LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1405, 16 March 1905, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. Received 0.33 p.m., March 15. ' BRISBANE, March 15. In consequence ol the existence of the potato disease in New Zealand f uo Agricultural Department proiuhit importation from that colony. NORFOLK! ISLAND, March 15. id he Tambo, which arrived from "J 10 ew deb rides, saw , 10 . s w n «: of the I llbarra. She reports a severe hurricane at iVLalckuiLa. Tire-ro was* no serious cl am age. SYDNEY, March 15. Sailed 2 p.m., Mokoia : 3 n m Wlfakatane. ' 1 ’ ■ T il° |ief Justice, in summing up in the cycling case, said lie did not know anything more important in f3ueh cases than that the decisions of the tribunals chosen by the parties themselves to deal with the dispute should ho final, unless manifest injustice were committed. If it wore otherwise the law courts would be swamped hy cases from racing, ibjbating. cycling, and other clubs. The present case was an attempt to override the tribunal to whose fiat the parties assented. Received 0.57 p.m., March 15. LONDON, March 15. . I lie Committee unanimously recommend mutualisation of the Etaiuibable Society of New lYorfc. . Lord Avebury’s Sunday closing of Shops Bill lias been read a second time in the I-louse of Lords. Italy ■ proposes to Spend a million m fortifying the Austrian frontier, as a reply to the recent transfer of Galician troops to Southern Tyrol. OTTAWA, March 15. Sir ‘Wilfrid Dauricr reminded Mr Hughes that the reason for dissolving the Imperial Federation League was that Imperial relations- were satisfactory to-day. While every part of the Empire was contented all efforts to change the relations would be futile. Mr Border siaid; he Was glad to bear the statement, for 18 months ago Sir Wilfrid La.urier advocated large treaty-making powers. Mr Border believed the prosperity of the Empire and closer relations might he improved and strenthened by mutual trade preference, which the Mother Land might advantageously discuss on a business basis. At Sir Wilfrid Laurier's instance the resolution was withdraw. Received 12 59 a.m., March 16. T Sydney, March 15. In the semi-finals fur the Sydney Thousand Armt remains in, but Butt. Walker, and Megson failed to qualify. Ellegaard and Lawson won their heats in fine style. An amended Liquor Bill is to be introduced by Government next session, providing for local option. Leading members of the legal profession condemn the Federal Attorney-GeDcrai’s proposals to make the High Court stationary, Tho cost to litigants would be enormous compared with the present expense of an ambulatory Court. 0 , , „„ Melbourne, March 15. bailed, fcue Moeraki.