LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 379, 2 April 1902, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

SIR A. MILNER’S OPINION; By. telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON.; April I.—Sir A. Milner declares i.ue ss of Mr Cecil Rhodes is irrepaiahle. NAVAL DISPLAY.

After the Coronation review, ihe rombined fleet undertake manoeuvre s ;, later on the Channel and cruiser ti.uadrons join the Mediteranean fleet, r aking a hundred vessels engaged in a -•cries of manoeuvres extending from Malta to the Gulf of Nauphia. VICTORIA’S AGENT GENERAL. The newspapers eulogise the late .-;r A. Clarke’s versatility and tireless ,tnergy. The Daily Telegrapii says ne was the founder of the Australian timocracy. The Times says that .ew of his contemporaries show such a record of public service. YACHTING.

The King has offered a liund el round Cup for the International ya* race organised in connection with tie K-rthcoming Cork exhibition. It W .vpected that the Meteor, Columbia and Shamrock 11. will compete. OBITUARY.j

BERLIN, April I.—The death is announced id Li. Licbcr, leader of the centre pa.tv in the Reichstag. PANAMA' CANAL. NEW YORK. April I.—The Republic of Columbia agrees to the sale of the Panama ranal to America, conditionally on Columbia receiving a rental of 758-“(o' dollars as compensation for annulled tights.* OFFICIAL' FRICTION. Friction exists between Preski mt Roosevelt and General Miles. The latter declares the Government ate trying to deprive him of command of the army. SHIPPING. SYDNEY.

April 1. —Arrived : The South Australian, from Hokianga. Sailed, a. 2.30 p.m., the Sonoma. Owing to ,r t pmgue restrictions the steamer cair'rd no Auckland passengers-. YEARLING' SALE. At the year] ng sales, A. Harvey, of New Zealand, paid three hunched founds for a brother of Achilles.. THE PLAGUE. One case of plague was reported Ut< day, and one at Brisbane.;