CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1973, 8 January 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

I>IIISBH ASSOCIATION COI'YRIGIIT. Received 12.50 a.m., Jan. 8SYDNEY, Jan. 7. j Sailed at 2.20, Sierra. , ~ At tile wool sales, greasy touenod 13R1, and scoured 10.UI. I Received 12.33 a.m., Jan. 8. i LONDON, Jan. 7. c Obituary: Bishop Burden, Chinese ' scholar. f Received 12.33 a.m., Jan. 8. ’ SYDNEY, Jan. 7. 1 Tile seismograph at tlio Observatory recorded severe earthquakes on January 2nd and 4th. New South Wales team scored 573Wright secured six wickets for 209, L. Hill 2 for 53. Adelaide in their : second innings lost 5 wickets ior 185, I Mnync 38, Dolling 34, Claxton (in) 29. BRITAIN AND ITALY. ABYSSINIAN OUTLAW. Received 10.14 p.m., Jan. 7. ROME, Jan. 7. Regarding Mariam, the Abyssinian outlaw, who in April last raided a 1 number of Soudanese villages, the II i Messagcro, Rome, states that Lieut. ( I Fallera sent to Noggera, within the . i Italian sphere, to inquire re raids, aei I quitted tlio natives. The British i j Government, however, dissatisfied ) with tlio result, had the chief of Nog- ■ gera'arrested, after insisting on this course at Adisabeba, the Abyssinian J capital, and obtaining Lieutenant 3 Fallera’s departure, o La Tribune says that Lieutenant - Fallera was simply recalled, and that e there was no divergence between Britain and Italy.

IRISH AFFAIRS. DAILY NEWS INDICTMENT. Received 10.2 p.m., Jan. 7. LONDON, Jan. 7. The Daily News says: “If we cannot put Mr. Redmond into Mr. Bryce’s place, which he of all men is the fittest to occujiy, we ought to choose no weak or inconspicuous figure, nor a man comparing disadvantageous! y with Mr. Wyndham and tho distinguished Tory Statesriian who graduated there. The Ministry in other departments requires strengthening. Lord Elgin should be relieved of the position wlierefor he has never shown fitness. Liberals hare anxiously watched many danger points in tho South African policy of Lord Elgin, which has not contented tlio colonies. We are afraid that the absurd restrictions on the number of Premiers attending the Colonial Conference has done much harm. The same applies to'the treatment of Austral- ! asia in the matter of the Hebrides.

Received 10.14 p.m., Jan. 7. CAPETOWN, Jan. 7. Mr. R. K. Loveday, formerly a member of the Executive of the National Association, speaking at Barberton, explained that he quitted the Nationalists because the latter, on the eve of the granting of letters patent, wrecked thp proposed protest of all parties, including the Boers, against the reservations in the Constitution. Tho opportunity was thus lost of showing Lord Elgin that Transvaalers were united in opposing interference in domestic affairs.

THE PHILIPPINES. COLORED REGULARS ASSIGNED FOR DUTY. Received 10.14 p.m., Jail. 7. NEW YORK, Jau. 7. All colored regulars in the United States have been assigned duty in the Philippines. General Bell declares that it is their turn to go, and that the sending of them is not connected with the Brownsville incident. ARMED ROBBERS. ATTACK ■ GERMAN LEGATION, Received 10.14 p.m., Jan. 7. TEHERAN, Jan. 7.

Six armed men, 19 miles south of Tpheran, attacked Baron Richslofen, Secretary of the G.ernjan Legation, and Dr. Schultz, doctor of the" Lega.tion ,when returning from a shooting trip. Neither was wounded, but the baggage was lost. The cavalry later captured one robber. Five escaped.

RUSSIAN ELOPEMENT. THE GUILTY COUPLE REACH MELBOURNE, . Received 12.50 a.m., Jan. 8. MELBOURNE, Jan. 7. Capt. Gabriel Essippoff and Madame Ouehakolf, who eloped from St. Petersburg last May, and hat r c since Ijren fleeing from the lady’s infuriated husband, jpayp arrived at Melbourne, and now are in' ,’straitened circumstances. Details of the flight, until they reached England, where trace was supposed to have been lost, have already been published. It appears from thp lady’s story to tlip Dress, that she eluded spies by motoring to Southampton, where they hoarded the Kenilworth Custlo and sailed for the Cape. They had intended to go to Bombay. Then they awaited the arrival ol the Maversham

Gi-ange to" proceed -'to New Zealand, but ultimately shipped in tile Paparoa and landed at Hobart. She asserts they were spied on there and came to Sydney.; still the spies were on the 1 1 nek. Eventually they crossed to Melbourne. Immediate financial necessities were relieved by receipt today of fifty pounds from the lady's mother, The couple are both In delicate health.

THE AMEER’S TOUR. Received 12.50 a.m., Jan. 8. CALCUTTA, Jan. 7. The Ameer of Afghanistan was delighted with the reception at Peshawar. He delivered a most cordial speech in Persian'and English,

MOROCCO. RAISULI’S ARTILLERY DISLODGED. Received 12.50 a.m., Jan. S. MOROCCO, Jan. 7. The Sultan’s artillery dislodged Raisuli from his stronghold, Raisuli lied to the mountains.

GAMBLERS. GANG EXPELLED FROM FRANCE Received 12.50 a.m., Jan. 8. PARIS, Jan. 7. Forty professional gamblers, mostly Belgians, including M’arguct, formerly a waiter at Osteoid, and tho joint owners of several clubs in Paris, have been expelled from the country. It is estimated that their gains amounted to a million sterling jicr annum. The clubs were started under tho association’s law without pel ice supervision. Many society women were among the victims. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6. General Yon dor Launetz’s assassins are Caucasians. Launetz was formerly pacificator in the Jvutivis province, and devastated a hundred villages by fire and sword, when unspeakable outrages were committed on women and children, and scores of fugitives perished by starvation in the forests

WRECK OF A PACIFIC LINER. ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE MISSING. NEW YORK, Jail. 4. The City of Panama, screw steamer of 1490 tons, built in 1873 by J. Roach and Son, Chester, Pennsylvaniaj and owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, of New York, has been wrecked near Pescadoro, California. Seventy passengers and thirty of the crew who were aboard are ingDISASTER TO NAVVIES. MANY LIVES LOST. BERLIN, Jan. 0. While several hundred navvies were working in a 25 feet deep railway cutting near Bingen, a series of collapses occurred, which buried many. c ifteen are dead of those already recovered. The accident was duo to a thaw m the too perpendicular sides. EXPLOSION IN BANK. LUNATIC AND CASHIER BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6. A man entered the National Bank of Philadelphia and demanded a loan of £IOOO. Upon refusal he exploded a canister of guncotton and nitro-glvcerine, tearing the cashier and himself to fragments, and wounding many others, some fatally. PACIFIC ISLANDS. THE REPORT DENIED. MELBOURNE, Jan. 7.

It is stated on the authority of missionaries of tho Pacific Islands that Britain and France have completed negotiations whereby France, cedes Tahiti to Britain in consideration of certain territorial concessons in Burmali or Further India. Mr. Deakin states lie has received no communication in reference to the matter. Press Association. AUCKLAND, yesterday. In reference to the Sydney cable, tho French consul states that he lias been officially instructed to deny the rejiort that France would part with the Tahiti Group. SEISMIC TREMORS. I'KESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT. Tlie seismograph at the Observatory recorded two violent tremors on Wednesday and Saturday last. There are indications that the shocks occurred on the south-east coast of Africa or in Central India. As bearing on the second record, the Eastern Extension cable officer a,t Rodriguez, about 380 miles from Mauritius, informed the officer at Cocos Island that the sea was boiling at Rodriguez, and small tidal waves were being experienced. Later on the water rose higher than had" ever been known before, and boats had tobe" liafile'd tip out of danger. After rising for two hours 'the sea receded.

Press Association. NAPIER, yesterday. A severe shock of earthquake was felt here precisply at midnight on Saturday, ‘Tlie "direction" was' north and south, and the duration of the shock about’lialf a minute. BLENHEIM, yesterday, A rather severe shock of earthquake was felt at 12.5 a.m. yesterday. ' NELSON, yesterday. A sharp shock of earthquake of short duration was felt here at midnight on Saturday. WELLINGTON, yesterday. A prolonged though not severe earthquake was fglt yesterday morning

WAIROA, yesterday. A severe earthquake occurred at midnight on Saturday. It lasted two minutes, the direction being west to east. No damage was done.