. Tho result of tlioir work had to be telegraphed throughout tho Commonwealth, and altogether tkero was a telegraphic “check” of between 90,000 and 100,000 words.