GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 886, 9 May 1903, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

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By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, May 7. At tlie Marylebone meeting, 215 (315'.*) voted, in)favor of widening the wickets, ami 200 against. The motion was lost, a two-thirds majority being necessary. A LAWLESS PRIME MINISTER. LONDON, May 7. Mr Arthur Balfour's motor driver has been thrice fined for “ scorching ” when the Premier has been riding. The Liberal Press condemn Mr Balfour’s repeated breaches of a Jaw of his own making. INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE. LONDON, May 7. Mr Copeland represents the Commonwealth at tlie International Telegraph Conference in London. LABOR TROUBLES.

OTTAWA, May 7. The. Montreal employers and longshoremen both refuse, the Labor Department’s intervention ju a dispute which has arisen. INCOME TAX BILL. PARIS, May 7. M. Rouvier, French Minister of Finance, is introducing an Income Tax Bill, with a new method of collection which docs not require a declaration or enquiry as to the taxpayers’ financial position, but the amount of tlie tax will vary according to tlie payers’ apparent circumstances. MASSES OF PUMICE, SYDNEY, May 8. The American barque Star of Bengal and the Rotokino both report passing through a mass of pumice of great extent near (lie Tongan Group..

WRECKAGE, BRISBANE, May 8. Thu recruiting vessel Coquette reports having passed a quantity of wreckage and large numbers oT cases of kerosene of the Lighthouse brand, near the Likin Reef. It may be from the Queen Charlotte, which was wrecked on the. reef some time ago, DEATH FROM PLAGUE. BRISBANE, May S. The boy who was attacked by, plague lias died.