GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1755, 22 May 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By IfllmgriHE/h,, Frwa Asa’n, Copyrlgh London, May 20.

Tho Primate of Now Zealand lint been olocted to an honorary fellowship of Magdalien Oollego, Oxford. Mr SteinkoplT orupoworod his daughtor to bequeath a million of Litotal fortune to charities.

Tho Gorman visiting London wore dolighted with KiDg Edward’s manifest cordiality. Francisllutchons, a Now Zodander, was awardod tho Vorndale JBeunelt 8 .bolarship at the Royal Academy of Music.

AH the Powers aro supporting Britain’s demand for adcquato explanations and an assurance in connection with the rocent Chinese Customs edict.

A mysterious suicido occurred in a Pimlico hotel. The deceased has been identified as a Bussian. He is believed to be a polico spy, who committed suicide to escape the Nihilist's death sentence.

Tho Yorkshire Liberal Federation, by a large majority, voted in favor of secular education in schools.

Constantinople, May 20 The Porte reprimanded andpunisho.l the commander of troops responsible for the removal of boundary pillars at Elrafab, also another officer for insulting an officer belonging to the cruiser Minerva.

New York, May 20. The announcement that Japan intends to adopt a protective tariff has caused alarm in commercial circles, and the newspapers in the United States.

Melbourne, May 21.

The Melbourne Cricket Club considers the New Zealand Association’s offer in reference to the English team to-morrow.

Sir John Forrest states his enquiries in England convinced him that Australia would have no difficulty in securing a good class of immigrants if the matter was taken in hand energetically.

Sydney, May 2L

The Governor unveiled tho memorial to the New South Wales troops who fell in South Africa. In St. Andrew’s Cathedral an imposing ceremony was held.

The flooding operations in the Junction mine have ceased. Over twenty-five million gallons were used. The tire has been thoroughly extinguished.

The officers of the London Missionary Society deny the allegations of a New Guinea trader that the Society engages in trading operations.

Dealing with the New Zealand Inspector of Prisons’ report in favor of the employment of prison gangs at tree planting, the New South Wales Comptroller of Prisons condemns the system. He emphasises moral danger from associating prisoners, and points out that the criminals of New South Wales last year were nearly eight hundred less than ten years ago, while New Zealand at the same date showed an increase of 230.-

The A.U.S N. Company’s new 2500ton steamer Suva, intended for the Sydney Fiji trade, has arrived from Glasgow. Severe earthquake shocks were experienced in the New Hebrides between April 14th and tho 20th, increasing in severity towards the end. They caused much alarm, but did little damage.