GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1711, 30 March 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

By telegraph. Press Ass’n, Copyii'glil London, March 28.

The Standard’s Berlin correspondent states that with a view to stopping the sale of estates in Eastern Prussia to anti-German Poles, the Kmsor has conferred peerages on a number of ‘'wealthy merchants, mostly of Jewish origin, in order to encourage the purchase and entail of estates, permanently preventing tho Poles securing land. , . The National Sheepbroeders’ Association is strongly urging a reduction of the inspection lees on live stock shipped to Australia. Germany’s imposition of a duty of £1 per thousand on British-made cigarettes is likely to throw idle thousands of British makers and destroy a large trade with Germany.

Vienna, Maroh 28,

An avalanohe of rock buried twentysix persons at Bozon, in fcue Austrian Tyrol. Threo were killed and the rest rescued.

Sydniy, March 29,

The, Japanese mail steamer takes fivo hundred thousand sovereigns on behalf of British banks at Kobe, and an additional eight thousand on private account.

Melbourne, Maroh 29

Mr Deakin states that nothing is known by the British Government respecting the projected sale of Fanning Island, The Minister, for Agriculture of Queensland, in an interview, with Mr Ueakin, pointed out the serious position which would arise after December 31st, when the Kanaka agreements become inoperative. No .provision is being made for the maintenance. of the Kanakas pending the deportation of six thousand of them who will be debarred from work.

Hobart, March 29. =-Tke Premier is endeavoring to secure exhibits for the New Zealand Exhibition.