LATE CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 555, 27 October 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLES

A GENEROUS OFFER. By Telegraph—Press Ass-ciation— Copyr gs t New York, Oc . 2-" i. Mr Roekfeller has given Tl, JUO.UUO sterling to establish ttaelu-is' colleges eonmeted with the Colombia Umuisiy, ptowded a further TSi.UOU is raised fiotu other sources. RAILWAY strikes. Repo- ts are eunent that s.ikt-s have oe. uiiad on a., r.iihoad- West Warns of Chicago. A ROYAL FUNCTION. London, Oct 25 II - Maj.-ty tin King tie id a inuginti cent investiture. The weather was splendid. The British and Foreign Bible Society previously presented a Coronation Bible. PIERPONT MORGAN’S SCHEME. Steps are being taken to re commit the Tube Bill, to enable Mr J. l’ierpotit Morgan to execute the whole scheme. Blocking motions have been tabled by Messrs Butcher and Malcolm, with a view to checkmating O’Brien, and preventing a discussion on the Irish Land and Crimes Acts. AN OUTSPOKEN AUSTRALIAN. Tho Governor of Mozambique detained Mr Dan Grove, the Australian leader of an African expedition from Blantyre, for adversely criticising the Portuguese administration. Grove was subsequently released, and is now proceeding to Durban. A CONFESSION. Sofia, Oet. 23. A setni-oflk-ial journal here confesses erroneously attributing to tho Czar, instead of Nicholas of Montenegro, tho telegram cabled on the 22nd. into MACEDONIAN MOVEMENT. A note issued by Bulgaria repudiates the Porte’s accusation, and asks for reports from Macedonia, in accordance with Bulgaria’s proposal, or otherwise it will he impossible to check tho proMacedoniau movement. DISBANDING TOWN GUARDS. Capetown, Oet. 25. Sir Gordon Sprigg’s order, issued at tho instance of the Africander Bond, disbanding all tho Town Guard, caused strong resentment and indiguatiou among the Royalists. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Tho Department of Agriculture has been established in tho Transvaal to cope with the diseases of horses and to re-stock the laud. AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. Paris, Oet. 25. Abbo Salawn has boon sentenced to four mouths’ imprisonment for violently resisting tho authorities in closing the schools. Several women were sentenced to three months for participating in the demonstration. LABOR TROUBLES. M. Coombcs, Premier, induced tho miners to accept the arbitration. He interviews tlio employers on tho subject. Work has been resumed at Caluis and Dunkirk. Ball cartridges were issued to 4000 troops maintaining order, and freedom to labor at Dunkirk. A CHINESE MATTER.

The fact of the conditions of the cable of the 22ud being tuado applicable to the YAngtzse Valley, and not tho wbolo of China, is considered in evidence that it is against Great Britain, and framed in the exclusive interest of Germany and Frauee, whose condition is similar. Ching now asks Germany to extend the stipulation to all China, thus removing tho implication that Great Britain menaces the Yunglzse.