LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 878, 30 April 1903, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright,. Received IL-Mi p.m., Apiii 29. KOMI-:. April 29. lying Edward assured the Italian Ministry that the friendship existing between Great Britain ami Italy "us owing to both following the prineiple of liberty and both desn ing peace. Altai a .State dinner, Kings Edward and Emanuel attended a gala performance at, the Argentine Municipal Theatre.

LONDON. April 29. Tlie Prime of Wales infoiiiiol the St. Louis Exposition Commission that Oo\ t rutin m had placed a preliminary vote oi iiiu i\ thousand on the estimates towards the cost of representation. lie expressed a hope that ttreat Britain would make a collective and not an individual display. CAPETOWN, April 29. 'Hie wages of the Rami native laborers now range from Unity lo sixty shillings per month, besides a bonus upon their re-engaging. The imperial Treasury Commissioner scathingly condemns all brandies, and the Natal Administrator makes a far-reaching recommendation in connection therewith. The Trade Commissioner to tile Transvaal reports that after two years r greatt mining and industrial develop merit will ensue, with a great development of i rade.

Received 12.20 a.m., April 30. St. Petersburg, April 29. General Kouropatkin, Minister for War, has started for the East.

Tokio, April 29. Japan intends to demand timber-cutting rights on tho Galu river, China, equivalent to those held by Russia.

London, April 29. In the House of Lords, Lord Laos downe, replying to a question by Ear Sponeor, said that Manchuria was eu

gaging the serious attention of the Government. The actual facts of the ease wero not clear, hut lie Ho. cd to ho ablo to lnuko a statement at ail early date.

Yene/.uola and the Powers sign on May 4 the protocol submitting tho question of preferential treatment of claims to Tho Hague Arbitration Tribunal. An appeal lias been made for .£12,000 in order to re send tho Morning to tho Antarctic, as tile Discovory is only provisioned till next January. The racehorse Australian Colors has been landed in good condition.

The Victorian Government has been awarded the Prix D’Honueur at the National Cookery Exhibition for tinned and dried fruits, dried meats, cereals, and wines.

Tho Shaw-Savill Albion Company Ims declared a dividend of 5 per cent., and carried forward £2265.

Received 12.20 a.m., April 30,

Loudon, April 29. Mr T. M. Wilford, of New Zealand, M.H.R., in an interview published in the Daily News, declared that tho Privy Council strictures oil the New Zealand Government’s Judiciary were unwarrantable, unjust, and straining tho silken thread oi Imperialism. There should of necessity he a mure representative body of Judges for colonial appeals.

Tho Churches’ Association has cabled to King Edward, expressing dismay at his proposed visit to tho Pope. Received 12.29 a.m., April 30. London, April 29. In tho House of Commons Mr Buxton moved, and Mr MacNamara seconded, a motion for the rejection of tho London Education Bill, contending that thomunicipaiisatiou of metropolitan education was practically impossible. It was better to adhere ad hoc to the principle. Mr Balfour said that if tho loading principles of the Bill were accepted, the Government would not object to modiiicalions. Ho hinted that the County Councils’ representation on the Education Committee would be increased. The London County Council, by a large majority, ..condemned the Education Bill, and advocated the creation of a directly olected education authority.

Now York, April 29. The provincial American press arraigns Russia in reference to Muuctiuria similar to the New York press.

Received 12.54 a.m., April 30. Tokio, April 29. The Russian Minister at Pekin informed Japanese newspaper correspondents that Britain and Japan had no right to interfere in Manchuria. Russia was weary of her undefined status uud determined to annex tho provinces of Manchuria. Melbourne, April 29. The Chief Justico delivered uu important judgment in tho case of Abraham’s appoat against the conviction uudor the Federal Gustoms Act for presentation of certain false evidence. The chief grounds of the appeal were that the matters alleged agaiust defendant wero not offences against the Commonwealth law, and any provisions of tho Customs Act purporting to constitute the matter alleged against defendant. Tho offences woro unconstitutional, and of no effect. Tho Chief Justice upheld the contention that a certain clause of the Customs Act does impose duties, and the clauses whereon the prosecution was founded were invalid. Pie quashed the conviction. The decision repeats tho whole of simitar convictions obtained throughout the Commonwealth. Tne Government submit the matter to the Full Court.

.SYDNEY, April 29, Sailed : This afternoon, Maratoal Mr Hollis, secretary of tiie 'Railwaymens’ Federation of Australia, interviewed, said that the Victorian Government was absolutely trying to force the railwaymen to strike. The men had a number of well-founded grievances. Government, after breaking faith and trying to crush them, the men were justified in their resistance-, The final decision rested with the Victorian societies, hut if

they struck they had the assurance of the help of the- other States. There would he no Jack of money, and no men would go from the other States. If it came to a strike, it would he the bitterest struggle ever known in Australia—a calamity to the whole Commonwealth.

MELBOURNE, April 29

The Minister of Railways to-day emphasised the determination to enforce obedience to the Government orders - . It would he a fine thing to have tlie running of trains and ihe building of locomotives interfered witii by a body like the Trades Hall, Everything had been arranged to

punish the men’s disobedience. The only alternative to severing connection with the Trades IJalt was the sack.