GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1600, 13 November 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

Bjs telegraph. Press Aas’n, Copyright London, Nov. 11.

Mr Balfour concluded his Guildhall I speooh by urging the need for unceaaiog vigilance. He emphasised that the Empire’s whole interest was in peaoe. - Mr ’Arnold Forster, epeaking at the ’ same function, Baid the army was daily improving In training, s numbers and personnel. The existing system would soon I seoure a trained infautry reserve of or 240,000, if the initial form of training were reduoed from two yours to one year. I The employees of the Austrian Southern I railway have resolved to resort to' passive I obstruction to enforce Increased wages. I The Minietor of Railways sayß he ia will' ing to concede the demands as far as the I state of the finances permits, if the emI pioyeos work loyally, but it ia impossible I to oornply with the full domands. I Obituary: William Parrott, it Labor

I member of the House of Commons. I Rio Janiero, Nov. 10. I A lieutenant's 'harsh treatment caused I the garrison of the fortress at Santa' Croix Ito mutiny. Ultimately they found the I officer hiding in a box and killed him. They then surrendered. I Sydney, Nov. 11. An Anglican paetorai, in dealing with the question of the decreasing birth rate, says : Christians may not claim rights in any degree while they repudiate the responsibilities of married life and so degrade the holy state ol matrimony. Deal, i ing with the Sooialistio politioa it declares that politioal danger in the future lies not in this or that theory, but in class prejudice and mistrust whioh has divided the community and comprises the real question at issue. It welcomes legitimate Biblioal oritioism and deplores the widespread ignorance of the Soriptnres. The Bible poseesees an inherent power of vin- 1 dioating itself. j

It is feared that the Wallumbin is a total loss. She was insured in the South British for <62000.