GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1788, 20 June 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By telegraph. Press Aaa'n, Copyright ; London, Juno 18. Tho Daily Mail’s account of tho Tantah incident is confirmed oilicially. Tho district has a bad reputation as regards tho anti-European fooling. Dr Albert Gresswoll, of Molbournc, in a letter to tho Timos, doclaros that tho safeguards embodied in tho Exported Products Act render Victoiian tinned moats most thoroughly reliable. D. Macintosh, tho Australian pigeon shot, won tho LLOO challenge cup of tho G un Club, and LOO in other competitions.

Pari?, Juno 18. Tho preliminary inquiry on the Dreyfus appo.il, with a view to his legal rehabitatioii, is reported to have ended sat : sfactorily, and the Court of Cassation now re opens the case. Sydney, June 19. Sir W. Lyne having explained that two members of the Melbourne Club told him the Club would do almost anything to bring about a settlement, but it mnst take place within four days, the Cricket Association, aftor discussion, resolved that any proposition from the Melbourne Club must be forwarded through the Cricket Association.

Speaking at Arncliffe, Mr Carruthers announced that the Lands Department would be placed under Commissioners. He claimed that the Government, by their closer settle ment policy, had placed fifteen thousand peoplo on the land. He predicted the year would end with a million surplus, after paying £150,000 off the sinking fund. The Federal Government had given the necessary permission for breaking the seals of the jars of Dr Danysz’s microbes.

Melbourne, June 19. Mr Jeffrey, Commissioner of tho Board of Trade, in an address to the Chamber of Coinme.'ce, stated that he had obtained complete schedules showing the course of imports into both the Commonwealth and New Zealand for twenty-five years. He had accumulated a great deal of information when seeking trace of the cause of the decline of British imports to Australia. He had always been met with the answer that British manufacturers did not seem inclined to make what customers wanted, but Germans and others were ready to make anything required. Miss King has been allotted 10.5 in the National Steeplechase.

Biisbane,. Jane 19. The Marino Board exonerated everyone in regard to the wreck of the Ivanhoe.