GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1437, 25 April 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

GET ''THEIR CHINESE AND NO. o- NO LONGER WANT BRITISH sri —— F? By, Electric Telegraph—Pet Press es Copyright. >r, LONDON, April ‘2l. ty The ■ Times Johannesburg correspondent says that except on Mia question of Chinese labor, the/ Res--3 ponsible Government Association! has made a complete surrender to the Boers. j The agreement (if ratified by the rank and file of the party) .will show i the cclcny’s unfitness to manage its own affairs. Tho'iritucation anil lain guage clauses would undermine Bri- • tish supremacy in a few years, g TROUBLE*IN THE BALKANS. LONDON, April 21. Greek unrest continues in the Balkans. nifty Greeks routed forty Bulgarians at Menscbikooko, killing nine. 3 BIBLICAL CRITICISM. ' > . LONDON, April 21. The Deans of Winchester, Durham, an<L Ely have signed a Biblical ‘criticism manifesto. e Ail the clergy have been circularised, anti hundreds are signing. It is intended to present 'the results to the and Bishops; A’ RICH COMPANY. LONDON, April 21. The report' of the British ' Broken : Hsll aiinahig Ooimpaayisliows that the . ' profits were £23,380. A' dividend of i 15s Grt was declared, and there was- ■] carried forward.£6Bßo. j NIAGARA FALLS. LONDON, April 21. The Now York Legislature, by authorising companies to divert the 1 water of the river, prevented the ruin of Niagara Falls 1 . M. LESSAR’S DEATH. LONDON, April 21. Obituary : M. Lessar, Russian Ambassador at Pekin. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. •PERTH, April 22, The Colonial Secretary refused the request of labor members of Parliament that the police should be allowed to form a union. , : SYDfNEY, April 22. Fifty thousand people attended the show, -which was a record for Good Friday. The heavy, draughts championship was won by , the New Zealandrbrod Prince Charlie. MELBOURNE, April 22. , A’ fire at Blakies'ton and Company’s, Geelong, destroyed' 10,000 hags of chaff. • '