GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1912, 23 October 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

l-IIBSS ASSOCIATION— COI’YIIIUUT Londou, Oct. 21. Lord Ivoberts, at Edinburgh, said ho foared Mr Haldane's idoal of a largo reserve, consisting of tho ablo-bodied mon of tho nation, would prove a failure when emergency arose. A project is afoot to search for tho ship Loyal Charter, wrecked in 185 9. She had a valuable consignment of Australian gold on hoard. Obituary : Colonel Saundorson, momber of tho iiouso of Commons. South Africans dofoated Homorsot by 1-1 points to oil. Sydney, Oct, 22. Captain Joslin, master of the river steamor . ainiiii, recently captured by Chinese pirates in the West Liver, has arrived iroui Hong Kong on route to New Zealand to recuperate, Captain Joslin is still suffering from a bullot wound in the breast received during tho attack. Melbourne, Oct. 22. Mr Deakin is awaiting advices from tho Colonial Office bofore making the terms of tho New Hebrides convention 'public. Mr Bent states it is intondod to amend the Betting Bill, permitting wagering on racecourses on authorised days, bteps will be taken to prevent newspapers evading the law in regard to the publication of odds. Marion Edwards, recently arrested at Brisbane for personating a man, while doing a sharp-shooter’s turn at the cyclorama, accidentally shot Airs McCleland, the wife of another performer. Tho wound is not serious. Adelaide, Oct. 22. In a bye-election for the Legislative Council, Mr Jelly, labor and Franchise reformer, handsomely defeated Mr Cohen, ex-mayor of Adelaide.