GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1472, 5 June 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

BRITAIN’S RELATIONS WITII V JiAtPAN,

THE ALLIANCE TREATY.

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, J,uiie 2.

Lonil Lans.tlmv.ne,. ali the Cun-seriVia-tivc agents' 'dinnor, declared that at no time, on cither the .Japanese or tho British side, had there been any amestion whatever as to wihlwllrawal from Hi© alliance: In the oitiiiion or the Govornimenit, lie said. when its renewal was considorod. t lie only practical q nest Ik in would' he' whether it, should ho renewed in its present form, or whether they should not neck some means of strengthenin'g it.

ONE (RESULT OF RECENT NAVAL BATTLE.

TAKING THINGS EASY

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, June 2. Tire British battleships Ocean aa'd Centurion, on the China station,’ have been onderetd Home, wi‘tjhO|u;t awaiting the arrival, of the Goliath and Canopus.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association —Copyright. MELBOURNE, June 3. Federal legislation as tire outcome ot the Butter Commission’s report,is projected.

ADELAIDE, June 3

'As tiie outcome of attempts of the Racing Clu|l> to suppress bookmakers, three oonshalbles were sued for £SOO damages by three bookmakers whom they ejected from the Snowtown raceeomirs'c by the orders of the cluib. The eases wore dismissed! Notice of appeal. was given. If the

'decision is - not uipsot, it will mean tho suppression' of all booties from courses) whoro there is a totalisalor. BRISBANE, June 3. A : plague patient is dead. A fresh case has occurred at Maryborough. SYDNEY, June 3. In reference to the suggestion in Sir Jiosenli Ward’s recent letter to tiie Federal Postmaster-General that New /Zealand may claim compensation' in connection with the ’Frisco mail service. Burns, Philp and Co. state that the amount claimable is between £IO,OOO an|d £15,000.