LATE CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 683, 1 December 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLES

MINERS' WAGES INCREASED,

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London, Nov. 2S. Tho arbitrators in the case in which 70,000 miners demanded increased wages twarded the miners in Western Scotland i by per cent advance and those- ill the Eastern uistucts a per cent, advance, with a view ol iq-mining liio wages in in- o!>ti lets. AFFAIRS IN CHINA. The it km coi ri.-pouucnt ul tne Time.-, dealing mill trio position of China, etu pliasiscs ihe continual decline in silver and increase oi corruption. He states it is unfair that prcteroucc should be shown Uussia in the matter of railway concessions, despuo Die fact that Russia iur .storing Die Niucnwaiig railway uakeu LiiUO.UUiJ expenses, wlllio tho Britisti ru -loietl Ineit section in period order and .auded Luma a credit balance uf L‘3O,UOO. I‘wo British firms buugtit- tho hugest uutldihg lots oilered by auction at Dalny, Die terminus uf tile Chinese Eastern Railway, and the chief centre of Russian commerce on China's Pacific coast. STRENGTHENING THE NAVY. The Admiralty have ordered from Messrs Palmer's aud Laird's, the wellknown shipbuilding firms, two third class cruisers.

DISEASE IN AMERICAN CATTLE Loudon, Nov. '29. Mr Hanbury has prohibited imports of American cattle from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massaehussots, Connecticut-, and Rhode Island, owing to the prevalence of disease. Tho prohibition has caused consternation on the Mersey. HONOR FOR THE SHAH.

The King has appointed a Commission, headed by Lord Downc, to proceed to Teheran, to invest tho Shah with the Ordor oi the Garter. OBITUARY. Loudon, Nov. 29. Obituary : Dr. Parker. SUGAR DUTIES. Russia, in reply to Great Britain's invitation to adhere to tho Sugar Bounties Convention, contests tho right to impose countervailing duties ou bounty fed sugar. She is willing that tho Hague tribunal should arbitrate in the contention that countervailing duties are an infringement of the Commercial Treaty. CHAMBERLAIN ON TOUR. The cruiser Oood Hopo, with Mr Cham berlain aboard, on passing Gibraltar, signalled “ All well.” MR DILLON’S HEALTH. Mr Dillon, who is lying in the hospital at Chicago, is much worso. His wife has been summoned. EDUCATION BILL. In tho House of Commons tho Education Bill passed tho report stage. BROAD-MINDED PRESIDENT. Now York, Nov. 29. President Roosevelt has published a letter wherein he states that ho refused, on tho ground of race and color, to clobo tho door of tho Federal ollioo to any good citizen. MARITIME STRIKE. Paris, Nov. 29. In connection with the munumo strike, tho steamer Australia took tiio bulk oi tin Armand Benin's Austialian mails, and also a hundred of her passengers. Several French companies are laying up their vessels. TROOPS TO WITHDRAW. Pekin, Nov. 29. The British troops writhdraw from Shanghai on December 20th. COMMODORE SCHEDER'S FLEETBerlin, Nov. 29. Commodore Scheder has now six war vessels under his command in Venezuelan waters. MOUNT PELEE. New York, Nov. 29. Mount Pelce is again in a violent state of eruption. AUSTRAL WHEEL MEETING. Melbourne, Nov. 30.

At the Austral Wheel Meeting, Tliomas won tbo Commonwealth Plate, and Don Walker the One and Five-mile events for tho Commonwealth, Morgan winning the Two aud Walno tho Tbree-milo events. CYCLIST DISQUALIFIED. Melbourne, Nuv. 30. At tho Austral Wheel Meeting Don Walker, who won the one and fivo mile events in the Commonwealth Stakes, was disqualified for a month for suspicious riding in tho three-mile event. This puts him out of court for tho Wheel Race, for which ho was favorite.