LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 409, 7 May 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

NEW ZEALANDER WOUNDED

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, May C. A- L. Day, of the Eighth New Zealanders, was dangerously wounded internally through a fall fiom a horse at Yard bank. MURDER IN CHINA.-

China has ordered an indemnity in respect of the murdered French priest, au i punishment of responsible officials. T ie priest reported m ssfng has turned up safely.

THE PLAGUE. One hundred and two cases of plague were reported in Egypt in April. Fifty-eight terminated fatally.

TRIPOLI. Earl Cranbourne states that there have been no negotiations with Italy regarding the eventual occupation of Tripoli.

ST LOUIS EXHIBITION. „„ , NEW YORK, May fi. Ibe St. Louis exhibition lias been postponed till 1901.

QUEEN WILHELMINA. THE HAGUE, May fi. A bulletin 'issued on Monday evening regarding Queen Will etmina’s illness on Sunday evening puts an end to the hopes of a happy event in September. Will elmina’s condition is satisfactory.

POLITICAL MANIFESTO. (Received May 6. 10.30 p.m.)

LONDON, May G. Mr Fowler, in a manifesto to his constituents, repudiates Home Rule and endorses Lord Rosebery’s Irish decentralisation policy. He condemns the Budget and Education Bill. WHOLESALE MURDER.

The Daily Mail states that the imposition of fresh taxes led to a meeting of three thousand Thasos for the purpose of arranging to memoral'iso Lord Cromer and the Khedive i n the

subject. The Governor of the town, using a revolver, ordered the gendarmes 1° tire. One hundred and twenty were killed, including women and children. Many were wounded. THE PLAGUE.

SYDNEY, May fi. One fatal case of plague is reported, tiie victim being a Chinaman.