GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1837, 18 August 1906, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

I’IiKHS ASSOCIATION —CoI'YKIUUT London, August l(i. Mr John Dillon, at a mooting' at Uallaglimornn, doolarod that tho only uvmioiu oi! Homo Rule which would ho satisfactory to Irishmen must givocontrol on tho lines adopted in connection with tho Transvaal 110 trusted tho G overmnont to carry out Sir Antony Mne Donnell's promise next session. The cricket match Middlesex vorsus Yorkshire resulted in a drawn game Tarrant took nino wickets for 57. Tho Daily Express reports that anthrax has killed 250 Governmentolophants in Burma.

Capetown, August 1(>. The Trausvaal Govornmont have issued a warning to intending oiui grants to the Argentine. Many Hoorn have roturned from there, and othors aro ondoavoring to raiso tho fares to bring them homo.

Calcutta, August 10. Dr Workman and his wife ascended a mountain in Kashmir province to an altitude of 20,000 foot.

Pietermaritzburg, August 10

Colonol Mackenzie, speaking at a banquot at llowick, Natal, traversed tho ovonts in connection with tho Zulu rebellion. lie declared tlioro was a critical time when a single reverse would mean a general rising through out tho colony.

Paris, August i(i

Members, of tho Moderate party in T rance anticipate tho ultimate estab ■ lishment of a modus vivondi botwoon tho Church and Btato on the L.eligious Associations Act.

Buenos Ayres, August 1(5

Mr Elihu 1-toot, United Bates Bccrotary ,01 State, sper.king at Buenos Ayres, described the condition of affairs in tho Argentine as justifying America’s faith in free trade.

Amsterdam, August 1(5

The Dutch Govornmont Imvo with drawn tho Bdl under which it is proposed to establish a Consulate at Johannesburg.

Sydney, August 17. In a discussion on tiio Free Education Bill, it wao stated that education at present cost 10s per head of popu lation. Under the free scheme it would cost Us fid

Up to last night tho Board of Cricket Control had received no confirmation of tho statement that an English team was not coming out. At the Tramway Hoard inquiry, Burdin, a witness, mado complaints of espionage by secret oiiicers, who raportod most trivial mistakes, for which the men wore reprimanded and pumshod. Complaints were also mado as to tho cavalier treatment of the men by somo of the higher oiiicers, and it was declared the regulations were so complicate 1 that it was impossible not to make t-. clinical mistakes.

Melbourne, August 17.

In the Senate Mr Stewart intro* duced a Bill to provide for tlie election of non-official members of the Legislative Council of Now Guinea on an adult suffrage basis. Tho military authorities propose a Federal Easter encampment of 10,000 troops at Albury.

It is estimated that the number of letters to be affected by the ponny postage is sevonfcy-tvvo millions. Tho House of Representatives modified tho spirit duties, reducing exciso to practically a shilling on all items, to bring it into confirmity with tho reduced Customs duties.

Brisbane, August 17,

Hie steamer Marolba brought two British sailors, Brown and Green, from Tahiti. They were a portion of tho erow of the Chilian schooner Saritn, wrecked at Easter Island on Novemher sth. Tho rest of the crow were Chilians. All were saved. The men complained that thoy were placed at the end of the island away from other inhabitants, and were almost starved. Thoy had to oko out an existence until tho arrival of the warship Cambrian at tho end of July, which took them to Tahiti. The rest of tho crow, with tho exception of the captain and mate, who remain, left the island previously.

Adelaide, August 17

At the inquest on Mrs Natella, tho evidence showed that on Sunday her husband threatened to have a big row with his wife, who was out for a drive, because she did not keep her promise to return to tea. When she camo homo they upbraided each other. Ho sent the servant out, and when she returned at 10 o’clock the house was locked up. Mrs Natella was not seen again. Tho medical evidence pointed to strangling. A verdict of wilful murder against Natella was roturned. Sydney, August 17. In tho Assembly, on a motion for adjournment, a discussion avoso on tho question of crimping at Newcastle. Mr O’Sullivan made some startling statements. He declared that seventylive per centum of the boarding-houses at Newcastle wore crimping dens. Tho roasters of ocean-going steamers were in longue with tho agents ashore Men were shanghaied and robbed wholes',lo. Other members supported tho allegations. Iho Premier admitted that gross abuses prevailed. The Imperial. Government had protested against tho alums prevailing at Sydney and Newcastle. Tho Government wero considering a scheme to overcome abuses, but it was not judicious to givo details at present,