GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1719, 9 April 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By telegraph,. Press Ass’n, Copyright li'iDdon, April 6.

Sir John Forrest, responding to tho toast of his health at the Anglo-Saxon Club banquot, said tho policy of Britain and Australia should be idon«

tical in one particular at any rate. They should gamely mftko greater efforts to people the Empire with the British idea; filling up tho empty parts of the Empire with anybody in order to produce wealth, was a polioy only for to-day, and not for all timo, and therefore Australia was anxious to have tho country filled with British. This duty was incumbent on everyone to carry out. All the difficulties arising out of Federation were ephemeral, and would soon pass away. Latest roports on the state of Prince von Bulow are favorable.

Geneva, April 0. A Russian inobriate was arrested at Zurich with his wallet filled with banknotes. He confessed that he was the ringleader in th,e Moscow bank robbery,, particulars "of which were cabled on March 21.

Constantinople, April 6. Four men have been sentenced to death for the murder of ifedvan Pasha.

Constantinople, April 6. Thieves stole forty-seven thousand roubles from a monastery at Rostoff,

Capetown. April 6. Meetings at Capetown and Johannesburg initiated a movement for presenting addresses appreciative of Lord Milner’s services.

Sydney, April 7. The Cabinet considers tho Railway inquiry report before any action is taken. Both morning papers urge the seriousness of the position, and the necessity for its being ended.