GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1645, 11 January 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

By telegraph, Press Asstn, Copyright London, Jan. 9. Sir William Butler has started ‘a Government mission in South A frjca to inquire into any subject requiring attention, and to report upon the general state of the country. Constantinople), Jan. 9, Tho Turkish commandor at Yaman has sustained a check. He asks for 8000 reinforcements. New York, Jan. 9. Tho chorus singers at Now York j have resumed work at an advance of | P a y- . 'h Mr Rockfeller, junr., has been elected President of the Rubber Company of Now Jersey, with a capital of six millions sterling, to exploit concessions in Mexico. Sydney, Jan. 10. Tho New South Wales gold yield last year was 328,717 ounces, of the value of £1,105,000, and tho largest since 1899.

Tho butter Committee cursorily discussed the Government 'grading ques- ' tion. The preponderance of opinion was that though it might act as a check, it would not result in obtaining higher prices in London. It was admitted that grading as conducted by tho New Zealand Government had proved a great advantage. In reference to butter boxes, various inem-

bora stated that they would bo glad to use Australian timber, but experience .showed that though fre« quently suitable for a long period, suddenly a cargo of timber was found to be badly tainted as the result of the resinous nature of tho timber. The use of an internal envelope did not removo the defect, from which New Zealand timber was Jfree. Mrs Campbell died at G o’clock, aged 102. Bush fires swept half a million acres in Forbes district. I The Herald, in advocating repre- | sentation at the Now Zealand Exhibition, says: “ New Zealand is halfway between Australia and America, and whatever effort we may make there is no doubt as to the willingness of I American manufacturei-s to display I their achievements. Wo hope the ( New South Wales manufacturers will

I decide to take an important part.” The fire on the Werra was exI tinguished after gutting the lazarotte and captain’s cabin, and destroying a I quantity of stores. The damage is I estimated at £5000; The cause is a I mystery. Only two men were aboard at the time. Noumea, Jan. 10. A Japanese, for murdering a colonist, was guillotined in the street in front of the gaol, in the presence of several hundred people. Melbourne, Jan. 10. Tho insolvencies last year numbered 224, as compared with 217 in the previous year. The deficiencies totalled | £104,000, against £218,000 the pre-1 vious year. •Perth, Jun. 10. A fall of earth in the Vale of Coolgardio Mine killed three men, named Milroy, O’Brien, and Christenson.