LATE CABLE NEWS.
SUGAR CONVENTION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 7. Canada, Australia, aud India arc not included in the Sugar Convention, but aro able to join on application. The signatorypowers agree to levy countervailing duties ou all bouuty-fed sugars, to prohibit import. BRITISH INFLUENCE. The Bishop of Western Equatorial Africa, after visiting Ranem, declares that British influence will soon be supreme unto Lako Toad. STEAMER SUNK. The Gelgie American liner Waesland collided with the Houston liner Harmonides off Holyhead. The Waesland sank, after two hundred passengers aud tho crew had been rescued. A MOTION NEGATIVED. In the House of Lords tho Government negatived, by a majority of 79, Lord Carrington s motion for a return of all contracts for wines and spirits supplied to the troops in South Africa. Lord Rosebery did not participate in the division. GERMAN WARSHIPS. Berlin, March 7. The Kaiser has recalled tho cruiser Kaiserin Augusta and two torpedo destroyers from tho China station. SHIPPING. Sydney, Mar. 7. Arrived : Zealandia from Auckland.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 359, 8 March 1902, Page 2
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