LATE CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 328, 31 January 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph - Pr.-s Association--Ccpyngh LONDON, Jan. 30. Admiral Ruwson has been appointed Governor of New South Wales. An impression prevails at, Berlin that Dr. Kuyper is acting on behalf oi the Boers in the field in endeavoring to facilitate their negotiating with Lord Kitchener. Kruger’s denial 01 co-operation is regarded as significant. An African United Colonies Company, to provide cold storage, is being formed with a capital of two hundred thousand pounds, to acquire Heinrich Kamp’s business at Capetown, Port Elizabeth, and Johannesburg.

In the House of Commons, Mr .Sinclair’s amendment in favor of a general re-distribution oi seals was negatived by 3112 to 28. Mr Balfour said lie hoped Parliament would not expire before considering the question in a practical spirit- The Address-in-Reply was agreed to. There is keen competition for good wools. Prices are firm. Shabby wool is selling in buyers’ favor.

The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 91,331,000 bushels. Dr Nisser has been sentenced to two vears’ hard labor for treason in connection with the Broksona oath breaking. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. A committee of the House of Representatives has reported favorably "ii the construction of a Government cable from Hawaii to the Philippines, costing ten million dollars. NEW YORK, Jan. 30. There is indignation in New York in connection with the recent explosion of dynamite. ■ The law allows sixtytwo pounds of dynamite as the minimum to be stored at one point, while on the occasion referred to nine hundred pounds was on hand. ADELAIDE, Jan. 30.

At the request of the Premier the Governor has cabled to the Secretary of State for the Colonies conveying resolutions carried by a patriotic meeting, upholding the Government’s attitude in South Africa. MELBOURNE. Jan. 30.

Mr Reid called attention in die House to Lord Hopetoun’s speech at the Natives’ Association last week, in whicli he justified Mr Barton over the South African Contingent. Mr Isaacs set forth the constitutional issue involved, declaring the Governor-General must not assume responsibility in Australian politics, and must not even Ly accident trespass ou the ground between Ministers and their responsibility. After discussion, Mr Reid withdrew the motion to suspend ike Standing Orders to consider the matter. A man named Stowess and his w..e have been arrested for murder in connection with one of the infants recently found dead in the city.