NEWS CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1055, 24 November 1903, Page 3

NEWS CABLES.

By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright

Beceivod 12.43 a.m., Nov. 24. Sydnoy, Nov. 23. Two sensational suicidos ure reported. Fitzsimmons, Chief Paymaster at the "Hallway Department, shot himself in the Botanioal Gardens, and a man named Byan jumped from the cliffs at South Head,

Melbourne, Nov. 23. The Federal Parliament has dissolved. The writs of the general election have boen issued. Victoria, in their first innings, made 268 ; Laver (not out) 79, Monfries 86. Bees took six wickets for 80, Hay two for 70. Souob Australia, in their second in nings, have lost nine wickets forl66run3 ; Gehrs 48, Jennings 23, Beodman 20. Beceivod 12.54 a.m., Nov. 24.

Capo Town, Nov. 23. The Labor Commission ut Johannesburg reports: As regards agriculture, 27,700 native laborers working, or a shortage of 49,300 ; as regards mining, 68,000, or a shortage of 130,000 ; as regards railways, 15,000, or a shortage of 40,000. There is no adequate central South African sourco of supply. The commission considers that white labor is impracticable and impossible. Witnesses examined proposed remedial measures in connection with native labor, but no practical solution.

Borne, Nov. 23,

The newspaper Tribuna says that Lord Lansdowne and M. Tittoni, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, agreed to an arbitration treaty similar to that recently arranged between France and England, but on a wider; basis.

Berlin, Nov. 23.

The newspaper Kolnischo Zeitung reports that the Chinese representative at Thibet capital has withdrawn owing to the conclusion of a secret treaty betwoen Bussia and Thibet.