GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1406, 17 March 1905, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

HURRICANES RAGING. Bji .Telegraph—Press Association— .Copyright. LONDON, Maroh 15. Hurricanes are raging on- the British coasts, A Budget surplus or several millions seems to be assured. SIGNIFICANT MYSTERY. PARIS. March 15, Confidential documents relating - to submarines are missing from the French Ministry of Marine, FEDERAL I-lIGH COURT. S YDNEY., March 16, Mr Reid lias denied that the Government decided to fix the High Court at'Melbourne. They, had decided quite the contrary. It was considered possible to try, .Queensland eases at Sydney. There is some difficulty in reconciling the statements of the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General—-unless the latter’s opinion is merely a personal one. ADELAIDE, March 16: Sir S. Symons declares that the correspondence which passed between him and. the_ Judges on. the questiloin of reduction of expenses has been grossly distorted. He claims that the Judges have no power- to, fix circuits, That is a- matter for Parliament. He denies -that he wished to prevent a visit of the Court to other States on to deprive Judges of their associates and tipstaffs. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. BRISBANE, March 16. A" woman named McLeish has succumbed ,to poison. MELBOURNE, March! 16, A Federal Order-in-CoiuicLL has been approved extending reciprocal treatment to patents from New |Zealand.