GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1396, 6 March 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

GERMANY, AND THE NORTH SEA COMMISSION.

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, March 3. German nowsipapers- dirt not publish an adequate account or the findings of the North Sea Commission. They now. reluctantly admit that’ the result was satisfactory; to Great Britain,

NAjViY: ESTIMATES-. LOiNDON, March 3. The Navy Estimates amount to £33,'389,000, a reduction of 3 k mil- ' lions pn those submitted last year. The new programme provides for one battleship, lour armored cruisers, ■ six ocean and twelve coastal destroyers, aiicGejoyen submarines. A special committee of experts of which Sir John Fisher ia president, has; been appointed to study designs of different types of fighting ships, enabling tho Navy ito immediately, benefit by the experience of the Ja-panese-Russian war. A NOVEL KI;ND OF STRIKE, ROME, March 3. During tho recent lazy Strike of railway, hands in Italy, trains were stopped to remove dust and rust, examine the locks and seals of luggage and lor other trivial causes. ENCOURAGING- FORGERS. LONDON,. March 3. The Financial Times considers it a bad precedent that the Queensland Government, should redeem forged Treasury notes —a number of which wore discovered a couple of months ago—even if they were splendid imitations.

A FLOURISHING BANK. LOiNDON, March 3. The Bank of Australasia has paid a dividend of twelve -per cent., ancl carried to reserve £30,000, to premises account £ Id, 000, and ithero is carried forward £16,951. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE, March d.. The offer to supply a fortnightly, ill ail service ;was| declined by the Government. The offer was from a mercantile firm which proposed to charter ships. Cabinet has practically, decided to continue the poundage system. The Postmaster-General has . received a cablegram from the British tisb authorities, stating that no mails were sent to Marseilles for tho Orontes. The vessel has live bags for New. Zealand. SYDNEY, March 4.. In his evidence before the Navigation Commission, .the immigration of consumptives was referred to by, Dr Sinclair, superintendent of the Consumptive Home. . lie sai.d that theoretically, it was better to exclude them altogether, but this was not practicable, nor actually necessary,* Ho favored the New. Zealand scheme, which ihe thought might well' bo followed by, the Commonwealth. Tho barque Miranda has arrived from Rio, fever-stricken. Fourteen of the crew suffered from beri-beri. Four died, and one suicided, jumping Qvorboaixl a co/uple of days before arrival.