LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1397, 7 March 1905, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Telegraph—Proas Aoaooiat'.on—Copytiga Received 9,54 p.m., Maroh 6. Sydney, March 6. Sailed, at 2 p.m., the Sonoma. She oarriod no oxtra English mails. A partial oclipßO of the sun was observed under favorable conditions from Sydney Observatory and other parts of the State. Melbourne, March 6. The deciding contest in the Dunlop Motor Reliability Gontoat.from Melbourne to Ballarat, resulted :—Heavy ears : H. Tarrant, 3 hours SOmins. 45scc; light cars, Cravon, 3.48; motor cycles, O. ■Tames, 4.11.8. Tarrant alone scored the maximum number of points. Stevens,the hero of tho Sydney to Melbourne contest, broke a driving shaft and had to retire. Brisbane, March 6. Tho Government are taking strict precautions against the introduction of rinderpest from Now Guiueu.

Newcastle, March 6. Arrived, tho Fazilka from Dunedin.

Received 1.23 a.m., March 7. Melbourne, March 6. Tho weather was overcast to-night. There was a fair amount of wagering tonight. Lord Fitzroy was backed for £4OOO at 100 to 1 to 100 to 2 ; Blinker, £3OOO at 100 to 4 to 5 ; Ba'.lark, £3OOO at 100 to 2 ; Mallio, £3OO at 100 to 1 to 2£ Lamrock, £4OO at 100 to 4 to 4£; Munderah, £3500 at 100 to 7 ; Lord Ollin’s Daughter, £3OOO at 100 to 20; CnnteeD, £I2OO at 100 to 6. The closing prices were : 2 to 1 Dividend, 5 to 1 Ullin’s Daughter, 10 to 1 Green Mountain, 100 to 7 Munderah, 100 to 6 Marmont and Canteen, 100 to 5 Lamrook, 100 to 4 Blinker.