LATE GABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 902, 28 May 1903, Page 2

LATE GABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—

Copyright. Ut-teived 10.-13 p.m., May 27. LONDON, .May 27. News has been received that the .'teann-r Lmuint was wrecked at .Maldive Island on the 13tii inst. Five hundred Indian coolies were aboard, proceeding to Natal. All

landed on an uninhabited coral island. The Ceylon Government sent help. The Berlin correspondent of tile Morning Post states that AusiraJ'a’s altitude in regard to preferential tfade has eonv meed Germany that it is sale to make reprisals against Canada. Lord Monkhretloii. private secretary to Mr Chamberlain, succeeds Lord Onslow as Parliamentary Lu-uer-.Secrelary to the Colonial Office. Received lu.fi p. ui., May 27. LONDON, May 27. Mr Austen Chamberlain opened the l n tern at ion a I Telegraphic Conference ,n London, Mr -J. C. Lamb. .Second .Secretary of llie Post Office, al'Lcrvanls presiding. Messrs Copeland and Reeves, Agenls-Oenciai, vveie present. The sittings are expected to last throughout June.

It is reported in Rome that King Emanuel visits President. Louhel on July 3rd and King Edward on the fith. CONSTANTINOPLE. May 27. M. Nan-bevies, Bulgarian Minister of Finance, visits Constantinople to arrange a rapproacliemcnt with TutKey, and dissipate the distrust prevalent regarding Bulgaria's attitude an the Balkans question. Received 11.55 p.m., May 27. Sydney, May 27. A strong southerly gale is blowing, and there is a heavy sea. Shipping is sheltering. It is bitterly cold. Suva, May 27.

The Norwegian barque Lotus was totallywrecked at Kundava. The crew were saved. The Lotos was under charter to Vauss, of Sydney, and recently arrived with a cargo of Tasmanian hardwood. Melbourne, May 27. Fifty thousand sovereigns have been shipped to South Africa.

In tlio Houso Mr Braddon continued the debate. Apologising for what appeared to be his lapse from free trade in supporting the retention of duties on New Zealand oats and potatoes, ho said that Tasmania made many sacrifices to come into federation and New Zealand made none, thereforo it was not right to give New Zoaland the same advantage as Tasmania. As a matter of high principle ho believed in retaining the New Zealand duties. In regard to preferential trade it would be better to wait until tho full text of Mr Chamberlain’s speech was available, but ho fouud it difficult to believe that Britain had abandoned her historic policy of freo trade. Received 12.52 a.m., May 28. London, May 27.

In tho House of Commons the London Education Bill passed through Committee. The Government accepted amendments greatly minimising tho powers and responsibilities of boroughs in connection with tho management of elementary schools. Tho Standard says that Government have virtually withdrawn their Bill in favor of one drafted by the Opposition and dissentient Unionists.

St. Petersburg, May 27. Jews at St. Petersburg dread antiJewish excesses on tho 29th, tho bi-cen-tenary of tho foundation of St. Petersburg. Government are taking remarkable precautions.

Received 12.08 a.m., May 28 Now York, May 27. Speaking at the New York Society of Pilgrims’ banquet in honor of Mr Herbert, tho British Ambassador at Washington, Mr Root, Soeretary' of War, declared : “ England is our truo friend. War between England and America would not only bo a crime, but would arguo incapacity on the part of the governing Powers worse than crime." Mr Hay wroto praising Mr Herbert as an amhussador “ Who stands solidly for peaco.”

Calcutta, May 27. The Maharajah of Punna, a Btato of Central India, has been deposed after judicial investigation because ho was implicated in poisuuing his uuclo, who opposed his marriage.

Received 1.5 a.m., May 28 Sydney, May 27. At the Victorian game of football Fitzroy defeated New South Wales by 70 to 47 points. Sailed, 2 p.m., the Mararoa, for Now Zealand.

Brisbano, May 27. Arrived, tho Miowera, from Vancouver. Mr Tait, the new Victoria Railway Commissioner, is among tho passengers. Melbourne, May 27. It is believed that Stott committed suicide. Tho police are dragging the Yarra.

At the annual mooting of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society the report adopted showed that tho new business was considerably in excess of tho previous year. There was an increased premium income, a higher rate of interest on investments, and a reduction of the expenses ratio. The chairman stated that the increase of business was the greatest for the past eleven years, and he congratulated tho Society on the satisfactory position. The directors were re-elected.

Received 1.18 a.m., May 28. Melbourne May 27. In the House of Assembly the Post-master-General stated that he had not yet taken any definite action in reference to Mr Chamberlain’s latest despatch on the question of colored abor on mail steamers. The Federal Government would probably ask the Colonial Office when it was proposed to make a fresh agreement that if the steamers employed did not observe tho provisions of the Postal Act in regard to the employment of white labor, the Commonwealth would at once make arrangements to have mails from Australia conveyed at poundage rates by any suitable vessels. This system would remain in force until a fresh contract could be made for subsidising a company willing to undertake the carriage conditions provided in the Postal Act.