LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1917, 29 October 1906, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 5.5 p.m , Oet. 28. Ottawa, Oot. 27. Some of tho Canadian OraDge Oiube oondenon tbe reoeDt Home Rule utterances uf Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

London, Oct 27

A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian states that no more will be beard of the Druce claims to the Dukedom of Portland, Tbe correspondent adds that the present Duke is not duectly concerned in the present arrangement arrived at. Tne Duke of Sutherland, in a letter to tbo Times, remarki that tho Commonwealih, in ofldtiug p oferenoe to tbe Motherland, in the even, of ships being manned wholly by whites, concerned itself little whither the crews were British or loreign. I. waß unlikely that tho British Government would sanoliou legislation m ended to >evive ihe movement against I Lascars. They had little information of I the value of the preference offered to Britain, but if it were accompanied by a stipulation undermining tbe country’s I perfect freedom in all matters affecting I oversea oommerca it would prove a boon of very doubtful value.

Mr Justice Ridley, of the King’s Banoh, granted G. H. Williamson relief from the consequences of his illegal bo( in oonneo tion with the Woroester election,

Received 12 45 a,m., Oet. 29. London, Oot. 28. At footbaU the South Aitioans beat Newport by 8 points to nil. Adelaide, Oct. 28.

Tbe New Zealand bowters have arrived. They were formally welcomed by Mr Jaoobs, president, and other representatives of the local essooiation, which in the afternoon drove the visitors to the National Park in the hills. The ouliDg was an enjoyable one.

Melbourne, Ootober 28.

Arrived: Moeraki. Dredge No. 850, from Greenock to Timaru, put in yesterday to replenish her bunkers, She reports fine weather all round, Sailed : Olive, for New Zealand.