CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1978, 14 January 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

MESS ASSOCIATION COrVUICHT. * ’> ml LONDON,- Jan. 11. 4? flic Daily Nows asserts that GO per eont. of the shells supplied by prl- U’.f vato contractors for tho British thir- j teen and eighteen poundoi*s have noon found to ho defective, owing to 1 tho improper fixture of cordite stocks. - . r■ ' ■ John O Donnell is seeking an ' . ■■■. injunction and damages against Mr. John Redmond and other officials of the Irish Parliamentary party, refrem“,w g , thcm . from excluding him fioin memhersiiip of the party. Afr. M’f samelor’b, 1 ?' 0Ce 1 0<3ing tho same toi libel ami conspiracy. I >i"i „ BERLIN Jan 11 £ lVn°onoH"° of Hanover' left ■vloo,ooo to Hanoveran charities Rorhm.,l LISBON; Jan. 11. ..j f °r recruiting naiJves toi-'th^Raml mines unless Deiagoa is accorded commercial, railway equalitv. ° - Advices from Krantzlcop, Natal • *'’a* fugitive rebels murdered “ three children of Ndue, a Zulu chief T, TT -I YORK . Jan, 11. J.lie United States is transferring A 1 f ? ur AJ °, f i ts strongest • warships on the Atlantic squadron to the Pacific "‘V«S ■ thus doubling the strength in those • waters. .' - SYDNEY, Jan. 12. The coal exported from Newcastle -‘ -6 ■ last year topped four million tons. ; MELBOURNE, Jan. 12. ' ; A Now Zealand resident has offered r;| ’ tho Commonwealth Government for " -ji sale or hire two trawlers for ’the pur- . j | pose of conducting experiments in !£$ Australian waters. '■b-vPiSifi Tlio publication of New Hebrides iFs despatches shows that-Mr. Deakin, (■rj.’Jfl j even while tho convention was being v H drafted, urged that tho attempt. 1'.;;:® should he made to secure the consent igij! of France to British annexation. Aji : Vfhen the. draft of the convention. ; was received Mix Deakin stated that. Iv-fl with all respect to the framers of, ~ ;-fej ’ the convention, Ministers failed to t | ’ see how tlie wishes of Australasia would bo furthered by tho establish- ; meet of separate jurisdiction by re-' f® . prosentatives of each Power. HeifgaH ' strongly urged that the scheme be/.i(-Mjh ' remodelled to provide for the crea- . 7 vie tion of one code of laws, administered ’6- ’ by a joint court, also that more ’ stringent restrictions bo placed oil 'j 'tho acquirement of land and abolition -fllfei ; of recruiting for outside purposes. J J Mr. Playford (who was defeated). -Sg 7 has resigned from the Ministry. ,'iv PERTH, Jan. 12., 1 Marley, shot by Browne in eon me- - tion with The Tower Hill robbery, is-. : dead. Browne was discharged, they/sB [) magistrate holding there was no ease’ ;, for a jury. , s /'Fit

i or a jury. , PtiISSS HOBART,-Jan. 12. M Representations have been made to hare Hobart made the naval base instead of Sydney. Tlie Admiralty re- ' > plied that there were not sufficient iF-ifl strategical reasons to justify - the largo expenditure necessary to con-'~' - vert Hobart into a naval station. Received Jan. 13, 4.37 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 13. , The election for the Blayney ipo. I ancy, created by Crick’s resignation, - 1 j.% was a close contest- Withingtou, the Government nominee, polled ‘ ’-t 1733, and Beeby, the Labor candi- ; A date, 1710. The steamer Rangatira passed Cape if Moreton yesterday, hound for Syd- j|| ney. She reports “All well.” Two rinks of the bowling team to visit New Zealand were beaten by vr; Wavcrley by 43 to 35. Received 1.5 a.m., Jan. 14. -fel LONDON, Jan If., |§||| The appeal in the case of Sled versus tho South Wales Miners’ sociation was dismissed. The result vs justifies Trades ‘Union levies for the < Parliamentary fund. _ Received 1.5 a.m., Jan. 14. ’ SYDNEY, Jan. 13.- ' $ Tlie newspaper and packet p'or- tpS tions of tlio Manuka’s mails were 6 damaged by water. A largo quan-'-'A® tity of newspapers are uudecipher- ■ A able and have been sent to the dead letter office. VOLCANIC ERUPTION. fjß •LONDON, Jan. 11. Cables received from Honolulu !j, >; state that Manunaloa mountain is in eruption. Flames from the volcano are visible ■ for hundreds. miles, and streams of lava are flow- _ i ing. Rejieated earthquake skocks/ttjfa arc being experienced.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. j|| i ••• ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. } Several terrorists were implicated ■"©C j in AndrefFs assassination and wound- V | ed two of his escort. A patrol marching the street fired ail indis- *' | criminate volley, killing two spec fators and wounding six, besides kill- _ ing a woman by lriglit. YACHT RACE. || ; ICTORY FOB NEW ZEALAND 1 » BOAT. 1 H I. - A Received Jan. 13, 4.37 p.m. • „|*J& MELBOURNE, Jan. 13 T2& The LaCarabine Cup resided:— Rawhiti 1 Heather ... ... 2 There was a strong southerly .breeze A S-jlg blowing, with lumpy seas. The [ course was the best part of IS miles, j y Hie run liome being 10 miles, Lleven .vj started. Rawhiti and Heather wero £ first across, but Sayonara held the \- r 0 lead for the first half mile, when - ?‘-iS Rawhiti took it. Savonara was apparently too light, and carried too ' '...M much canvas, but was nat as expertly ?§ handled as Rawhiti or Heather. Tho former sailed like a witch, rising • • njj corkily over 'the seas, while Sayonara jumped and shipped a deal of d j water. At every tack the Now Zealander increased the lead, and round- -u ed the buoy for home eighteen minutes in advance of the Victorian. In- - to rest in the race then centred in the contest between Heather and . Sayonara. The wind fell light on tno homo run. Rawhiti passed the post fifteen and a half minutes ahead e oi Sayonara, who conceded Bawhiti ' twenty secs. Heather was eight minutes and twenty-six sees, behind ."t u Sayonara, but the time allowance placed her second, with S.J.S. third, and Sayonara fourth, CHANNEL TUNNEL. CONDEMNED BV DEFENCE -'jig COMMITTEE. O Received Jan. 13, -1.37 p.m. . LONDON; Jan. 12. . Haily Telegraph’ 4atos it is 's£Bß kulewd that- the Committee of penal Defence lias decided- that the construction of the proposed Chau- ' gfjf tiouai"""' 1 '' t !U - ,JC Duejud.c.al to M- ( J| CHEAP LABOR. '^ licenses to recruit. •Seiffiyjf Received Jan. 13, -1.37 p.lil. .... , u . . CANADA. Jan. 12. ,4 Jbc -Horning Leader’s Johannes-f n .\ n * corrospondent states tiiat. the-.V#® ;! d "ii, ill '- S !lt: . Helagoa li.ne leslrict- ,• L® d f uenses to recruit labor to the -..Aj§| Robinson representatives. • | SCHOLASTIC HONORS. Received 1.7 a.m., Jan. Id. LONDON. Jan W. ._ , ; L Air. Asquith and • Mr. .Haiilaiio . save lieen installed as Lord Rectors -. j •ol Glasgotv and Edinburgh X T «iversii,-

britishr army. MR. HALDANE’S RE-ORCANISA-TION SCHEME, Received Jnn. 13, 4.37 p.m. LONDON, Jnn. 12. Under Mr. llnldnno’s nnuy re-or-ganisation scheme, tho militia will Contribute to tho army expeditionary force 3240 cavalry, 10,337 artillery, 2423 engineers, 10,773 Army Service Corps, 309 S Medical Corps, 541 Veterinary, 441 Ordnanco Corps. Mr. Haldane in a speech at Glasgow outlined a scheme sanctioned by the King to organise the Homo army into six great- divisions of throe brigades of cavalry, artillery, and surplus batteries, to bo utilised in different parts of tlio country for training additional artillerymen. THE MEAT TRADE. FORECAST OF MARKET. Received Jon. 12, 4.32 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. Wcddel’s Annual Eoviow of the moat trato states that tho consumption of frozen and chilled meat in the United Kingdom is equal to 2G per cent, of tho total consumed. The outlook for 1907 is good. Drought in Argentine and New Zealand may result in pressuro to make early shipments. This would cause a reduction in tho number later, so they might expect the average price to bo fully equal to tlioso of 1906. CORNWALL TIN MINES. AMERICAN SYNDICATE’S INVESTMENT. Received Jan. 13, 4.32 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. An American syndicate has acquired - valuable tin properties in Cornwall, and intends to spend one million thereon.