GENERAL CABLES.
GLASGOW FATALITY,
By Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright London, April 7. There were twenty fatalities at Glasgow. Two hundred people were injured. MANCHURIAN CONVENTION. Japan, Great Britain, and America have approved of the Manchurian Convention, which is ready for signature. China will secure material advantages, including the admission of Manchuria as an integral part of the Empire, but China is compelled untruthfully to admit that she was the aggressor on !tho river Amur in 1900.
. TRANSVAAL LOAN.' if It is reported on the Stock Exchange that a Transvaal loan of thirty millions, at U per cent., with a minimum of 99, wili be issued immediately. ARMORED MOTOR CAR. Tho Vickors-Maxim Company have submitted to tho War Ofiiee an armored motor-ear for coast defence, adaptable for service in the field, carrrying a pompom and two smaller guns of tho Maxim pattern. RASCALITY IN AMERICA.
New York, April 7. An educated criminal, in conjunction with the district attorney of New York and reporters of the New York Herald, bribed the Bowery police to promise immunity from arrest as receivers of stolen property, the police supplying them with housebreaking implements. The exposure caused a panic amongst the police. They have retained the best lawyers to defend them.
MURDERING SAVAGES. Brisbane, April 8. A New Guinea official states that tho two murderers of D’r. Chalmers and the Rev. Mr Tompkins have been spoken to by white men. They made no attempt to conceal their crime, and when told that the clergymen had never done them any harm, replied that they wanted to kill white men. RISE IN BREADSTUFFS.
Sydney, April 8. Broadstuffs and foodstuffs are active, owing to short supplies. The Adelaido wheat market is excited, while the Melbourne one anticipates startling advances in wheat up to 4s, and flour to .£9.
DROUGHT-STRICKEN LAND. Adelaide, April 8. A fearful condition of thirigk exists in Central Australia. Reports state that natives are arriving at tho telegraph stations in an emaciated condition through starvation. Several have died of thirst.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 385, 9 April 1902, Page 1
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