LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1866, 21 September 1906, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 10.21 p.m,, Sept. 20. London, Sept. 20. Tho committee of the China Association, London, strongly urged Sir Edward Groy to reconsider his attitude regarding recent changes in Chinese oustomß ad ministration. Supporters of the committee oonsider that the Imperial edict has done what an Imperial edict alone can and ought to be made to undo. New York, Sept. 20. The committeo referred to in the cables of Juno 26tb, declare that the Mutual and New York Life Associations control two hundred and sixty millions sterling convertible assets, mostly osntred in Wall street. The projected directorate wish to avert the peril of such concentration, and invest these funds in the countries whence they are drawn. Reoe ved 12.54 a.m,, Soptember 21. Sydney, Sept. 20. A cable haß been received at the observatory fiom Norfolk Island, etating that a south-west gale was raging. The meteorologist states that the oentre of the disturbance is now operating in the Tasman Sea, in the latitude of Cook’s Straits, travelling away from Australia east. Greta miners adopted tho owners’ compromise, and the crisis is practically over.

Melbourne, Sept. 20. The House of Representatives eat all night fixing the new duties under preferential treatment to British goods. The differentiation between British and foreign Roods was generally fixed at 10 per cent. Tho items dealt with were ammunition, firearms, explOßiveß, metal goods, furniture, liquids, oilmen’s stores, cutlery, papers, and boots. The hide market is very firm at last week’s high rates. Supplies are small,