LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1608, 22 November 1905, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By; telegraph, Press Abs’ji,. Copyright Reoeivod 10 40 p.m., Nuv. 21.

London, Nov. 21. Tho Amatour Swimming Association dismissed Billington’s appeal. ; Mr fait, of Melbourne, has engaged Madame Dolores for 25 concerts in Australia and Now Zealand, probably commencing in August.

Copenhagen, Nov. 21. King Haakon, at Copenhagen, in reply to tho Storthing’s deputation, said ho would dedicato his whole lifo to tho nation. His motto would bo, ■* All for Norway.” Capetown, Nov, 21. The directors of the Consolidated Goldfields Company state that Chinese on the Band caused the employment of 4000 additional white mon and wages of £IOO,OOO a month.

Washington, Nov. 21. The American Consul General at Singapore states that the British colonial government has broken the force of the anti-American boycott there by offering to proteot Chinoae merchants who disregard the boycott..

Received 11.28 p.in., Nov. 21. London, Nov. 21. Sixty-four out of 129 of tho Hilda’s dead were identified. They include Captain Gregory, the Hod. Mrs H. Butler, formerly of Wanganui, and several other prominent residents of Dinard, France. An unemployed procession of several thousand, under tho nuspiocs of Trades Unions and Social Democrats, was orderly. One banner carried was inscribed, “ Curse your charity; we want honest work.” Many collecting boxes wore carried in the procession.. The meeting passed a resolution in Hyde Park, requesting Government to summon Parliament to initiate works of national utility. King Edward, driving to St. Panoras, crossed the procession, but was not recognised.

Received 1.8 a.m., Nov 22. London, Nov. 2

The statement that , Mrs Butler’s body was amongst those identified is incorrect. It is officially announced that the famine in Northern Japan is not sufficiently serious to necessitate pecuniary aid from abroad.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 2.

Russian 4 per cents are nearly np to 86, due largely to tho prospects of weathering the storm.

Sydney, Nov. 2. Crick has been committed for trial.

The wharf laborers’ trouble is apparent

fizzling out. In the Arbitration Court the Judge incidentally referred to the matter. It was an implied oondition of the preference clause that unionists should be prepared to work. Clearly men with preference who refused to work to-day when they turned to to-morrow coaid not olaim preference.

Melbourne, Nov. 21. The debate on the closure question is proceeding in the Federal House.