GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1591, 1 November 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

Byj tolegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright London, 001. 80.

Baron Holzhausen, an infatuated young ndmirer of Mrs Monckton, who was Gertie Millar, a Gaiety actress, secretly broke into her boudoir at her husband’s residence. He committed suicide when a housemaid discovered his presence, i The stewards of Sandown Park Racing Club suspended Dewent Finton, a gentle man rider, for suspicious riding in a match with Lord Gerald.

New York, Oot. 80.

Duffy, a well known sprint runner, in an article in a New v ork magazine, admits that he has been paid for his services for the past seven years. He affirms that English and American athletic associations were cognisant' of ihe fact. Tokio, 001. 80. The Russian list revealed only 976 Japanese prisoners in Russia, It has now been ,ascertained ( that the correct number isr-1978, and the discovery has caused much indignation throughout Japan. , Berlin, Oot 27. 1 The Kaiser proposes that foreign troops in Pechili I shall be withdrawn. The cost of German East Asiatic corps at Tientsin totalled £15,000. Brisbane, 001. 81. * Obituary: Mr D. B- Morehead, Legise lative Councillor, ez-Premier; aetat 6z. Sydney, 001. 81.

Willis has been remanded from Durban to Sydney on a charge of false pretencos. Extensive damage by fires has been done in the sugar-fields in Murrillunbas and Lismore districts. Perth, Oot, 81. Excepting the Kimberley and Dundas elections, which are next month, the returns are practically complete. The state of the parties is : Ministerialist 34, Labor 13. Mr Dalglish is ; the only Independent returned. There are bitter complains at the incomplete state of the rolls. It is alleged at 30,000 people were disfranchised. The |Federal Labor party is in dismay at the results \ ’ v ’ ‘ * v Hobart, 001. 31. Agricultural prospects are not good. Stock are famishing in many districts for want of grass. Wheat crops are going off. The season is very backward. ■ Adelaide, 00l 81.

Good rains have fallen in a large part of the state, and have enhanced the crop prospects. *