GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 284, 11 December 1901, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

London Dec. 9. China has paid the Italian missionaries six hundred and eighty thousand pounds sterling outside of Italy’s portion of tho war indemnity as compensation for losses caused by tho Boxers. The Government is prosieuting Conor, O’Reilly, and two others under tho Crimes Act for making speeches intimidating tho holders of evicted farms in Ireland. The British cruiser Foy and tho gunboat Plassy have been ordered to Koweit.

Colonel Montrantro’s expedition sustained seventcon casualties m an engagement at Acos, on tho Cross River, West Africa. Europeans comnnnd the Cross river tribes. New York, Dec. 9. There is heavy speculation in copper shares in New York. Efforts are being made to compel Mr Lawson to sell his large holdings in the Amalgamated Copper Company. Cairo, Dec. 9. An Egyptian native has been sentenced to fifteen years’ penal servitude for derailing the Sirdar’s train last summer, whon Sir F. Wingate had a narrow escape. Melbourne, Dec. 10. In tho revision of tho tariff, prints, cotton and linen pieeo goods, plain white andunbloached bookbinders’ cloth,saddles, webbing, galvanisod iron, sheeting and piping lead have boon placed on tho freo list. Tho Federal Minister of Defenco stated that no provision can bo made in tho Estimates for sonding a team to Bisley next year. Tho Federal Government are awaiting tho necessary action of the Imperial Government before assuming control of Now

Guinea. Tho Stato Premier has received a letter from tho British Consul at Honolulu, reporting two deaths from plaguo there, tho first one on November 10th and tho second three days later.

The United Australian and Colonial Mutual Eiro Insurance Companies havo agreed upon a scheme of amalgamation which requires tho shareholders’ sanction.

Tho Queensland Premier, in tho course of a repiy to Mr Barton’s letter on tho Kanaka Bill, says he has no hesitation in saying that if Mr Barton made it clearly known when the question of Federation was in the balance that he was prepared to carry out the extreme policy disclosed in the Bill, Queensland would not now be a member of the union.