GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1924, 6 November 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

I'KHSS ASSOCIATION COl’YltiailT London, Nov. 4. Tho .Durban Coal Conciliation Board has granted tho minors an advanco of ono and a quarter por cent., making five por cent, for tiio year. Tho Ifavonsbourno Swimming Club and Royal Lifo saving and Amateur Swimming Club and tho Swimming Association ontortainod Hoaly, the hnmpion swimmer, ut Frascate’s. voral presentations wore made to tbo f. 'lie bye-election for tho Galway o . .nsequonfc on tho vetiremont of Devlin, Air iStophen Gwynn Nationalist) defeated Captain Hhawo Taylor (Dovolutioniss) by 1)83 votes to 559.

Manila. Nov. 4. Tho Americau Government has arrested some Japanese, supposed to bo officers and engineers, engaged in mapping the railways, rivers, and bridges at Manila. Sydney, Nov. 5. The death is announced of Mr Lano, Vico President of the Eugby Union, and a well-known footballer. Adolaido, Nov. 5.

So far at tho elections the electors have emphatically shown their determination to insist on tho extension of the Legislative Council franchise on tho linos indicated by Mr Price and the Government. In some districts, the reformers are winning by thousands of votes. Iho indications at the present stage of incomplete returns are in favor of a comploto Liberal-Labor victory. Tho Government had an overwhelming majority in tho metropolitan area, and the return of all the Ministers is assured.

Brisbane, Nov. 5. Durnan, the Canadian sculler, has arrived.