LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 525, 23 September 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

AMERICAN OUDEH I 'Oil COAL. By XV. g.-ftcn i’r s As-ocuuicu— CopytigU London. Sf-pt. 22. America in- ordered 00,000 tons of Welsh amhracire coal. pun is dment;of rebels. A Bine Hnoli for flic Cane, which lias been i-shows rut; -HOT rebels, who suni tail rul under the .Time proclamation, huvi been disfranchised for life : 3504 other rebels were convicted la fore a special tribunal; and 2434 still await trial. LORD SALISBURY. Lord Salisbury’s progress is satiefac* I turv. j ‘ AFFAIRS IX CHINA.

Too Standard states Unit the Chi lK | Inland Mission premises at Meichou a 1 Sqechnan have been destroyed, but th lv l no bloodshed occurred. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Constantinople, Sept. 22. M. Zenovieff, the Russian Minister, bad a long audience with the Sultan. He called the latter’s serious attention to affairs in Macedonia and Albania. The Sultan informed him that since the sanction was granted for the passage of four torpedo boats through the Dardanelles under tLie merchant dag, they now proved to be destroyers. Some Ambassadors consider that the assent was a violation of the terms of the Convention. Aetion is likely to ensue.

A WHITIO AUSTRALIA. OTTAWA. Sept. 22. Sir Edmund Barlonn party were banquet ted at Vancouver and at Victoria. The allusion to the Aliens Restriction Act and a ‘‘While Australia’ evoked intense enthusiasm on boil) occasions. Sir Edmund Barton. leferring to the proposed preferential tariff, remarked that, Australia woul I favor the Motherland, not, by confessions m the existing tariff, hut by imposing duties on goods, principally from Germany and America.

Sir John Forrest said Unit Australia would siand no interference with the land forces, but the naval subsidy must lie considerably augmented. The party sailed by the Aorangi, seven hundred people giving hearty cheers and an enthusiastic send-off. A QUEEN'S DEATH. BRUSSELS, Sc pi. 22. Princess Stephanie, on arriving at the Spa. went to the mortuary chamber. Leopold arrived shortly afterwards. and insisted, on Uie ground of old family differences, that i’liucess Stephanie’should leave the chamber before. lie entered. Princess Clementine brought her out, sympathising with

her, and accompanying tier across the park to the carriage which was waiting. Princess Stephanie was sobbing. A large crowd at the station, hearing of the incident, cried, “ \ ive Stephanie 1 Vive the Princess Louyay Princess Stephanie, standing at (lie door of (lie saloon carriage, ;epiied : “ Thank you, 1 dear citizens. She then immediately started lor Brussels.

Loudon, Sept. 22. A Reuter’s correction says that the gold loan is on behalf of Bulgaria, and is being raised through the State bank at St. Petersburg. Reuter states that So,ooo have been repatriated in the Transvaal and 40,664 in Orangia. The peaceful settlement of Orangia is assured, but some bitterness is still nursed in the Transvaal.

The Times’ Johannesburg correspondent asserts that the civil military authorities are anxious that Military Commissions should be abolished, and that tho work of compensation be transferred to tbo Civil Government with the view of expediting it. Washington, Sept. 22.

A Court of Errors on Appeal reversed the decision of the Court of Chancery in Now Jersey against the conversion of the preferred stock of the Steel Corporation.

Sydney, Sept. 22. Arrived: The steamer Taviuni. Tho vessel experienced heavy weather, and lost several bullocks. At tho Homebush sales, sheep wore in advance of requirements. A small New Zealand consignment ranged from 20s to 27s 9d. Local bullocks ranged from £l9 to £2l. The Taviuni’s shipment arrivod too late for to day’s sales. It is surmised that the English cablo refers to tho wreck of the steamer Croix Du Sud in May last. Tho survey of the Manapouri shows that the damage was not as extensive as was anticipated. It was confined to the hold. Repairs wore commenced immediately.