PLAGUE AT YOKOHAMA

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 542, 11 October 1902, Page 2

PLAGUE AT YOKOHAMA

By telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright, Tokio, Oet. 10. Tho plague has broken out at Yokohama, London, Oct. 10. Messrs Dillon and Davitt have sailed to collect parliamentary funds in America. John Redmond aceompaniod them with the intention of attending tho convention at Boston. Tho Times states that the Goncrals had two hours’ coutorence with Loyds befure visiting Ghent. Several Berlin papers describe Leyds as a genius, and others bint that in the event of Pan-Germans giving a reception of a political or anti Bri'isu character tho Government will oxpoi the Generals as noxious foreigners. Botha, interviewed, said tho mission was exclusively charitable. He iniorined friends in Germany that the Generals would rather abandon tbo visit than aliuw it to become political.

Capetown, Oct. 10. The Bill fixing the Uapc colonies’ contribution to the naval subsidy at .£50,900 was read a first time. Tfie Assembly agreed with the repurt of the Committee that only direct war Josses be compensated, The Committee allowed £5 ior each horse taken by the military.

Paris, Oct. 10. Of ono hundred and twenty thousand miners in France, one hundred thousand have struck, but all those at Monccau and the bulk at Anzin are still working with yellow or non-uuiou labor. The milieu have issuod a manifesto urging the men not to listen to the loaders, but to continue work. They have distributed twenty revolvers aud a thousand cartridges to each section of the Anzin non-uuiunists, with orders that the weapons are to be exclusively used to defend tneir homes.

Berne, Oct. 10. Ten thousand of all trades at Geneva struck in sympathy with the tramway strikers. The infantry at Landwehr are in readiness to maintain order.

Loudon, Oct. 10. The Miners' Conference at Southport have recommended each section of the federation not to enter into wages agreements binding it beyond 1903. A special conference will be held in January to consider details.

Melbourne, Oct. 10. The Acting-Governor has prorogued the Federal Parliament.

Sydney, Oct. 10. Arrived, 0 o’clock, Forenc, from Auckland.

David Moon, Secretary of tho Operative Bakers’ Association, has been committed for trial for inciting men to strike in one bakery.