GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1370, 3 February 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

UNIONISTS RETIRING. By; Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, February I. Seventy-eight Unionists retire at the cntl of the present Parliament.. SIR HENRY NORMAN. LONDON, February 1. Lord Roberts has been elected president of an influential " committee '.which appeals for funds to perpetuate the late Sir Henry Normans splendid services to the Empire. THE PANAMA CANAL. WASHINGTON, February .1. The Foreign Commerce Committee of the Hiouso of Representatives has reported favorably on Mr Mann’s •Bills abolishing the Panama Commission anil placing the work of construction of tho canal and government of tho zone entirely ill the bands of the United States. I COST OF THIBET EXPEDITION.

LONDON. February 1. Indian papers entirely support the I Indian Government's view of the I Thibet question, ami protest against saddling India with its entire cost, since Mr Brodrick’s despatch emphasised that Imperial interests are iin- I volved. I DIVORCES IN AMERICA. NEW YORK. Feb. 1. The New York World states that the divorces in America from; 1809 to .1901 totalled 700,000. and will I number, in the next thirty-four years at the same ratio three millions. THE AILING PRINCESS. LONDON, February 1. I The Princess Victoria is, sleeping, after a restless night.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. AUSTRAL WHEEL RACE By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association —Copyright. MELBOURNE, February 2. The Austral Wheel Race was postponed owing to the rain. ARBITRATION A,CT. MELBOURNE, February 2. The first application for registratiem ' under tho Federal Arbitration Act, which lias just come into affective operation, is from the Machine Shearers’ Union, although almost simultaneously a protest against- the legislation was received- from the Australian Workers’- Union, which claims that it can embrace all those engaged in the shearing industry. It is understood that the two bodies intend to fight a long-standing trouble to an, end. HOME FOR CONSUMPTIVES. MELBOURNE, February 2. The State Government establishes: a home for consumptives at Broadmeadows. CHRISTIAN. ISRAELITES. MELBOURNE, February 2. Eighty-six Christian Israelites have left to join, the main body; at Michigan.; SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP. MELBOURNE, February 2. Ivcraii won- the 220yds swimming I championship, beating Healey by two I yards ; .time, 2.34 4-5. A BORROWING COLON SYDNEY, February 2. I The Premier, claims that the State I accounts for the first seven months of the finacial year, show a compara- I iive improvement of £876,000 on I lust yeaf-

LAND SELECTION. SYDNEY, February 2. Out of 3,700,000 acres of Crown lands available for selection 3,303,000 have been selected. STOCK RETURNS., SYDNEY', February 2. The number of sheep in the State at the end of last- year was 32,566,000, an increase of nearly lour millions. Cattle, 1,802,000, an increase of 115,000. I-lorses show a considerable decrease. A NATIONAL MEMORIAL. . HOBART, Fob. 2. .The Governor nnveiled a national memorial to soldiers who fell in the Transvaal. BRISBANE, Feb. 2. Senator Higgs, in a speech, characterised the English mail companies for making a double 'demand the old subsidy as pirates without a black flag.