GENERAL CABLES.
By, l«i#graßbj Pres* AsaX Copyrlgh--1 London, Feb. 11.
Mr Mason, a Freetrade candidate, proceeds to tlie poll with or without the Liberal Association.: The latter has been waiting Mr Balfour’s address before deciding the question of contesting the seat. A petition has been lodged against Mr A Fell, Conservative, returned for Great Yarmouth, alleging bribery and treating. c One hundred and fifty thousand cotton weavers and winders in Lancashire, and kindred trades, have obtained an advance in wages, placing them for the first time since 1878 on a full standard list. In a billiard match, Weiss, receiving 2250 out of 9000, beat Dawson with 7834. Tokio, Feb. 11. It is reported at Tokio that after the conclusion of peace negotiations with Russia China will request Britain to evacuate Weihawei. The Japanese House of Representatives has passed the Budget, the Government’s only concession being a re duction of five million yen in the defence estimates. The House recommended that the Australian line be subsidised for two instead of three years, but the Government opposed this.
Melbourne, Feb. 12.
The New Zealand hurdler Tenakoe has been purchased by Mr E. Kelly
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1672, 13 February 1906, Page 3
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