GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 538, 4 October 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

A MEMORIAL. By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, October 2. The contributions to the Queen Victoria Memorial include ,£BOO from the Orange Colony. A BIG STRIKE. LONDON, October 2. One thousand miners in Pentre Colliery, Rhondda, Wales, have struck as a protest against, the employment of non-unionists. THE EDUCATION BILL. LONDON, October 2. Owing to a difference amongst, the Birmingham Unionists about {he Education Bill, Mr Chamberlain presides at a conference of bis supporters to discuss the Bill. * BIG TOBACCO COMPANY. * LONDON, October 2. The British-American Tobago Company has been registered. Tne capital is six million pounds. THE PHILIPPINES. NEW YORK, October 2. Colonel Pershing captured and destrayed three forts at Mindamo, in the Philippines, killing 28 Moros, and wounding many.-, THE ATLANTIC TRADE. OTTAWA, Octo’ier 2. The Canadian Pacific Railroad shareholder.'; have authorised the establishment of a steamship line lor the Atlantic trade by purchase or lease, and whether dr not {hat, a fast service be subsidised, the directors meanwhile to .select ports suited to the requirement of the trade. A CONFERENCE. , WASHINGTON, October 2. President Roosevelt is inviting, the presidents of the anthracite coal companies, lend Mr Mitchell, president of the Miners’ Union, to confer with him to-morrow in reference to the strike, which described as a matter vitally concerning the whole nation. The invitation was accepted. The State Democratic Convention’s platform, adopted at Saratoga, includes the national .ownership (f anthracite mines, witli just compensation, to present owners. /ZOLA’S OBSEQUIES. PARIS, October 2. Zola’s funeral has been postponed until Sunday, in order to wait deputations fronx all parts of Europe. .The French Minister of Education and representatives/ of the Literary Societies will deliver speeches.