GENERAL CABLES.
By telegraphy Presii Asfi’n,. Copyright Capetown, Aug. 20.
The members of the British Association were feted at Maritzburg and Ladysmith, They visited .the battlefield. _ Madrid, Aug. 20. King Alfonso joins the astronomers at a station at Burgos to witness the total eclipse of the sun. Several observatories have been established at Algeria and Las Palmas. Sydney, August 80 The Auditor-General’s report, after showing an increase in the amount paid on old age pensions states that official experience does not confirm the anticipation that there would be a decrease in expenditure on benevolent asylums and adult poor relief. In fact the expenditure in these directions has increased.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1547, 31 August 1905, Page 1
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