GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1384, 20 February 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

BILLIARDS. By Electric Telegraphr-Per Press; Association—Copyright. LONDON. .Feb. 1.7. In the match against Dawson, at Leicester' Square, Stevenson made a break of 802, a record. Tiie Billiard Association would not accept Roberts’ 821, as the table had not been previously measured. TIDE SUBMARININ' DISASTER. LONDON, Feb- 17. • , I Two petty officers of the submarine succumbed during the night.

.■ AUSTRALIAN. IK)BART, Feb. 18. I The conference of Premiers" has I concluded. The Braddon clause- has j been extended fori a further, twenty. I years. 'All the States exo£m't,,.iSlow | So.uth Wales' ar.d. .Queensland'“have, I

accepted Sir George .Turner's modi'- I he'd proposals to take oyer the State I debt. Now South Wales declined to I assent to taking interest on, brans-', j ferred properties or any part 'd it j out of the three-fourths returned to I the States under the Bradclou clause. I States wishing to raise loans must- I •give the Federal Treasurer six j months’ notice. States are at I liberty) to raise loans withiln the [ Commonwealth. A sinking fund of I one per cent, on existing loans will I : be established, and of half per cent. I . on new loans. [ J

' SYDNEY, Feb. 18. • The Full Court granted a prohibiifcion to set aside the order of the (Arbitration Court directing the Newcastle coal trimmers to return to work. The Court held that the Arbitration Court had no power to' order men to work unless there was an existing contract of senviees between master and man. ’

WHEAT' CORNER.

•FORCING] UP. THE PRICE-

■By, Electric'Telegraph—Per Preys Association—Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 17.

■Reports from Chicago state that Messrs Schwab, Gates, and others have' formed ; a, great wheat corner with resources of 20 million pounds sterling -to force wheat up to six shillings per bushel.

A MISTAKEN PLEA. ‘

AND- A STIFF SENTENCE

By, Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 17. diaries Johnson, of New, York, arrosbed for petty larceny, was indicted without his knowledge for forgery,. Ho pleaded guilty, and was sentenced in September to seven years. He'will be liberated shortly-; and pardoned.

The newest feminine accomplishment, though not yet inoluded in the curriculum of a young ladies’ academy, is to play tbe Highland bagpipes. There are already several good lady pipers in Scotland ; one in particular, who regularly, competes with leading male pipers, and, “In addition to money prizes, has won over 40 gold and silver medals, two silver caps, and other valuable articles.”

There is muoh that is discouraging and depressing in certain aspects of Muori life. But in spite of all this, the Maori is on the move, and he is - moving upwards. The Maori of to-day is a hotter worker, a better citizen, a better all-round man than, be was ten years ago.—-Napier Herald. As a public educator the Hand Tenure Commission will certainly do some good. But tho establishing of Boyal Commissions is an expensive.way:,of getting, to work to educate.the! people inthe - conditions of land" tenure in .this ,-oountry.— Masteiton Age. - ■ ; - -‘Exacting and most, important work, meagre pay, and no retiring .allowances are the present portion of the school j teachers, and the wonder is that with suob poor attractions we are able to staff our schools so well. We,do not ignore the;recent improvements which have*, been effected in the scale of salaries, and whicb, though capricious and unjust in certain J cases, have proved a genuine boon to the profession as a whole ; but in comparison with the value of tho services rendered, and with the inducements offered by rival oallings, the pay is still Inadequate.—Wellington Post, I Anti-typhoid inooulation has, according I to a recent report, been introduced into I the German Army. The troonsjjroceeding I to South-west Africa have beeb' so treated, j

. In response to friendly communications the Spanish Government has decided to postpone to May next enforcement of the order excluding foreigners from the. trade between the various islands of the Canary Group. \

Asa tribute to Japanese surgery it is estimated that S per cent will cover : all the deaths of wounded who have returned to Japan after having been treated in the field.

Every good Sikh prefers to die upon the bare ground. Regardless of raqk or age, no rug must intervene between him and the earth when he breathes his last. Countess Helene von Sohweinitz has obtained at the. Berlin University a diploma for surgical dentistry. This is the first time the diploma has been won by a woman.