GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1074, 16 December 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

'A RECORDING: TELEPHONE,

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON', Dee. PI. •Successful trials are being made in London with a recording telephone. NEW COALING PIER. LONDON, Dee. 1L The Admiralty are building a coaling pier for battleships at Hongkong.; COTTON-GROWING. LONDON, Dec. 11. The British Cotton-growing Association have engaged Professor Stimson, of Mississippi Agricultural College, to proceed to West; Africa to teach the natives cotton-growing and improvement of the staple.

A REVENUE CUTTER, LONDON, Dee. 11. A fast cruiser is building in England to prevent illegal fishing oil the Newfoundland coast, and to bo used as a training ship for the Canadian naval reserve. MR ROOT'S BOMBSHELL. NEW YORK, Dec. 11.

Mr Eiihu Root, explaining his reicent startling utterance as to a war with a foreign Power, says that lie referred to the indefinite future. MILLIONAIRE’S GIFTS. NEW YORK, Dee. 11. Mr Rockfclier is preparing a new series of endowments for Chicago University. A TRADE UNION FINED. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.

The Trade Union of Chicago has been fmed in its corporate capacity for interfering with the business or employees of various linns. This is the. first, conviction of its kind in the United States. MONEY V. ROOSEVELT, NEW YORK, Dec. 14. A fund of half a million sterling, largely .subscribed by trust magnates, lias been formed for the purpose of defeating President Roosevelt’s nomination for the Presidency,

CANADIAN MILITIA. OTTAWA, Dec. 14. Sir P. W. 80-rdern, Minister of Militia, has arranged that in future a Canadian officer shall command the militia instead of an Imperial officer. RUSSIA’S: POLITICS.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 14. A congress of fifty delegates of the Russian Royal Democratic parly lias formed a central committee to direct •a movement throughout Russia. A CONTRADICTION.

CAPETOWN, Dee. 14. The Attorney-Genera! lor the Afrikander Bond contradicts the reported Botha-Groves agreement.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. ' SYDNEY, Dee. 15. The bakers have reduced the price of the 21b loaf from 31 d to 3d. The final returns in the Arm id ale and Morce bye-elections have not altered the results. The Federal campaign is closing "with great .rallies of Hie various parties. Obituary : Mr Campbell, member for Illawarra in the State Assembly. MELBOURNE, Dec. 15. The railway authorities estimate that they will have to handle 25,452,000 bushels of wheat, which is a record. The Government have appointed Mr Justice Hood a Royal Commissioner to enquire into the methods adopted by tile Independent Order of Foresters in forwarding its interests in Victoria,

ADELAIDE, Dec. 15. The jury found that Mrs Dohais committed suicide whilst in a state of unsound mind.