GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 582, 28 November 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, Nov. 26. The Sportsman says first-class cricket counties receive nearly £2<io each as a share of the proceeds of the late test matches, and the minor counties nearly £SO each. Before H.M.S. Good Hope sailed, the King sent Mr' Chamberlain a messgge of Clod-speed. The dock and railway companies in London, by making considerable concessions, have induced the Peninsular and Oriental Company to make greater use of the Tilbury and Albert docks Lord Salisbury lia.s returned from the Continent greatly improved in health. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York made a stirring appeal for intercession on Advent Sunday on behalf of missions'.

Great Britain and Germany are pressing railway and other claims upon Venezuela. BERLIN, Nov. 26.

The National Zeitung confirms the London Daily Mail’s account of money in the hands of Kruger and Levds. The Kaiser attended Ilerr Krupp’s funeral. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. The Beef Packing Combine of Chinag i, owing to dissensions in regard to terms of purchase and the unfavorable monetary situation, has collapsed The promoters arc left with property costing 90 million dollars on their hands.

MELBOURNE, Nov. 27

A conference of the two Houses .settle! points of dispute in the Factories BIT. T/i» Pacific Cable Board are advised that the rate of 2s 4d applies to messsiffcs for any part of Great Britain and North America. The Mount Lycll Company estimate they will save £20,0(10 yearly by adopting an improved smelting process 1 , ■which dispenses with coltr. SYDNEY, Nov. 27.

Mr Oliver, President of the Land Apreal Court, has been appointed a Royal Commissioner to investigate a number of matters the Norfolk Islanders have askedjsliould he enquired Into. He ptoceeds to the island shortly, and alter he submits his .report Mr Pawson visits the island. Consequent) on the plague outbreak in Queensland, the Eastern States are reinforcing plague precautions. PERTH, November 27.

Obituary : Justice Moorhead. Cardinal Moran and Dr O Ilara returned liy the Orontes. Tho Minister of Public Works heads a Catholic Church welcome. The Cardinal, interviewed, said that Ireland was very free from crime. Half the gaols had been closed during the last ten years. The people, however, were discontented owing to coercion and the maladministration of the Government. The four disabilities under which Catholics in England suffered would probainy lie swept away bv the Education Bill.