GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1749, 15 May 1906, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

By telegraph. Prose As»’n t Copyrl'gh

London, May 13. Obituary : Lord Currie, diplomats aetat 72.

Returns show that eighty-four thousand aliens landed in England during the first three months of the year. Of the number it is admitted 11,561 remained.

Rome, May 12. Mr Chapman. Australian Postpiaster general, strongly supported the motion that tjie next Postal Congress be held in Australia, but the general opinion favored a European capital,

Sydney, May 14,

The report of the Directors of Labor in April shows there was a brisk demand ,for labor, while the number of unemployed in the city was comparatively low. Mackay, the cricketer, scored two thousand and sixty-four runs during the season, which constitutes a record.

Hobart, May 14

The s.p. Matatua, bound from Lon« don to Auckland, callod in hero to land one of' the erey, named Koton, who had broken both his’arms by failing down a hatchway. The vessel experienced very bad weather between the Cape and here,.

Perth, May 14,

Gold has been stolon from the Golden Hole Mine, Kalgoorlie, for some months past, 4-t least 500 ounces have been missed which should have been lodged ip the bank. The perpetrators of the robbery baye not been discovered.

Melbourne, May 14,

The ship Illawarra has arrived. Fhe reports that on March 13, about about five hundred miles from Tristan da Aounha, she saw a barque on fire, and bore down towards her, but owing to contrary winds it took seven hours to reach the spot. By that t'me the vessel was a smouldering mass. There was nothing to indicate her naipe. She had been forsaken by the crew, of whom nothing was discovered.