GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1966, 29 December 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

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LONDON, Dec. 2-. I'lio . I'Yoo Church Secretary says llutf Noneniifunnists are at boiling point, and intend to begin a eampaign to slimy tin- Clmrch schools out ol existence, and reeiuisl met Uto House of Lords. I ho (lolithm Club has reiniiulotl the Govermneut that they are pledged lo economy, and Ims suggested a reduction in the estimates for l!!07 owing to favorahlo hopes of a ciiu*in 'lance of peaeo. Sir 11. Campn, 11Ban nenna n, in Ihe course of svml>a fliet ie reply, said lie was glad the Club was as alive as ever fo the da.nVr (if allowing the wealth which roi frail ' brought' In our dors to be iqilaiideud in uoodle.su or provocative pend i I. il re The Primate telegraphed to Mr tainy, At. I*. : “The deepest anil repeetl ill sympathy is lelt for veil in lie loss iii which (lie Christian enm--1 uiti ly of our land lias sustained by iie dentil of your distinguished and cnorated lather.”

Commodore Gallon ay sleeps in LI nieii s quarters at Portsmouth in o dor to deal with the disturbance ",I 1 i ( 'h are cliielly traeetl to men win alter a I<*rtti in prisons or hospital will possibly bo expelled as beyon relorm. The real source of the troubl :s due to retaining worthless men i larraeks .instead of sliipboard, unde ho new economic poliev adopted Silver is at 3 2 3-Sd.‘

MOROCCO. Dec. 27. .Amend Guebbn;;, ALinisler fi.

A\ar, states that Raisuli is quiet, am remains so, without undertaking an\ act of hostility against .Europeans The latter are under the impression that Raisuli Juts received a large sum ot money.

.NEW YORK, Dee. ‘27. Over one hundred thousand pounds sterling in fines it,as already been paid tinder the Government trust prosecution of the trusts. Six thousand indictments have been lodged including the Standard Oil, Tobacco’ Ice, Fertiliser, Sugar, Watch, ami Lumber trusts.

he exports of American cannot

meat tor the nine months endin< r September were £291,800 below the corresponding period for 1905.

HELD RADIO, Dec. 27. Active plotting is proceeding in Seryia for deposing King Peter, who is without strength of character. The difficulty in the way of the intriguers is to find another foreign prince to succeed him, his son being unworthy. SYDNEY, Dec. 28.

i The mail matter handled at the General Post Office was 50 per cent, greater than last year. A quarter of a million postcards were handled on Sunday night. The savings bank returns reflect the prosperity of the times. Deposits and despositors' balances show large increases . An unsatisfactory feature of the banking business is tile large amount of money uninvested.

Towns, the .sculling champion, states that he was taken aback at the result of the race He thought Ktansbury would win easily. He thinks the New Zealander’s victory throws :t new light on the sculling horizon. A colony which lias produced so many athletes in every branch of sport may find one to wear the aurels of the. sculling world. AI EK BOURNE, Dec. 28. The petrol-driven ferry boat Atotor lent has made the voyage from S.vdte.v, averaging ten knots.

The Government have decided to reinstate 35 strikers, who were dismissed as the result of the great railway strike. A Labor member from New South AVales states that an understanding will he arrived at between jtr. Dea-

lt in and the Labor party before the House meets. The basis of the understanding will be the Eedcralisiug of ild age pensions, and withdrawal rr lostponement by the Labor party cf its demand for a ‘Federal land fax.

A ski If containing four persons capsized off Port Arlington, Gladys Davies, daughter of the Statu Attor-ney-General, was drowned. Two brothers named Steel and a young lady named Stott were rescued, but the brothers are in a state ol' collapse. PPRT.iI, Pec. AS. It is esti inn ted the wheat yield will be 2,009,()0J bushels, an average of 10. fl bushels per acre. iWarley, shot by Browne, made a written confession of complicity in the attempt to rob the mine. Me alleges lie was drawn into the affair by McGee.