GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1780, 11 June 1906, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

By, Itrlugraph, Fr®sn 'AsnX Copyright London, Jnno 8.

Tbo Qaoenßland Investment Company hnß approvod of tbo solo to tbo Transvaal Mortgago Loan Company of its assrta in Boutb Australia for about JG125.000, which tbo diroo'ora hopo will onoblo them to promoto a eobomo for extinction of tho liability on ebatoa, Mr Parks, managor of a London butter distributing firm, in ovidonoo beforo tho Buttor Oommittoe, atatod that tho oartiogo of oolonial buttor a long dietonoo in frozen stato tended to damage its flavor. This was woll recognised throughout tho butter trado, and concurred in by all the principal importers of tho oolonial artiolo. Mr Tavornor has arranged for a eproiol meoling of tho Produce Exohango to disouss what step shall be taken to refute Mr Park's statement.

Sydnoy, Juno 0 A valuable seam of coal has boon dis« oovorod on Crown land at Cod's Harbor. Norfolk Island, Juco 9.

Tho jubiloo of tho foundation of the oolony was oelcbratod to day. Nearly the whole of tbo islanders participated. Molbourno, June 9.

Papers tabled in the Houso show that Mr Daekiu invited Canada to participate in connection with tho Natal iooidont, but tho Dominion Government took no notioe.

Perth, June 9. A portfolio of Agriculture has been oreated and allotted lo Mr Jas. Mitchell.