GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1520, 31 July 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

A WAR MEMORIAL,

By telegraph. Press Ass'n, Copyrigh LONDON. July 28. 'Pile Duke of Fife umvailed at Islington a South -African l war iiieirnorial, by McKomal, tile -Victorian • sculptor.

BANKRUPTCIES

LONDON. July 28. The bankruptcies ‘in 191)4 in the United Kingdom numbered SG3I, involving £9,372,000 loss to creditors, tbe largest during the decade an 1 two millions more than ’in If. 03. COMPANY FLOTATION. j

LONDON. July 28. A; White Paper which, has been issued shows . t-ligsfc the companies promt tod in .the United Kingdom in 1904 numbered 3831, witlr a nominal canifcal of £92,520,. the lowest since 1579.

A NICE LEGACY

LONDON, July 28... Canon Farrar has left a legacy; oi £IOOO to the Worn-ont .WeslayaaMinisters’ Fund.

h CHINESE BOYCOTT. KHANGMAI, July 28. The boycott 'of Americans at Shanghai -will prubab.y be extended to stringing. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. July 29. The. Premier informed ai deputation Which waited on hint in the inter- . ests of the unemployed that the function of the .State was to see I that people did not starve, but it was not the State’s; function to 'fund I fycrk, The. Government, -Would find food, and even a slick of tobacco, for the unemployed, but would go no farther. They would give what work was- available, hot not provide wort in the shape of relief when I such wonk was not required. Be announced that lie would receive no mare deputations.

A Military Board lias been appointed .'to investigate five recent cases of barrels of service rifles bursting, believed to be duo to defsciir's ammunition.

Cardinal Moran presided over a re' -i-Tcr Hbine Rule -demonstration in the Town Hall. Mr Redmond uelivered a farewell speech. The meeting subscribed £1955 to the fund.. ■ The Arbitration Court * award in the timber ttisofUto granted preference to Unionists.

PERTH, July 29. Mr Rason’s want-of-coinfidence motion was defeated by 25 to 22. Tile Independents voted with the Government, The Premier made a hot reply to the hostile criticism of some members of his own party.