LATE CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1924, 6 November 1906, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Ikceivod 10,16 p.m., Nov. 5. London, Nov. 5,

The Royal Society has conferred tho Hughes medal on Mra W. E. Ayrton, wifo ot ProfoHHor Ayrton, for invcetigat ocß on j oleotric arc and sand ripplos. Tho Chronicle Btatc3 that the Droadnought trials showed it was necessary to | rornovo eight 12-poundor quiokfirers from tho forcoustle quarter-deck to allow tho 12 inch guns a oloar rungo at all degrees of elovation. It is probable the quiokfirers will rcoeivo disappearing mountings. HM S. Pegasus huß bsen recommissioned for a fresh term. H M.S, Vindictive oonveys tho Pegasus now crow to Colombo, sailing on Novombor 27tb, and brings the old orow book,

Ottawa, Nov. 3, At a banquet at Ottawa in honor of tho | Mikado’s birthday, Bir Wilfrid Laurier remarked that as Japanoso tea was in noorly overy Canadian household, he hoped Canadian food produots would soon bo on every Japanese table. Ho expected thet tho commercial convention jast concluded ! would produce extensive trade between Canada and Japan. Reoeived 1.24 a.m., Nov. 6. Sydney, Nov. 5. Bleak, wintry conditions prevail, and snow and hailstones oocurred on the highlands. The Federal Arbitration Court is investigating a claim laid by the Merchant Sorvioe Guild of Australasia, seeking amelioration of the existing conditions regarding rates of pay and hours of work, which are stated to have beoome intolerable, Commonwealth etoanißhip owners resist the olaims. A point raised, as to whether it was an industrial dispute within the meaning of the Act, is now under disoussion.