GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 885, 8 May 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

A SEVERE TEST. , By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, May (i. r i’hc turbine steamer Emerald has successfully crossed the Atlantic despite the severe gales. THE LAND OF TEEMING MILLIONS. LONDON, May 6. The American Consul at Canton declares that fifteen thousand people are arriving at Kwangsi. FORTUNE’S WHEEL. LONDON, May 6.

Owing lo Young Lu’s death the Emperor of China lias telegraphed to Kang Yawei, the reformer who fled owing to late troubles, to return immediately, promising him that all will be well. Kang Yawei has sailed from Calcutta for 1 long Kong. AIN ENORMOUS BRIBE. NEW YORK, May (1.

'the Chief Commissioner of Lands in British Columbia states that the Columbia Western Railway Company o lie red him thirty thousand acres if he would issue them Crown grants for six hundred thousand acres of valuable coal and petroleum lands in Kootenay district.’ The grants were signed, but: subsequently cancelled. TROUBLESOME PILGRIMS. , OTTAWA, May (i.

The authorities at Saskatchewan have rigorously suppressed an attempt to organise a Doukliabor pilgrimage, similar to that of last winter. 'Fhe leaders have been arrested, and pilgrims sent back to a reservation.

BANK OF ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE, May 7. The Bank of Adehiide has declared a dividend of eight per cent:., and carried twenty thousand pounds to the reserve fund., VICTORIAN MINISTRY.

MELBOURNE, May 7. 'l'lie Age says ’that the Ministry has wisely determ’ined that Parliament slnill dissolve. BRIGHTER OUTLOOK. MELBOURNE, May 7. At a meeting of the National Bank the Chairman said that there was a brighter Outlook for crops and grass, and the reports from the wheat districts were most encouraging. With retrenchment and economy in the States, and ‘increased production of minerals and produce, they should have cause to lie thankful at the end of the present year.