GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1482, 16 June 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

NEW PORT OF, TANGIER, | By Electric Telegraph—Per Press I Association—Copyright. I LONDON, • Julie 14. I Tho oust of the new port of Tanjgier is tp be spread over a'decade I without interest. I MOROCCO CONFERENCE. I LONDON, Juno 14. I Austria’s acceptance of a Morocco I conference is dependent on the acI lion or the other- Powers. I SUNDAY TRADING, i I LONDON, June 14, I Tho House of Lands’ Committeo'on ■ I the Sliops Dili report that Sunday I tnadiug ia increasing, IkOiUgh shoipI koepeis in the uiiimioipalities' welI como restraint. I The 'Committee mirflose to ‘give I local authorities, with the GovernI rnent’s consent, hoiver to exempt ■j within their area if they consider. | the Aol presses with exceptional so- | verity on the general bady of traI dors. j THE SUBMARINE DISASTER. I LONDON, Juno 14, I When the submarine AS was raised I fifteen bodies were recovered. I Tlie bodies show the' effects of a I violent exlplosion. THE EQUITABLE TROUBLE.. WASHINGTON,‘June 14. , I In accepting the <fcrusteesthip,~of bhio I Eqiuitablo Association, Mr Grover I 'Cleveland says he biQ'liievcs that what I has overtaken the Eq'uitabTfc wiill | happen to .other insurance companies j and judiciary organisations while I Americans tolerate kux ideals or I trust responsibilities. I THE FRENCH ARMY, PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY. I Bv Electric Telegraph.—Per Press I Association—Copyright. I PARIS, June 14. Apropos of ‘iMmoTs of the uinpre- I naredinesis of the Fronob army to J meet the p|os(aijble consequences of a I divergence of French and German I views regarding Morocco. Colonel, j Picquart states that the French ar- I moment is' excellent. The foitresses are rodioiibtable and I tno railway aoncontratiom good. I The weakness of the French mili- I ta-ry system lies not in the soldiers. I hut in the eommanid.

There is,, hesitates, great lack of liolnogcnity, owing to, political and. religions dissensions.

AUSTRALIAN NEWSBy Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association— Copyright. •MELBOURNE, Junq. 15. At tho annual meethjg of the Imperial Federation League,, Mr Deakin advocated Ihfp.oriail federation by the gradual fusion of interests and State.

SYDNEY,- June 15. Tho New Zealand footballers have arrived in good condition. The official reception takosi Place to-day. Tho censure debate has been adjourned. The Labor members’ chief grievance is the Gpivernment, ‘neglect in administrating tbei Arbitration Act. ■The Council re-elected Mr Trick,ett as Chairman of Committees,. The weather is bitterly cold, with snow, on- the highlands.