GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1910, 20 October 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

rIIKSS ASSOCIATION—COI’YIUUHT London, Oct. 18. Tito Times says that Franco is resolvod ou a dofoiidivo attitude on the Moorish frontier. The Ban lard states that M. Goluehowski, Minister for Foreign , Affairs for Austria Hungary, has resigned. Borlin, Oct. 18. The Kepr-uich hoaxer has been identified as a clover swindler who has already undergone a. year’s imprison- . wout (Jonsfantiuaple, Oct, 1 8. urktsli tinopo as Y-uuou are enduring terrible privations. Many buttatious iinvo been reduced to forty New York, Oct. 18. Obituary : Mrs Jefferson' Davis. The Federal grand jury at Jackson, Tennessee, indicted the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, a subsidiary of the Oil Trust, for fifteon hundred and twenty-four offences relating to favoritism in railway rates. The penalties are enormous. Negroes attributing the dynamiting of a negro college at Seneca to whites, burnt Seuoca to ashes. Melbourne, Oct. 19. Mr Bunt proposes some radical amendments in the Gaming Suppression Bill, including tho licensing of racecourses at one pound por annum, and taxing the gross revenue of racing clubs for charitable purposes. Clubs with a revenue up to six hundred pounds will pay three per cent., from six hundred to one thousand four per cent., from one thousand five per cent. On the basis of last year’s revenue, the Victorian Racing Club would have to pay £3OOO, and limit the number of racing days. Hobait, Oct. 10. The Juvenile Smoking Suppression Bill penalises anyone under sixteen years of ago smoking and having tobacco in any form in his possession. Sydney, Oct, 19. Acting under instructions from the owners of tho Port Stephens, the tug Champion loaves to-morrow night to search for the drifting vessel.