GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1681, 23 February 1906, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

By telegraph, Preso Ata'n, Copyright London, Fob, 21. Sir H. 0. Bannorman; in a letter to the London correspondent of _ the Novoo Yromya, says lio will remain in> the futuro as in the past a severo ad* vocato of the best relations betweon Britain and Russia. Budapest, Feb. 2L. Owing to throats of force the Hun* garian doputos abandoaol Wednesday’s proposed mooting. Tokio. Fob. 21. Princn Arthur of Connaught invested tho Mikado with tho Order of the Garter with great ceremony, in the presence of tho Court, statesmen, and generals. A Japanoso intornal loan of two hundred million yen, at five . per conturn, with a minimum of ninty-fivo, has boon issued. Japan has warned China of the visability of takipg precautions against tho development of anti-foreign agitation. Paris, Feb. 21. ■ Tho Franco Russian commercial treaty has beon ratified. M. Falliero’s messago to Mr Chamx berlain appealed for tho co-operation : of all republicans. The French Ministor of Finance i estimates that old age pensions would ! cost in the first decado ton million ■ eight hundred thousand pounds a year, r and afterwards six millions. Borne, Fob. 21. , The Pope informed a Daily Express interviewer that tho Vatican’s attitude | towards Franco would be disclosed when the church’s exact position undor the separation law was ascertained. c Melbourne, Feb. 22. Machine Gun has been backed for a • little money for the Newmarket Handicap at 100 to 5. Perth, Feb. 22. There are three plague cases at Geraldton, of a mild type. Hobart, Feb. 22. The wreckage found at Cloudy Bay is believed to bo from the ketch Hero, lost a few years ago. Sjdney, Feb. 22. Tho Herald, after reviewing the trade between the Commonwealth and New Zealand, says:—‘'The figures point to tho fact that if a e are to adhere to reciprocity on strict protectionist lines advocated by Sir Joseph Ward, there will be but few lines that New Zealand can grant us preference on, much wherein we could not compete, with or without preference, and still fewer upon which we could grant New Zealand prefere nee.’