GENERAL CABLES.
AN EXHIBITION,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. March 10.—The Lord Mayor opened the Royal Exchange Exhibition. The only Australian State represented is Westralia. TRAVELLING THROUGH AIR.
Mr C. A. Pearson has offered the 'Aero Club a prize of £4OOO for the hist voyage from London to Birming- , ham. M. Santos Dumont competes in the contest for it.
REMOUNT DEPOTS , Mr Gilbert Parker, in a letter to the Times, doubts the financial success of colonial remount depots during peace. He advocates as an experiment that the colonies and the Motherland cooperate in naval and military defence, with common financial responsibilities, and suggests recruiting stations- in the colonies for Imperial forces serving in the colonies and on active service. THE ETRURIA.
The Cunard steamer Etruria, which .broke down in mid-Atlantic, has arrived at the Azores. TIENTSIN DISPUTE.
The Franco --American dispute a Tientsin has been referred to the Min isters at Pekin. A RUSSIAN BRUTE.
The Daily Chronicle states that General Gribesky, Governor of the Amur province, has been cashiered for cruelty in connection with Blagoveshchensk massacre in July, HIM), when •he compelled the Chinese to cross a rapid river, stabbing and shooting any who hesitated. BRIGANDS AND CHRISTIANS.
The settlement at Ichol of the claims of Christian converts led to riots. Brigands pillaged the district and kidnapped the Belgian missionary. Five hundred Cossacks have gone to Ichol, which is 115 miles north-east of Pekin STRIKE SETTLED. ROME.
March 10.—M. Giolitti, Italian Minister of the Interior, has settled the threatened strike of railway men hy promising payment of the sum which they demand, the payment to be given by instalments over three years.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19020312.2.35
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 362, 12 March 1902, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
272GENERAL CABLES. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 362, 12 March 1902, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in