GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1640, 5 January 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

By tclogvapli,. Press'Ass’n, Copyri'glit London, Jau, 3, The Virginian Commissioner of Agriculture oillors tho Lord Mayor to sottlo thirty thousand Loudon poor in Virginia’s farms. Tho Tariff Commission, summarising tho ovidenco on tho silk industry, state that manufacturers believe that preference with Australia would be more bonofioial than a reduction of tlio foreign import duties. Tho suggestions for reduction of the Australian tariff range from complete freedom of trado to a reduction from tho present rates of twenty "five to ten percont on madeup scarves, etc. Now Yoik, Jan. 3. President Roosevelt denies that ho has oxprossed sympathy with Sir H. C. Bannerman or any British party. Hb. Petersburg, Jan. 3. Admiral Rozhdestvensky, in a letter to the Novoo Vremya, declares that the British iLv>c concentrated at Weilieiwei on the eve of tho Battle of Tsushima, expecting to receive orders for the annihilation of the Russian fleet if Admiral. Togo failed. Btisbano, Jan. 4. It is believed tho Premier will succeed Mr Nelson as President of the Council, thus necessitating reconstruction of the Ministry.

Melbourne, Jan. 4. There is an uneasy feeling in shipping circles owing to the dissatisfaction of the deck officers and stewards concerning the rates of pay. The Australasian estimates the wheat yield.at 22,380,000 bushels, an increase of a quarter of a million over last yield, and an average of 10.41 bushels per acre. Local requirements are set down at 7,757,000 bushels. The surplus for export at present market value should yield about £2,375,000. The Commonwealth revenue for the half-year was £49,000 less than for the corresponding half of last year, but it is nearly £9OOO above the Treasurer’s estimate.