GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1438, 26 April 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

AN IGNORANT COUNCIL

By, Electric Telegraph—Per Press .Copyright,

LONDON, April 24. The East Ham Borough Council "threatens. to close the. schools for twenty thousand: children. tin • pxcfcr<cnc* to accenting ;an education rate of 3s, , .

A RIDICULOUS CHARGE. LONDON, April 24. The So'cial Democratic Federation Conference in London accuses Salvationists and the Obu'reh, Army of a gigantic system of sweating. THE, UNEMPLOYED. LONDON, April 21. The 'Morning Post, commenting on a proposal "to establish farm colonies in the United Kingdom for unem-

ployed, considers that.it would be far better to form them in the colonies,. where the climatic conditions favor permanent sot Moment-. AN. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT, TO CORNER WHEAT CROP.

LONDON, April 24. Chicago reports state that Mr .Gates’ attempt •to corner the May, wheat crop, collapsed. .Closing quotations were 4 s 2d. GREECE AND CRETE. . ATHENS, April 24. •In the Greek Ohamihor of « Deputies M. Delaynnis declared that Greece

.was uteable to co-operate ini a lnioivcI meat designed to accelerate Crete’s ultimate autonomy, thioiuigh Hellenism ardently; desired the union of Greeco and Crete. . AUSTRALIAN NEWS. SYDNEY, April 25.

| Yesterday’s allon-danco -at the Show, I was again; in the vicinity- of 507000’. The takings ,to date amount to £637:1. The high juinxp was won by Moloney’s IS-barods pony Playmate, I which cleared Cit 4i : n-, beating horses which won prizes from all liarts of Australia.. Morton’s Diamond won the prizes in.the hunters’ contest. The Commercial Travellers’ Confcjrence fixed - -the definition of commercial traveller that lie must bo oyer 21 years of age,, engaged in wholesal o business, to -have travelled for at least twelve consecutive months, Whereof the last six was in the Commonweal til or New Zealand, before admission as a memjbor of the Association. "

| New Hebrides advices state that Ivor Petersen’s 1 agger fo.ulnded .in, a storm. . Petersen, another trader liamed George Collins, and-the native crew, are missing, j MELBOURNE, April 25. The terms of the mail contract have been finally adopted. The Wheel race resulted in a win for Butler, with -E,llegarll second and Lindgren third. Ellegaril won the five miles, .with Ruth second, and MacFarland third. , . .