GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1068, 9 December 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copy right. LONDON, Dec. 7. A draft of the second battalion of the Sherwood Foresters has been ordered to join the iirst battalion, stationed at Hongkong. Their families are not allowed to accompany the men. The Daily Telegraph' reports that Commander Volturuo, at Bunkerkassam, captured Abdullah Sheri, the Mullah’s mainstay, and handed him over to General Egertou in pursuance of Abdullah’s earnest request. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The United States Secretary of Marine advises the fortification of Guam and Midway Islands, near the Sandwich Islands, and Subig Bay, Philippines, and the establishment ol a naval base at Subig. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.

Davies, alias Schmidt,.-‘arrested for counterfeiting Bank of England notes, was also known under the alias of Lieberman. He was also engaged counterfeiting live, ten, and twenty dollar bills. The plates and dies seized by the American ’ police connect him with the Barmasl-Bani-sten note forgery case. CAPETOWN, Dec. 7. The Wit tc Labor League deputation at Johannesburg urged Sir A. Lawley to refer the question of importation of Asiatics to a referendum. Sir A. Lawley replied that Australian experience of the referendum was not encouraging. The question was too complex to render a simple intelligible issue practicable. PERTH, Dec. 8. Trouble in the timber-trade over the Arbitration Court award continues.; Several mills are hung up, and 1600 hands are idle.

SYDNEY, Dec. 8. Tlie Northern Colliery Proprietors’ Association on the 15th will notify a reduction of fourpence per ton in the hewing rate, commencing on January 2nd. The miners intend to state a' case to the Arbitration Courts The Arbitration Court upheld the appeal of the Amalgamated Railway and Traffic Employees’ Association, considering, the interests of the tfafific union safe in the hands of the amalgamated association.