AUSTRALIAN GABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 37, 13 February 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN GABLES

Melbourne, Feb. 12.

The Wheel Eace resulted; Martin 1, Murphy 2, Mathias 8. Won by three lengths. Time, 4min 22 4-sth sees. Martin also won the first prize gold stakes.

At a luncheon, Mr Barton, referring to the Now Hebrides, said the chief source of disputes was the question of land ownership, upon which the Anglo-French agreement was silent. The Federal Ministry desired, if it could be done without embarrassing the Empire, the creation of an international tribunal to remove the sources of dispute. Banfurly has been scratched for the Newmarket Handicap. Advance, the New Zealand horse, has boen backed for .;£ISOO at 100 to 10. Hobart, Fob. 12. Eighty dwellings, many of them small, were destroyed at Queenstown and in the vicinity. Lord Hopetoun has sent £2O to the relief fund. Sydney, last night. Mr Coghlan, Government statist ; Mr Fosbcry, Inspector-General of Police ; and Mr Hanson, Director of Charities, have been appointed an Old Age Pensions Board. Brisbane, last night. The Government have decided to loave the question of the Eastern Extension Company's agreement to the Pacific Cable Board. Adelaide, last night. Lieutenant F. D. Muir, of the Fifth Contingent, was lance-corporal of the First Contingent. He previously hold a commission in the Now Zealand forces.