LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 464, 5 July 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, July 4. Tho Duke of Connaught has issued an Army order, lie is gratified to think that on bis first nppeurancu on parade as a ] Field-Marshal he should be in command of troops belonging to Great Britain beyond the seas and India, for inspection by the l’rince of Wales. In the House of Commons Mr Redmond asked if it was intended to supplement from Imperial sources the salary oi tho Governor of the Commonwealth. Mr Chamberlain, in reply, said tho Government could'seo no reason to alter existing arrangements. New York, July 4. The Thetis returned for coal without having discovered any trace of the Portland, which was caught in an ico pack. Berlin, J uly 4. The German Boer League has given 60,000 marks towards repatriation and support of 221 German prisoners, 80,000 marks for tho support of neccssitious Boer families, and 80,000 for Boer widows and orphans. London, J ujy 4.

Tho House of Lords Committee concludes that betting cannot bo suppressed, but that it ought to be restricted to tho actual scene of racing or athletics. Bookmakers inducing youths to hot should bo imprisoned Tho Canadian Contingent of 000, who were encamped at Alexandra Park, havo sailed. They received a hearty sond-olf. They regretted their inability to stay, owing to tho necessity of returning to business. Tho Governor of the Philippines cables that the establishment of civil government and acceptance of tho American authority of pacification is complete. Thirty-four signatures at the Capo favor the suspension of tho Constitution. Botha, Do Wet, and Do la Roy ombarker! iff the Kanzalu, and land at Naples. They reach Uirecht on August 8. The plague has krokcii out in Constantinople. . The Daily Express’ Sffi£fl® ore correspondent states that cholera attai. : Js.°d ten thousand natives. 'v. s Soldiers have been scut in pursuit orthe head hunters at Sarawak. At Batang, Supar River, two thousand died in threo days. The Morning Post asserts that official statistics show that eighteen million

Russian ohildren are without means of education. Sydney, July 4. Arrived : Tho Waihora. Melbourne, July 4. Dr John Smyth, Inscieotor of Schools nt Wanganni, has been appointed principal of the training oollego for teachors. Betting on the Grand National Hurdles: Shelinski has been backed for .01000 at 10 to 1; Woolongong, same amount, 100 to 9. Later in the evening -ESOO was taken at 100 to 6 Battlcaxe. Befriended JE7OO, at 100 to 11. Tho closing prices were: Holkar 7 to 1, Random 7£to L California 8 to 1, Battleaxo, Shelinski, Woolongong 9 to 1, Nansen, Shoddy, and Tib 100 to 7.