GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1562, 19 September 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

By] ’telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright London, September 17.

Fifty-fivo Nationalist members of the Houso of Commons, Mr John Bedmond prosiding, endorsed the policy adopted at tho recent conference of I Nationalists. They thanked tho Irish of Amerioa and Australia for thoir continued support. I Tho cruiser Cambria will bo comI. missioned in October to roliovo the I Clio and Cadmus on tho Australian I station. I Kiernan swam 300 yards at Itedcliffe in 3min 32socs. I Brookes, an Australian, beat Smith I in the final for tho South of England tennis championship. Tho scores were 8-6, 6-4, 6-2. Berlin, September 17. I The total number of cholera cases in Prussia numbers 190, of which there were fatal 68. Sydney, Sept. 18, Forty persons arrested in the recent betting raid were fined £5 each. The new wharf built at Simpson’s Hafen, New Britain, constructed ostensibly for the North German Lloyd Company is believed to be for a German naval base.

I The Ballarat team from the 7th regiI ment of Infantry won the Bellhausen I shield, with a score of 1040, beating the Scots Guards’total cabled on Wednesday, by four points. SergeantMajor Gates won the gold medal for I individual score with 95. I Adelaide, Sept. 18. I The State labor party has adopted I the Federal party platform with the exception of replacing the programme of land tax values with direct taxation Melbourne, Sept,'lß, Mr Deakin has formally replied to General Booth’s offer that no action will be taken until he has received replies from the State Premiers. Mr Bent states that if the immigrants are of the right class he supports the scheme.

Mr Deakin states that no remonstrance from Japan in regard to the Immigration Restrictions Act has been received since 1901. Tbe Athletic Association’s amateur ten miles championship was won by Blake by 300 yards. The time was 57miu 9secs.