GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1505, 13 July 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

A COMMERCIAL GATHERING.; By JSlectrio Tpl&graph^—Per Press Association— Copyright. / LONDON, July, 11. The 'Eighty Club baiiiqiuc'ttcU ’ the Canadian-manufacturers. Sir 11. Canto-bell llanncriiian, who presided, siiid that the Liberals ■Wore every-twliit as lU'.oud of au|d de-vc-ted to. the Empire, and as anxious to maintain it as any political organisation within the (our 'sen. They did not (ho said) believe in meddling with colonial policy. AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIP, . LONDON, -July 11. , The Daily Telegraph says that Ad-miral.-Lionel Halsey will command the Australian flagship. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. July 12. Mr Carfiiiilters has suggested to Mr Ileal J n the submitting of the Federal capital difficulty to the High Court, and. if necessary, to’ the Privy Council. A SHAKE-UP IN NEW GUINEA. SYDNEY, July 12. A severe shock of earOliquaAo was felt at Defeat), New Guinea, on the sixteenth of May. Horses rooked, but no serious damage was done.

PERI SHIED IN THE SNO.W. HOBART. July .12. A - youth, uaimed. Il'anscn was lost and perished in the snow. A CENSURE MOTION. PERTH, July 12. The v I-lou.so is debating the censure motion. It is expected that the Government .will win by a narrow majori ly, MELBOURNE NEWS. MELBOURNE, July .12. Thu High Commissioner Bill ivill take a prominent place in tlie Dentin programmeAt tho adjourned inquest on Rosiua Hubbard, tho jury found that death Wr.s duo to natural causes. The Labor Conforonee lias adopted resolutions that in tho event of the 'Labor party obtaining the ‘Ministerial -benches tho Labor Ministry be recommended by the party n caucus, also recommending the extending of the sugar 'bonus, and the insertion 'of'a clause in the Navigation Bill compelling ship-owners' to insure the lives of their crews.