GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1795, 28 June 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By; telegraph. Press Aan’ii, Copyrlgh London, Juno 20.

The water used to extinguish the fire on tho Rimutaka seriously damaged the wool cargo. Hancock and tlo , of Now Zealand, are issuing at par one hundred and thirty thousand fivo and a half per cent debenture stock to aequiro the Captain Cook browory, Auckland. New York, Juno 26.

The Mutual and New York Life policy-holders of the United States, Canada, and .Europe have formed a committee, including Judge Parker, six State governors, Mr Longworth, and Cardinal Gibbons, with a view to ousting the presont management. A great fight is being prepared for December.

The Senate extended the scope of the Interstate Commerce Commission of Inquiry to includo the transportation and storage of grain. Evidence was cited showing that the railroads | favored some elevator companies and discriminated against others, to the detriment of tho farmer. ' The House of Representatives at Washington amended the Immigration Bill, allowing the entry of fugitives from religious or political persecutions, whether penniless or incapacitated. I

Melbourne, June 27,

It is stated that one reason for delay with the new mail contract is that the London parties interested are disinclined to accept the conditions giving the Commonwealth power to take over the steamers at any time at a valuation fixed by arbitration. It appears

I there are three parties in the new combination, a Sydney firm, a Melbourne firm, and one of the biggest shipping firms in London. The present capital of the combine is one million pounds. Mr Deakin states that a reply has been received from the Home Government in connection with the representations made on the New Hebrides question. It calls attention to the fact that the recent representations made on behalf of New Zealand and the Commonwealth have not yet been received in Great Britain. It is sup- ' posed we have asked for certain alterations of the proposed agreement with France. That is correct. It is suggested it would impede any endeavor to give effect to alterations if the Imperial Government was called upon to publish the full text of the agreement. In these circumstances he did not pro ■ pose to press for publication at the present.

Capetown, June, 26. Owing to the assertion of Mr Ratcliffe, a Band labor leader, the Colonial Office ordered the prrsecution of 5 Jamieson, manager of the Cason mine, on a charge of cruelty and sjamboking a Chinaman. The magistrate discharged Jamieson, and directed that Ratcliffe be prosecuted for perjury. The Germans defeated the Hottentots in Mgendene country, killing thirty-six and capturing 546.

Paris, Judd 26.

The Public Prosecutor considers Dreyfus innocent of crime or offence, and that reference of the case to another court is useless.

Mr T. Y. Seddon (says the Sporting Review) is a member of the committee of the Wellington A.A.C., and is one of the moat promising amateur athletes in the colony.