GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1869, 26 September 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

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London, Sept. 213. Thirty thousand workors aro locked out at Homes,

Mr ,J. L. Tuolo loft (iftoon thousand pounds to charities. Tho newspapors mako furthor complimentary references to Victoria’s display at tho Urocors’ Exhibition at Islington, also to Now Zealand’s exhibition of iinned meat.

J. lirundor walked from London to Brighton in 50131 minutes, establishing a record.

Tho nows of a jewellery burglary at Okohampton on Saturday night was promptly telegraphed to Exotor, whore tho police arrested two inon in posses', sion of threo hundred gold rings, one hundred gold brooches, a number of watches and bracelots, and also burglars’ tools.

Hong Kong, Sept. 21. Tho body of Bishop Hoaro, one of tho victims of tho typhoon, has boon recovered.

Mails by tho steamer Empress of China wore landed at Hong Kong in twonty-nine and a half days from London and eighteen from Vancouver. Ottawa, Sopt. 24. Socialist members tried to capture tho Dominion Trades and Labor Congress, but wore defeated by an overwhelming majority. The programme includes free compulsory education, eight hour day, voluntary arbitration in labor disputes, minimum levy wage. Brussels, Sept. 24. Ilealoy won the hundred metres in ternational swimming race at Brussels. Madrid, Sept. 24. Small armed bands of Carlists have appeared in the provinces of Gerona and Tarragona, Spain, it everal arrests havo boon made. Tho movement is attributed to tho clerical party of Bourse wire pullers. Berlin, Sopt. 24.

A congress representing ten thousand Social Democrats has opened at Mannheim, Germany, Paul Sibger presiding.

Sydney, Sept. 25. There is a dear market for cattle at Homebush. Prices have advanced up to a pound a head. A deposit kac been lodged on behalf of Durnan to bind the match with Towns Durnan leaves for Australia on Octobor 12.

Melbourne, Sept. 25. The High Court delivered judg ment in the caso of William McKel vey, whoso extradition to Natal tho Full Court ordered The Court held that the ground that Victoria had ceased to be an independent State was untenable. The State had independent authority outside mattors given the Commonwealth by the Fedoral constitution.

Tho police took tho names of competitors in tho Warrnambool race, with a view to pros; outing them for furious riding. The efforts of the police to establish the identity of the dismembered body have been fruitless. The dragging of Albert Park lake continues. Captain Atkin, a commissioner from tlio Imperial Government to tho New Zealand Exhibition, has arrived with his staff. He declares the art section under his charge comprises more fine examples of tho works of living individual artists than lias ever before been sent out of tho United Kingdom.

Adelaide, Sept. 25 Advices have been received from Taylor’s prospecting syndicate of the discovery of a large copper lode near Mundooma, Westralia, described as rich and well delined, and traceable over tuo miles.

A sub-committee of the Chamber of Commerce reported adversely on the British preference proposals. They considered there would not be any important advantage to Brita ; n because so many articles affected are American or foreign food-stuffs of special manufacture. They also pointed out the insignifir nee of foreign imports compared wL— Australian exports and the possibilities of retaliation by countries affected.