GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1469, 1 June 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

CONCERN OVER A! RACEHORSE. By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, May 30. An epidemic of coughing occurred • at M. Blanc's stables. La FuplL louse ail'd M. Blanc will not be represented in the French' Derby, through Jarily coughing. The veterinary surgoop considers' that the oaso is not serious. The. stable was hopeful of its chances in tlio .Derby. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. BRISBANE, May 31.

I Awoblicr case of plague is reported I from Ipswich. I A niool-ing of business men was! hold I to protest against New South Wales I restrictions on Queensland trade as the result of the plague. Strong speeches wore made. One speaker declared that the treatment, received (would in other conn tries.,have led to war. It was decided to ask the Government to retaliate if the rosti'iefcipjns were not modified. MELBOURNE, May 31. The Government are offetrimg £IOO reward in the beer-p>oisoulng case. Tho secretary of the Wllliamston Club has received tho nomination! of the Now: Zealand racehorse Manji-a-poto. ■Members of the High Court have iccuscd tho Government of breaking faith with .them.

SYDNEY, May 31. I The hurricane in the Carolines! was I accompanied by a high ti’dai wave. All the low-lying lands around Ponape were submerged- Practically all the buildings in Ponapo and Iyuisial including the churches and mission stations, wero levelled. The Commonwealth Steamship Owners’. Association; has applied for registration under, the Arbitration Bill.

Tho City C.b|Ujnoil has ndapi'tcd Municipal adult siiifTrage. The Herald, ip an article advocating the rotcn'tio'n pf the CanadianAustralian service,, says it would ho difficult to over-estimate the importance of a direct maili service frppi business and other considerations.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTION. LABOR PARTY'S GAIN AND THE CRAFTY INDEPENDENTS.

| By, Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association —Copyright. ADELAIDE, May 31. So far the yuinifinished scutiny .of the voting shows that tho ‘ Labor party won fifteen' direct seats in‘the ’Assembly, as against six held in the last Parliament. It is expected that several DndoperAlente .will go, oyer to the Labor side..