GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1721, 11 April 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By telegraph, Press Afls’n, Copyright London, April 9. Tho Salvationists’ solf-donial week realised £72,731.

Madrid, April 9. Tho dolegatos at Algeciras havo signed the agroomont.

America and Sweden' made reservations declining responsibility in rogard to any ultimate measures for enforcement of the agreement.

Sydney, April 10. At Wirth’s circus a young lioness attacked Captain Burrows, the trainer, in a cage, and lacerated his leg. It had to bo shot to enable him to escape.

Stanbury has announced his intention of accepting Towns’ terms to row for the championship. It is expected a match will be arranged for about the end of July. ; f§Tho High Court has docided that a State cannot levy stamp duty from the Commonwealth on land purchased for Government purposes. It is not probable tbo Cabinot will take any action in connection with the Railway Commission report till after the Premiers’ Conference Whatever is done will have, under the torms of the Railway Act, to be submitted for the approval of Parliament, which will not meet for some weeks.

Melbourne, April 10. The explosion of an oil engine wrecked the ketch Topsy. The engineer and owner were ■ blown out of the engine-room, but escaped serious injury.

The butter trade is exercised over a consignment received by a local firm from Queensland. The boxes outside were marked with a Queensland factory brand, and bore the Government stamp, but inside was the brand of a well-known _ Victorian factory. The suggestion is that the consignment was intended for some other market, and it was sent to Melbourne by mistake.