GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1746, 11 May 1906, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

I By talflgrafih, Praia AsbX Copyright || London, May 0. IT Slight earthquake shocks have boon | v j felt at Fort William, Invornossshire, I and Guornsoy. - I Morocco, May 0 Tho Moroccan pretonder repellod an attompt to force a passage of the Muluya river, killing thirty and wounding many of tho Shorripian army. Sydnoy, May 10. Mrs Rookos, shot by her husband, I is dead. B. French won tho quarter-mile * running championship of Now South I Wales in 52 4-5 secs. > Molbourne, May 10. t Tho Japanose squadron has arrivod, and was grootod with salutos fj om tho 1 forts and warships. In tho prosonco 1 of a great crowd tho Governor officially welcomed tho visitors. Iho Lord Mayor emortained tho Admiral I and ofiicors at a banquet in tho Town Hall. Ihe Mount Lyell Company intends to raise its rosorvo to £75,000, and in« crease tho insurance fund by £30,000, after providing all outstanding liabili- J ties other than debentures, which now amount to £70,720. The present surplus is £514,000. The half-yearly report of the Block Ten Mine shows a net profit of £47,984. Mr Reynolds states that the busi- ( I ness of the Pacific Cable is steadily increasing. The board intends to have agencies in all the States, and to canvass actively for business. He could see little likelihood of the adoption of the pooling system. . Brisbane, May 10. I The skeleton of a man wrapped in oilskins and tied with a rope was found in a cave near Boonah.