LATE CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 704, 27 December 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLES

GIFT FOR THE BOERS, REASONABLE SAFEGUARD INSISTED UPON, By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON. December 25. The Daily Express stales that Mr Phipps’ recent gift of a large sum with the object of amelioratin';: the condition of distressed Boers remains in Europe, White declining to allow the money to be despatched to South Africa until the fulfilment of tlie stipulation that a reliable Englishman lx' .selected to co-operate with Botha and IX' la Key m administering the funds. A CASE OF PROHIBITION. SEVEN MILLION FRANCS GIVEN AS COMPENSATION, BRUSSELS, December 24. An Ostend casino lias ix>en closed. The Government has given tho proprietor compensation to the extent of two million francs, and the municipality lias given comixmsation amounting to live million francs. A HISTORY OF THE WAR, WRITTEN BY OVER 70n BOERS, LONDON. December 25. Seven hundred Boers, prisoners at Alimaduagar, India, have jointly written a. Ins lory of the war. Do Wei. Kruit-ziiiger, and other generals contributing an introduction. THE MULLAH’S PREPARATIONS. PLENTY OF SUPPLIES. LONDON. December 25. Mr Bennett, Burleigh cables from Dtebutil that the Mullah is receiving large supplies of munitions through Abyvssinia and Egadin country.

A RAILWAY COLLISION. BRISBANE, Dec. 25. A mixed train collided with another mixed train .shunting at Park road station. Considerable damage was done to the rolling stock, but no one was injured. CHEAP LABOR FOR SOUTH AFRICA. CAPETOWN, Dec. 24. The KolTyfoiiteiu mine management is giving ~ trial to Indian laboieis, and already four hundred have been imported. ORDER FOR A CRUISER, LONDON, Wccemlier 25. The Admiralty has ordered a. lirstclass cruiser from a Thames shipbuilding Company, OBITUARY, LONDON, December 25. Obituary : Sir Arthur Hodgson, at one time Colonial 1 reasutc. of (Queensland ; aged XL CHRISTMAS FT SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Dec. 25, To-day’s holiday was observed in a semi-religious manner. '1 he weather was line and much cooler than yestcr<U>" THE MURRAY RIVER COMMISSION’S REPORT OBJECTED TO, ADELAIDE, Dec. 25. 'Hie Premier has written to Sir Edmund Barton, strongly objecting to tho report of the Murray Waters Commission. He asks the Federal Government to see that the navigabi.ity. of the river is .not endangered. Similar protests and a suggestion that a conference of Premiers be held, hgve been sent by the New South Wales ami Victorian Premiers. ADELAIDE, December 2IF The Premier, in a letter to Sir Edmund Barton complained that if the Murray Waters Commission’s report were adopted it would be a contravention of the Commonwealth Constitution. It would tender the Murray (innavigable lor live months of the year, and so reduce the volume of water that settlements on the banks of the river would tie ruined. A MURDERED.i CHINAMAN., PERTH, December 25. The Chinaman who wgs slabbed has succumbed to the injuries. CONDOLENCE. London, Dec. ‘24. Tho King and Queen, Princo of Wales, Lord Mayor of London, and many others have condoled with tho widow and sons of the late Archbishop of Canterbury. The funeral has been fixed for Saturday. FISHY CASES. Tho Attorney-General has further declined to prosecute in the London and Globe Finance Corporation cases. THE LATEST MESSAGES. LONDON, Dec. 26. The Mullah, under guise of holding a palaver, attacked and beheaded fifty chiefs of the Northorn Midjestani tribe. His treachery has alienated many, and Great Britain is assured of tho loyalty of tho Southern Midjestani tribesmen under tho Sultan of Jusulfali. The Times says that the Moroccian pretender leads thirty thousand rebels in tho Teza district. They are able to scatter, reprovision and reassemble with greater facility, and possessing _ better means of provisioning than tho Sultan’s troops. The Pretendor preaches a jehad or holy war, with the object of overthrowing the Sultan and Government owing to their European tendencies. Professor Koch and two assistants go to South Africa to eradicate cattle disease. They will be paid a fee of £IO,OOO sterling. The doctors have ordered Mr John Dillon several months’ rest. Belgrade, Dec. 26. M. Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has visited the King of Servia and Queen Draga. New York, Dee. 26. The American Methodist Episcopal Church is practically completed. It cost four millions sterling, and is a twentieth century thank-offering. Berlin, Dec. 26. ,

The Princess Louise announces that she is seeking a divorce from her husband, and will not return to Germany or Austria. She declares that if she returned she would be pronounced insane and confined in an asylum. She considers it fortunate that the Swiss laws protect her. Melbourne, Dee. 26.

In the inter-State cricket match New South Wales made 198 in their first innings. Duff and Trnmper openc-d, and ran up 102 before they were separated. Duff played a splendid innings, and just missed carrying out his bat with the last man. He was caught in the slips off Laver. Noble, Howell, Hopkins, Charley Gregory, and Mcßeth contributed ‘ ducks.’ Armstrong performed the hat trick, the victims being MacKenzie, Hopkins, and Gregory. The chief scorers were: Duff 102, Truruper 51, MacKenzie 21, Ebsworth 19. Armstrong took three wickets for 45, Laver three for 63, Saunders and Collins two each for 30 and 37 respectively. Victoria lost nine wickets for 81; Graham 32, Armstrong 22 being the only ones to reach double figures. Melbourne, Dec. 26.

The weather is fine but warm. The chief of the many attractions were the inter-state cricket match and the races. Both were largely attended. The Hopetoun Cup resulted: Anobate 1, La Fraud 2, Football 3. Ten started. The winner was favorite at 6 to 4, and won by half a length. Time 2.24 j. Brisbane, Dec. 20. The weather is fine, but eztremely hot. The Newmarket Handicap, the principal event of the Turf Club meeting, resulted : J.R. 1, Battle Dream 2, Araxes 3. Four started, the winner and Araxes being equal favorites at 2to 1. Won by half a length. Time, 2.37*. London, Dec. 26,

The Daily Express’ Singapore correspondent reports that the Sultan of Eellan has signed a treaty with Siam with the view of checking the British policy and influence.

Two bathers occupying separate cubicles at Fulham baths accidentally touched tbe metal casing containing the electric wires running along the partitions. Both died

from shock. Tho evidence showed that steam had penetrated the tubing, damaging the insulation. Sydney, Dec. 20. The weather is lino but uncomfortably hot. Tho city is almost deserted, great crowds going to all holiday resorts, inelu ling races, the cticket match Queensland against New South Waleß Second Eleven, and Inter state band contest. The Summer Cup resulted : Aurantia 1, Postillion 2, Blue Sp,c 3. Eleven stuitcd. Belting—3 tul PestiMio", P2 to 1 Aurantia. Won by three lengths. Tittle, 2.5. December Stakes: Cherson 1, Velox 2. Duke of Grafton. Nino started. Bet ting—(i to t Grafton, 6 to 1 Cherson. Won by a neck. Time, 1.5. Arrived at 8 00, tho Wcstralia. Fremantle, Dee. 26. Arrived tho Austral. Passengers fer New Zealand : Mrs Soddon and two children. LONDON, December 25. Seven hundred British reinforcements from Berber and Obbia land on Saturday. General Manning’s force will ultimately number twenty-live hundred. The Mullah is SO utiles distant, holding Galkaya Wells. Advices from Fer. state that tho Sultan’s troops victoriously entered the town of l-'e/.a. Mr W. W. Astor lias given fifty thousand pounds to the Childrens: Hospital, Great Ormond street, London, to lmild an out-patient's ward in memory of iiis little daughter Gwendoline. Germany’s reservations exclude from Roosevelt's arbitration the claims ol forty Germans, amounting to .1162,001) sterling, which arise out of the revolution of .1 Nils, for goods supplied to Government, troops, forced loans, and other rcipiisiiions. It is believed in Berlin that, if Roosevelt arbitrates the United States wilPrivc an indirect guarantee of a final Venezuelan settlement'. The Daily Mail slates that, the Pope recommends Princess- Louise of Saxony to enter a convent pending his effecting a reconciliation. ROME, December 25.

11 is Holiness the i’oix. - , receiving the members of the Cardinals' College on Christmas I've, eulogised the Christian democratic movement. Later on he expressed profound regret at the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury (for whom he declared nc had a .profound regard). lie was a Prelate who. although a frank opponent of the Catholic Church, had a noble mind. NEW YORK, Dec. 35.

Nicaragua! is concentrating troops at Pacific and Atlantic ports, in anticipation of a threatened invasion from Co-lom’v'-a.

SYDNEY, Dec. 2G. Dr Scliolf, Governor of Samoa, is oil a visit to Sydney, en route to Apia after an extended absence. Interviewed oil the question of trade in Samoa, lie said that matters were somewhat quiet., hut the natives were now commencing to work, and tilings would soon he brisk. There was much to be done. The German Government were fully alive lo (lie fill't, .011(1 ill ViCW Of the increased trade, it. was proposed to import labor to assist the natives. It would probably lie obtained either in China or .lava, and be employed in agriculture and general coolie labor, lie spoke of the excellent work which the Commissioners had done in Samoa- Dr Scliolf spent the vacation in visiting China, .Java, and the Philippines. The decrease of wool carried on the railway this season as compared with last season is already one hundred and eighty thousand hales. Concessions on the carriage of .starving stock mean a loss of upwards of one hundred thousand pounds for the year. HOLIDAY TRAGEDIES. ■’ - ( SYDNEY„ December' 26.. Inquests were held to-day on two clergymen, licv. R. Stanley Blackwell and Father Thomas McEinoc, tho latest victims of separate tram accidents-. ... At a Christmas family party at Bathurst, Mrs Newton was personating 11 Father Christmas ” in a cloaktrimmed with cotton and wool. Tho coat took tire. The lady was terribly burned, and died in great agony. Mr Ross, in his efforts .o save her, was badly scorched.

The holiday was marred by a sensational double tragedy. A man named Walsh, strolling on the cliffs at South Head, fell 250 feet. A boat, with four men from - -.hc pilot steamer, was recovering the remains. One got ashore, and attached a line to Walsh’s body, drawing it aboard. The boat capsized, and two of flic occupants, David Pert and Harry .Sherwood,were drowned. The. third was washed on the rocks terribly bruised. With tho help of ;l companion already ashore, ho managed to scale the cliffs. None of the bodies have been recovered. Another drowning fatality was that of a man named Fox. He was bathing at Bronte, and was caught m tho breakers in view of hundreds of spe> tutors. Though gallant attempts were made to rescue him, Fox was carried out to sea, and drowned.