GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1805, 11 July 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright

London July 9 Jarvis won tho long distance swim mnig championship of Putnoy in (13 minutes 12 seconds.

In tho uthlotic ohampiouships Nigel Barkor, Sydnoy, did not ndtiilro a p’a :o in tho 220 yards and 440 yards. ' ! A [fow individual Au'-tralians aro competing at Bisloy, Tho newspapers commont on tho nbsouco of Australian and New Zoaland teams for tho Kolapore and MacKinnon Cups. Behan, a Victorian, obtained lirst placo in the B.Q.L. examinations at Oxford, and also Tied with Barton, a Sydneyite, for first placo in jurisprudence. J

Tho Daily Mail’s BorJin correspondent says that Berlin linanciors have loasod the island of Ohiloo from tho Chilian Government to coloniso it with artisans and ostablisli a coaling station.

Sir W. Lyno opened tho electoral campaign in Waega district last night. Ho declared himself a humanist and ytato socialist. 410 told his hearers in a couplo of words what iStato socialism meant. It was freotrade defeated.

Another case of ordinary plague is reported.

Melbourne, July 10. Mr Chapman states that before the Eastern Extension oflico is reopened in Melbourne ho will liuvo to be satisfied that tho Government cannot offer cable users similar to thoso formorly provided by tho Company.