GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1388, 24 February 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

Tir-fIE ORIENT COMPANYjS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

I By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 22. •It is ollicially notified by the Orient Company, tliat the s.s. Orotaiva- anti future s Learners outwards will not call at Adelaide. A BIG FIRE. LONDON, Feb. 22. The carriage-builders’ quarters iu Longacre, Loudon, ii-ave been, clestrpyed by lire., ■The damage is a quarter of a million,

CONSOLS. LONDON, Fob. 22. Consuls are at Eb 11-l(j'ths. " “ .TI-IK SUBMARINE. DISASTER. LONDON, Feb. 22, An examination of the sunken submarine suggests that the explosion was due to a big leak in the petrol tank,, the packing Whereof was totally, unfit to boar the strain 1 . VIRGINIAN MINE EXPLOSION. NEW: iYORK, Feb'. 22.. There wore one hundred and sixteen victims of the J, .Virginian mine explosion. I AFRAID OF THE TRUSTS. NE,W YORK, Feb. 22. In the Senate Air Elkins announced tha.t there would he no. railway rate legislation this year. TIDE MILITIA. LONDON, Feb. 22., i In the House of Lords, Lord Donougbmoro introduced a BUI authorising the enlistment of militia for service abroad when embodied in war time or national emergency.

'AUSTRALIAN NEWS, MELBOURNE, Feb. 23. 'Joshua, a distiller, giving evidence ■before the TarifE Commission, declared that fusil oil, a poisonous byproduct, {was largely used in the production of essences and teetotal drinks.

Str.nbh anil Du,£foy completed at the Bendigo; sports. Shr.ubb ' easily defeated Wheatley over a mil© rum in d. 31, an,d also won the three miles iVictoriau championship im 15.15, beatfbg Blake by 70 yards, anil lowering the record. Both .visitors competed im handicap events, but the tasks set them were too great.

ADELAIDE, Feb. 23, The Government will lo reconstructed early, nest month, Mr Butler, the Treasurer,, succeeding Mr <Jcn,kins in the Premiership, BRISBANE, Feb. 23, Another plague patient is dead, SYDNEY, Feb. 23, . The Athletic Association has fixed the championship meeting in Sydney, for September 24th and 30th. Koran swan 200y,ds im 2-13 2-5, reducing Tyler’s record by 6 3-5 see..