GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1433, 18 April 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

TIIE TARIFF. \ y :i By Telegraph—Press 'Association — y Copyright. \ J 7 LONDON, April .10. ® Mr Balfoiur has jhromised. 'to . reply •> to the statement adopted at tile Tal riff Reform League’s meeting on tho 13 111. A DELICATE EARL. 5 LONDON, April 10. The Earl of Linlithgow Lord. Mo-pobouttt) has been ordered abroad for throe weeks on account » of his health. CHAMBERLAIN'S SEAT. Mr R. L. Euthwaite, a Victorian, at present lecturing in 'England, on ’ bohalt of tho Liberals against- Chinese labor, lvaa been- invited io oppose Mb Chamberlain at Lirmingham. A BUSINESS-LIKE K»RK,* LONDON,-G,stU 10. It is reported at, Amsterdam that the Kaiser is negotiating for the purchase oil lejaso of thje'D’utolf portion of .Timor Island. s PORT OF ANTWERP. ! LONDON, April 16. The Berlin Government are speuding seven million pounds sterling on the extension pf tho port. of Antwerp, DALGETY AND CO. LONDON, April 16. Messrs Dalgety and Co. have declared an interim dividend of six per cent. A BEQUEST BY JA! LUMBER' MERCHANT. NEW. YORK, April 16, ■Ferguson a lumber merchant, bequeathed ono million dollars for tho erection of stautes and monuments in commemoration of America’s historical figures and events, AUSTRALIAN NEWS, • SYDNEY April 17. Tho ship Bryn Hilda, bound from Melbourne to Queenstown, wheat laden, baa returned to Sy.dney, She encountered rough weather off > the Nevy'Zealand coast. The crew 3lllcgod thlit .the ship was unseaworthy and refused, duty. The weather did pot .permit her reaching New -Zealand, 1 and she’ had) -to, return to neyReran, the swimmer, jail's for England on May. 5 th. Tlie Broken .Hill Proprietary Company intend to,erect) large works at Newcastle!" to manufacture spelter. MELBOURNE, April 17,, There are evidences! that tire Tatura victim was killed with a hammer. There was an attempt to burn the head. A burglar entered -the room of the postmistress _at St. James, Benalla district, and obtaining the keys of the post office, stole ,£2O, Ha got clear- away. HOBART, April 17. -Burglars at the Museum- stole £2OO worth of gold and silver exhibits.