GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2062, 13 December 1907, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

United Press Association—Copyright MELBOURNE. Dec; 12. ■At the Kauri Timber Company’s annual meeting, the chairman stated that the period under review had been one of the best in the existence of the company. The debenture debt had been reduced to £46,000. The profits amounted to £37,398. A dividend of 5 per cent was declared and £7148 carried forward. A 10 per cent, bonus was allotted 1 on salaries of tlio staff. ■Dr Brown, of the Agricultural Department, estimates the loss oir sheepskins alone by damage through slaughtermen using the stripe cut when skinning animals, amounts annually to £125,000. The loss by reckless branding of cattle is £300.000 yearly, and another £150,000 is lost by' reckless flaying of hides. Although it is not known when the Federal Parliament will adjourn, il will reassemble on March. 4th. LONDON, Dec. 11. Lord Carrington, speaking at London, recognised that the unfair burden of rates on agricultural land constituted .a legitimate grievance on the part of English farmers. With tho view ultimately of dealing -.with the local taxation on broad lines Government intended to introduce a Valuation .Bill.

Much sympathy is expressed in iEnglish.papers with Now Zealand in i tho destruction- of the .ParKaimen-fcary buildings. ,'IMr Harry Trolaiwny Eve, K.C., ■Liberal member for Asluburton, succeeds tho late Mr Justice Kekewich as Judge of the Chancery division of .tho High Court of Justice. JThe. Kaiser has sent Florence Nightingale, through tho .German ambassador, a bouquet and a letter of appreciation of her great services in nursing.

The steamer Gallesgarth, bound from Liverpool to Penarth, foundered with 20 hands. NEW .YORK, Dec. 11. Six of the crew of the schooner Vlneta, wrecked at New Brunswick, were rescued in a. iboat. AIL, except the captain, were insane. They had five days’ exposure. Several haa their limbs amputated through frost bite. SYDNEY, Dec. 12. The body of a 14-year-old boy named Oswald Barlow was found in the ocean near Manly, with a. hat pin driven, into his heart. The lad had been missing for some days. It is stated ho had been depressed through the departure of his 'brother to- New Zealand ,a. few weeks ago, blit the ■manner of his death .would indicate foul play rather than suicide. A quantity of linotype mota.l and nails were found in his pockets. BERLIN. Dec. 9. The Renewal of Commercial Relations .with Britain Bill has passed the Reichstag. Socialists alone oppose the German 'Navy Bill. 'Herr Tirpitz stated that 'Germany built more rapidly than Great Britain. He would greatly accelerate further building, hut there , was a . difficulty in obtaining armor plates and guns for equipment. OTTAWA, Dec. 11. The polite at Toronto are protecting several business mem from the (Black Hand Society’s attempts to blackmail them by threats of murder. ROME. Dec. 11. The Chamber of Deputies Commission 'by 'five votes to four affirmed the complete legality of Signor Na si’s arrest. .

PARIS, Dec. 11.. . A new torpedo invention, about to be tested at Toulon, has disappeared from the .'arsenal.