LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 927, 27 June 1903, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. Received 10.11) p.m., June 2G. LONDON. June 2b. Mr Austen Chamberlain, replying to Mr Keir-I-lardie, said that Government were not prepared lo suggest to owners of Australian mail boats the desirability of paying coolies and colored seamen the same wages us whites.

'i lie Glasgow Chamber of Commerce unanimously adopted a resolution. welcoming fiscal enquiry with the view of drawing the commercial relations of the Kinpire closer. The Manchester l iiamher of Commerce expressed its willingness to assist the inquiry, believing it will prove that, any departure trout freetrade is prejudicial. in the House of Commons. Viscount. Crunhorne announced that China declares that she is negotiating an arrangement with Russia to preserve China’s sovereign rights in .Manchuria, and which will respect all treaty rights. Mr Chamberlain, replying to a correspondent who asked if his scheme contemplated a duty on apples and fruit products imported from France and the United States, said the principle must he first established before editoring into derails. Each case would he considered on its merits. BKLURADE, June ml. Peter, after reviewing the army, confirmed the Caimtel m their positions, and issued a proclamation announcing that he will rule constitutionally and promote the happiness and Welfare of the people. Tne proclamation alius Unit he left history to judge ot the past. He recognises tne sen ices and devotion ot the army. •AT. PETERSBURG, June 2li. 'idle ISt. retersinirg Geographical Society has comcrrcu a special honor upon M. Eymkoff, a Russian explorer, who spent a year at Llutssa disguised as a Llama. SYDNEY, June 2ii. A cable message has been received

announcing tiiat the King lias conferred the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George upon the Gover-nor-General and a Knight Commaiidersnip upon Le J Unite, the Governor of Small Australia. The Ventura made the run from Auckland in SO hours 33 minutes, 'file steaming time for the whole voyage was its days 13 hours 10 minutes, establishing a record from Salt Francisco. Received 11.11 p.m., June 20. SYDNEY, June 2ti.

The frost in Sydney this morning was the heaviest for years. The temperature at daylight was 20.8 exposed sheets of water had a thin coating of tee. A petition signed by five hundred unemployed has been presented to the Assembly, asking Government for any kind of work excepting stone breaking, at which it was maimed, men were able to earn eight pence a day.

The rain at Broken Hill last nigh was only a sprinkle.

The South Australian Government provided a special train tu enable Br McCarthy to roach Broken llill quickly. On being interviewed, Dr McCarthy said that he was confident

his rain-making would he a success, and that the people would have plenty of water by Wednesday. LONDON, June 2ii. In the House of Lords, Earl Grey’s BtiJ for abolishing Ihe King’s accession declaration, on the ground that it was superfluous, was rejected. The Archbishop of Canterbury admitted that the declaration was needlessly offensive. Some guarantee from the Sovereign was, however, still necessary. The Duke of Devonshire said that Government was willing to reintroduce the Bill of 11)01 if the Catholics desired it. Lord Rosebery hoped that, Government wouid not act. without, the complete co-ope-ration of the Bishops and Catholic Peers. Mr Balfour, writing to a correspondent, vigorously denounced the passive resistors of the Education Act as conspirators against the cause of order and freedom.

Besides Burd lennysub and Lo Hunte, aiteady cabled, tbe following Birthday honors have been conferred : ViceAdmiral, the Prince of Wales; Peerages, William Watson, Armstrong V. Elswtek, -Michael Biddulph (of the banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph, and Co.), G T. J. Soihern Estcourt (of Esteourt, Setbury, tbe well known landholder), Sir Edward Levy Lawson (principal proprietor of the Luodon Duily Telegiaph. Privy Couu eillors : Sir Arthur Charles, Official Principal of Arches Court, of Canterbury ; Sir Ralph Henry Knox, late Permanent Under-Seeretary of War; Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonoell, late LieutenantGovernor of the South-west Provinces of India and Chief Commissioner of Oudh. Baronets: Sir Alfred Hickman, Major Kasch, Captain Nelson Todd, all members of the House of Commons, aud Sir Marcus Samuel, Lord Mayor of London. Commanders St. Michael and Sir George : Alfred Jerome and A. J. Cadrnan, member of the New Zealand Legislative Council.