GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1724, 14 April 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By lelograp.il, Press Ass’n, Copyright Pekin, April 11. Foreigners and foreign vessels from May Ist will be free to' enter Antung and Tatungkau. on the Yalu river. Foreign consular officers will reside at AntuDg, and from June Ist at Mukden. New York, April 11. August Belmont, representative of the Rothschilds at New York, has purchased the racehorse Rock Sand for £25,000. Four Lascars from the steamer Bursfield have reached Philadelphia, suffering from plague.

Melbourne, April 12. I The Postal Department is removing I telephones from establishments where betting is conducted. Sydney, April 12. The Premiers’ Conference, as representative of the whole of the States, I has finished its labors. The Premiers lof New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia confer to-day on the Murray waters question. A number I of subjects mentioned in the agenda I have been referred to departmental I committees, and others discharged. I The official report makes no mention I of the question of representation at the New Zealand Exhibition, which was listed for consideration. Adelaide, April 12. As a result of the excellent wool had wheat seasons, the banks are reducing the rates of interest. London, April 11. The difficulty between Britain and the Congo Free State regarding Bahrel- Gahzel has been temporarily solved. The Soudanese officials administer the disputed territory, and restrictions preventing the carriage of Congo goods on the Nile have been removed.