LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 926, 26 June 1903, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. ' Received 12.5 a.m., June 26. SYDNEY, June 25.

The weather is bitterly cold. Many districts report very heavy frosts.

Arrived, the Neptune, from the Thames. She had a tempestuous voyage. The Mokoia had a similar experience.

MELBOURNE, June 25. Arrived, the steamer Niwaru, from London. In the House Sir E. Barton explained that Lord Tennyson’s des-

patch to Mr Chamberlain, recommending the withholding of the Royal assent to the Pacific Islands Laoorers' Bill until regulations for the deportation of kanasas had been framed, was a confidential communication. though it had since neon

printed in England as a Parliamentary paper. l.ord Tennyson did not consult the Cabinet in tUe matter. SYDNEY, June .25. Twenty-seven firemen aud trimmers of the Orient liner Orita were sentenced to twenty-one days’ imprisonment for disobeying lawful commands. They refused to go to work because they considered the meat supplied for breakfast was too lat, and the coffee was not satisfactory. The Morayshire leaves for South Africa with all despatch. The Essex will be docked when the cargo is cleared.

The Broken Ilill rain-making experiments carried on by a local committee and continuing fruitless, Dr McCarthy’s reduced offer to produce three inches of rain in three weeks, if guaraneeed £SOO, with £IOO to cover expenses, has been accepted. Dr McCarthy reaches Broken Hill on Saturday morning. He receives a pro rata sum if he produces a smaller quantity, and only travelling expenses if he fails. At a large public meeting resolutions were carried, condemning the Government for not taking timely steps to avert the long-threatened drought and requesting Government to provide a supply to keep the-mines going. The mines still manage to keep up steam for necessary maintenance work, i

Melbourne, June 25.

In che House, ah amendment was carried to the High Court Bill against tho Government, reducing the nurnoer ul Judges, including the chief Justice.

Received 1.12 a.m., June 26.

Sydney, June 25. The censure debate is still going strung. There are no signs of a division. Arrangements have been made to transfer tUe whoie of tho Essex’s cargo and passengers to che Morayshire. Received 10.27 p.m., June 25.

General Manning arrived at Damot on the 21st. It is supposed that he expects to reach Bo'hofie on tho 26th. The Abyssinian comma is at Miimtl, aud complain of General Manning’s inability to cooperate. In the House of Commons Mr Balfour, replying to bit Ewd. Gassvon, said it was imposiuie to oxcludc India when considering final changes. Two thousand, including many leading colonials aud Agents-Geueral, attended the Colonial Institute Conversazione.

Received 10.55 p.m., June 25. One hundred Unionist members of the House of Commons out of 160 who approve of Mr Cuamberfain’s policy, attended a conference, bir Herbert Maxwell presiding, It was resolved to heartily welcome enquiry into tho fiscal system aud the most effective means of defending and promoting the industries of the United Kingdom aud colonies, aud securing consolidation of the Empire. The conference appointed a committee to concert in measures of enquiry. Capetown, June 25.

The Rhodesian Legislature has passed the South African Customs Union ordinance.

Berlin, June 25.

The Cologne Gazette expresses a fear that German social • democrats may copy the example of the Trades Unionists tyranny in the British colonies, instancing New Zealand, New South Wales, and Victoria. It warns the State to exercise great care to prevent labor obtaining overdue political influence.