GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1442, 1 May 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

THE BA-TANG: MASSACRE,

"It By, -Electric Telegranb—Pet Press j' Association— Copyrigh ies LONDON, Alp til 28. ir, It is rengocJxK}’ that, fanaty ui Ch'tniy eso at BatangJ- murdered jhrei. French missionaries ami the ThibeYit am--bq,Tt-(l8l«ily, not the amban. g a UNIEMPLiOiYED QUESViik. j 1 -LONDON, 28. \ , The management cohi-mittc? or th> i ?• , The man-a-gamciit committee' of tli's}' , I'Goncral Federation- of Trades Unions' suggests that the Unemployed Work-, men's Bill be made compulsory in 3, the provinces. They expenditure and payment oV'\fio"ra!*s ! 3 or wages current in the districts. •AUSTRALIAN OKICKETBRS. LONDON, April 28. ■Darling has been- elected captain* anil Noble vice-captain oC the Auss -tralion team.' Noble and Hill are itlie selection committee. 3 SHAW, SAJVILL CO. LONDON, April 28. - The Shaw, Sa,vili and Albion Co.’s e report shows a profit of £-20,804. A di’.fdend‘or five percent, wasi declared, and £1267 carried! forward. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. SYDNEY, April 29. The population of New South Wales at the end of March was 1,469,920. The City, Council adopted a ' bylaw against the queue system, on the ground that it, causes a block of. tiie sidewalk. At a meeting of the Colonial Sugaa Company, the profits 'for the halfyear were £171,162. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum was declared, alsto a jubilee dividend or 21 per cent. The sum ol' £16,000 wa; carried to replacement fund and £84,963 forward. Large profits were shown to he due to the advance in the sugar marikot.' There has been record business in refined sugar, and tne prospects of the coming crop are ■satisfactory. MELBOURNE, April 29. Fred. Perkins was sentenced'to five and George Williamson to thtco years' imprisonment ror the recent robbery of. £172 from King, a Now IZeaJand gumdigger. Williamson was ordered to 'rerund Kinig £IOO found in, his possession. ' .• 1 COOIC CELEBRATION AT BOTANY BAY. . SYDNEY 1 , April 29. The 135th anniversary of tho land, ing of Captain Cook waa celebrated at -Botany Bay. Patriotic speeches were delivorad by members of the and others'. 1