GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1968, 2 January 1907, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

1* r ess A ssoc ia t i 011 —Copyright. I.OX DON, Dec*. 29 Lord Loroburn, replying to a memorial iroin 8S Diheral-Dabor members oi tin*. House ol Commons, complaining of his neeptnnce ol

nommalions for the magistiiicy iroi lonl-lieiitemints in preference to Lib (*ral memliers, emphatic-silly decline to allow the oilice to liecrome sin stp pauage of party.

iMeat sind hemp sin* unchanged in price. Copper, spot, is at 106. three mouths 1 I)6J ; tin, .spot, 103.1, three months JIM ; lead J9L ' *'•'-> , Dividi*nds psiid by Hand gold companies in 1906 totalled £6,656,000, establisiiing a record. Slisuys: Wsiihi £‘S 13s 9d, Junction £5 Is 3d.

. ROM JO, December 30. Spain ami other Catholic* Governments reply in si reserved tone to the papal note regarding France and the J apacy, stating they are unable to interfere.

Cardinals Felice- Csivamss and Liugi J roppopi both died nr. Bourn on Saturdiiv.

„ „ BKIMJN, Dec-: 29. Dr. •Ei-mor, Comsul-Gonoral for Lonon, has boon apjjointod ro])rcscnEifnc in the Commonwoidth, with Imadquartei-.s *>t Sydnci-. liic Vossiche Zoitm'ig states that General Lindoquist has secured u complete understanding in regard to the protection of the frontiers dur-Alrie-i ,K,tl ' ° rebclllon in S'>uth-AA'est

S 4. PELEBSBtUG, Dee. 30 live men aimed with revolvers hold up tt tax collector in u train proceeding to Bostav, and escaped with 20,000 roubles. P •

1 liirty thousand cotton opei-ative>, at Lodz have been discharged .. mety per cent, of them were anxious to work, but refused the owners conditions owing to leal- of terrorists, who are responsible for twelve.murders during the last three including a director of one of the- principal works. There is great tll stress- amongst the operatives ow mg to tlie absence of funds. General Kuropatkiii has published a book dealing with the BussianJ.ipanese war. I'lio Government iias ordered its confiscation. General Kaulbars has been translened elsewhere, because he patronised the Union of tile Bussian People, wiiose gangs terrorised Odessa. Three men assassinated General Litvincii" Governor of Aknolinsk, outside the Adiiiiiustrativo Office at Omsk. 1 lie assassins escaped in a cab.

, MOBOCCO, Dec. . 29. liie bultun s letters dismissing I(aisuli were read in tlie mosques. The letter condemns his maltreatment or tlie people, occasioning trouble with iilendlv lowers, describes Baisuli as a liar and impostor, and calls the Sultan’s subjects not to listen to corruption from a person whom he is about to chastise. Baisuli is defiant, and ref igcs relinquish the government. He has sent his harem to the mountains and is preparing to fight at AhzinaL

NEW YOBK, Dec. 29 Ihe grand jury indicted Perkins formerly vice-president of tlm New fork Life Company, and Fairchild lormerly secretary, in the third degree, for misrepresenting tlie isew lork Life Company's securities w itii a view to evading the Prussian insurance law. The grand jury ad lint the net was for no personal nrolit. and only intended to benelif the policy-holders.

the authorities at Washington pledge their support to Britain in any steps they take to ameliorate tlie conditions of the Congo ,‘jtate.

NEAV YOBK, Doc. 30. The Tull Court uphold Signor Caruso s conviction. Ills counsel announces an appeal to a still higher court.

, r i , .CAPETOWN, Doc. 29. slu P M indsor Park, from Mallaroo to AI go a Jiay, is asliore nt Cape Bocife, near Port Elizabeth. Assistance Jias been sent. MELBOUBNE, Dec. 31. J lie .State revenue for tiie veinsijows a comparative increase' oi £240,000.

Tlie new Licensing Act came into operation on Satuiday. A train ran down Tailor, a line repairer, and his wife, travelling on a i.uJway tricyeio. T’ayl >r’s wire v.■,lulled, and Taylor is “in a precarious condition.

PERTH, December 31. IJic population of tlie State tluring the year increased 7733. . HOB Alt T, Dec. 34. J he closing year, in many respects, was a bad one for producers, owing to partial failure of the crops. in« exports showed a consideraole tailing oil, and the imports increased nearly £400,000.