LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1626, 14 December 1905, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright Received 10.30 p.m., Dec. 13. London, Dec. 13. The National Bank of Now Zealand has doolared a dividend of 10 per cent. Tho Admiralty oxprtS3 disapproval of ' tho court martial’s acquittal of the captain of the repair ship Assistance on a charge of neglecting navigation in Petuan Bay. They severely blamed the captains of tho I battleships Commonwealth, Hindustan, and Canopus, and efuis'r Arrogant for negleetiog precautions. They removed l tho captain of the Commonwealth, buss i pend other officers, and express regret that Admiral May selected an unsafe anchorage j for tho Assistance.

Pekin, Dec. 13. China proposes to station 100,000 troops at ShinkiDg and Kerin, in the Amur provines, to expel bandits and maintain tho sovereignty. Bombay, Dec. 13. Tho Prince of Wales had a great reception at Delhi. Ho visitad tho Golden Temple of Amtitar. Received 11.3 p.m., Dee. 13, Sydney, Dec. 13. Sailed at 1.40 the Zealandia, Melbourne, Dee. 13. Sailed, the War.imco. Received 1.1 a.m,, Dec. 14. Sydney, Dec. 13. At the wool sales there was spiti’ed bidding. All good sorts were firm at lata rate, Japanese buying a good deal. The High Court deoidod that Agricultural Societies were liable to municipal rates, thus rovereing another Full Court decision.