GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1410, 22 March 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

THE MULLAII. Association—Copyright. (Per Press Association.) i LONDON, March 20. The Mullah, of Somaliland lias J)lQdgeii himself to nuatntaiu ‘ peace and repress Slavery in the territory allotted to lvim i,n, the Italian protectorate. BOERS AND EDUCATION. CAPETOWN, March 20. Tho Boers' ofc the Orange Colony havo agreed with the Gofyernimen t to i'lacc public education above, racial antagonism. SCIENTIFIC, EXPEDITION.

SYDNEY, March 21. ' 'A letter flora Dr* Woo Drought, Lead of the scientific expedition at iF'iji, shows that- important geological rcsaHs have been obtained,, going to confirm tho opinion that Fiji was formerly part or a- large land surface extending through Now Caledonia to Australia. CRICKET.

SYDNEY, March 21. The Daily 'Telegraph, comiment-in-g on the wins of the Australian eleven in New, Zealand,- suggests that something he done in order tp maintain initeresit in the game and bring the ill-matched countries nearer -together. ' It adds, that cricket seems to have retrogressed rather than progressed in New -Zealand. In past times the exponents .of tho game there ma,de a much bettor, showing than in the recent matches.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. MELBOURNE, March 21. A number of tins of benzined supposed to have been, jettisoned from. the_Warrimoo, have drifted ashore. The i Federal Postmaster-General and Mr James Mills, manager of the Union Steamship Company, : had a preliminary intenview regarding the iVancottycr mail contract question. Acceleration of speed was discussed. Nothing definite was declared. , SYDNEY, March 21. Obituary : Mr S. Crombie Brown, formerly identified with journalism in_New Zealand. The, Daily Telegraph strongly urges that it ha' high time the Federal Government toot definite action in the New Hebrides. It says the abolition of duties imposed by the Commonwealth on the produce of settlers is as part of the imperative duty of 'Australian statesmanship no less' than a forcible ’ representation to thei Imperial authorities of the pressing importance oi the inter-national issues involvedBRISBANE, March 21. A meeting, presided over by Sir A. Rutledge, adopted a resolution ntrqngly protesting against the limitation of sittings of ‘ the High Court to Sydney and Melbourne