CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2023, 7 March 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

I-*115113 ASSOCIATION—OOPTRIOHT. LONDON, March 5. Mr Winston Churchill states that Lord Elgin was in frequent communication with Mr im Tliurni, High Conini issonor in the Western Pair lie, before and after the New Hebrides Convention was signed, but he does not intend to publish the confident-al correspondence on the subject. The Empress Dowager of Russia arrives in England on Thursday on a visit to the Queen. » The missing captain and seven men of the German steamer sunk on the Goodwins, rowed to Dover. The Times’ Pretoria correspondent says that the Doer representatives aro the strongest men in Parliament, jind are evidently determined not to begin making enemies. Judging by their utterances the press and people of the Transvaal are ready to give the new government a fair start in a friendly sympathetic spirit. The Commoners give a luncheon to the colonial delegates to the Imperial Conference in the Westminster Hall on April 24. Sir H. Campbell-Ban-nerman presides. The Vickcrs-Maxim Co. are building a battleship of the Dreadnought class for Brazil. NEW YORK, March 5. President Roosevelt has proclaimed 32 new forest reserves, thus forestalling the Agricultural Bill , which seeks to prevent such reserves being made without the consent of Congress. CAIRO, March 5. The revenue of Egypt for the past year was £15,337,000. At the instance of Gussof, editor of the newspaper Moayyaa, the Nationalist journal at Cairo, who is .supposed to be backed by the Kliedive, the General Assembly passed a resolution demanding tlic early granting of full Parliamentary institutions and other wide-reaching concessions. ' PRETORIA, March 5. H. C. Hall, the Transvaal Treasurer,. has declared that every Minitor realises the mining industry is the basis of the Transvaal’s prosperity. Mr Clarke assured Mr Deakin that the mail syndicate would proceed with, the contract. MELBOURNE, March 5. A long-standing dispute between the Oceanic Company and the Postal Department has been settled. Arrears will he paid to the Company, which in future will be paid the Federal rate of 2s per pound for mails to New Zealand, and the Postal Union rate of 3s 7d for mails beyond New Zealand. The arrangement covers the period from the date of transfer of the Post Office to the Federation. There was much enthusiasm at the Wesleyan Conference mission meeting, and the sum of £2OOO was subscribed in quick time. SYDNEY, March 5. Both morning papers have lea'ders dealing with the Rev. Burton’s statement regarding the Indians in Fiji, and urge the necessity of prompt action in dealing with the matter. The Daily Telegraph says it means that the penumbra of the yellow peril is coming steadily closer and closer, while white settlement, which alone can save Australia from being eventually overrun like the other islands, is not making commensurate progress. This problem may yet transcend all others at present associated with the destiny of the Anglo-Saxon race in the Southern Hemisphere. PERTH, March 6. In connection .with the charge against Mrs Mitchell, a baby farmer, evidence was given that out of 32 infants which died, the cause of death in nearly all cases was marasmus. Received 10.28 p.m. March 6. PARIS, March 6. Tying Edward has arrived at Biarritz. LONDON, March 6. Mr. W. Pickford, recorder at Liverpool, has succeeded Mr. Justice Kennedy in the King’s Bench division. In the House of Commons Sir H. Campbell Bannerman informed Mr. Henniker Heaton that to "invite the Colonial Premiers to address the House of Commons from the bar or chamber itself would be contrary to precedent and usages, and it was not possible or expedient to- accede to the suggestion. Captain C. E. Kingsmill and Lieutenant Noake, of the battleship Dominion, have been severely reprimanded in connection with the stranding of the Dominion at Chalcar’s Bay on August 26. Received 1.14 a.m. March 7. SYDNEY, March 6. Arrived," at 9.30, Siorra; sailed at 6 p.m. the Wimmera. MELBOURNE, March C. Sailed, the Monowai. There was a large gathering to bid bon voyage to Mr. Deakin, who departed for London to attend the Imperial Conference. THE PLAGUE. Received 10.46 p.m. March 6. SYDNEY, March 6. Another case of plague has occurred. THE BALTIC. GERMANY’S AGGRESSIVE TACTICS. Received 10.28 p.m. March 6. LONDON, March 0. The Times’ Paris correspondent says that Germany latterly made strenuous exertions to establish a policy of rapprochement with Denmark in the hope of neutralising the Danish Straits, making the Baltic mars clausum. It adds that Germany is steadily developing her influence in Sweden and Norway, and will soon be preponderant in the Baltic. THE MAIL SYNDICATE. PUTTING A BOLD FACE ON THINGS. j Received 1.14 a.m. March 7. MELBOURNE, March 6. Representatives of the mail syndicate state that they received a cable from London to-day of a most satisfactory nature. They hope to make an announcement in a few days, dispelling all doubts ns to the bonafidcs of the contractors and their ability to fulfil the contract. A ROYAL GIFT. Received 10.8 p.m. March 6. LONDON, March 6. King Edward is presenting a signed portrait of himself and Queen Alexandra (o the capital of each South African colony. BOYCOTT IN IRELAND. MEN WAYLAID AND ROBBED. OF BREAD. .TRESS ASSOCIATION—COrYRICUT. Received 10.8 p.m. March 6. LONDON, March 6. Eight residents of Ballinbragh were charged at the Leitrim Assizes with rioting. The evidence showed that boy-cotted men who went 20 miles for bread were waylaid and robbed of their provisions by seven hundred i !>•- i- -• •i.usiicc Kennedy declared: “It is hard to believe we are livin gin a Christian -country. If jurors sympathise with tho prisoners they are unfit to fill the most menial office.” The jury disagreed, and the caso was adjourned until next Assizes,

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. =• MORE REPORTS ABOUT MRS. j EDDY. ! Received 10.46 p.m. March 6. ' MELBOURNE, March 6. ' The Christian Science Church has ( received a cable from the head publication comniittoo of the Christian Science Church at Boston, declaring that the rumor of Mrs. Eddy’s incompotency is a reiteration of former 1 falsehoods. She was never bettor mentally or bodily than at the pres- 1 cut time. The fact is verified by ' Lord Dunmoro, who recently inter- 1 viewed Mrs. Eddy and published an ! account in the Daily Mail. THE SONOMA’S crew. TREATED AS DESERTERS. Received 10.4 G p.m. March 6. SYDNEY, March 6. After their release from prison a few of the Sonoma’s crew obtained work. The bulk were temporarily assisted at the Sailors’ Home, and have sisted at the Sailors’ Home, and are now wandering the streets penniless. The men state that they have been treated as deserters, their only clothes had been confiscated by the ship, and the American Consul refused to help. The Consul, interviewed, stated that be had given help to one or two deserving cases. The others were treated as deserters, and their money and clothes sent to America, adding: “We have to make an example of these fellows, or the crew of each ship would play up here after hearing what a time .these fellows had, and if we assisted them there would be no end of trouble. BRITISH NAVY. THE TWO-POWER STANDARD. PEESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT. Received 9.3 p.m., March 6. LONDON, March 6. Captain Kincaird Smith, at Strat-ford-on-Avon, strongly advocated a small general tariff of two per cent, on all foreign manufactures entering the United Kingdom or any portion of the Empire, the proceeds to be devoted to naval needs and Imperial defence. This would relieve the Imperial exchequer of many millions which could hereafter be devoted to old age pensions and other pressing reforms. The scheme would supply a great material link between the Motherland and the colonies, far stronger than preference. Mr. E. Robertson, explaining the naval estimates, stated that the Admiralty believed the present programe would adequately maintain a twopower standard. Russia, France, and Germany together added to their tonnage 1,108,280 in the decade, while Britain added 1,132,205. The cost per ton was: Britain £BB sterling, Russia £93, Germany £97, and France £124. Received 10.54 p.m. March 6. LONDON, March 6. Mr. Robertson showed that Britain’s two-power standard was not to be endangered for the next 8J years. Mr. Balfour expressed a hope that when the time of trial comes the Government will have strength and courage to propose, the House of Commons the patriotism to support, any sacrifice that may be required to make the nation safe against any combination of any powers of the world. These words were very warmly cheered. Not the least emphatic cheers and assent emanated from the benches imediately behind the Government. Mr.** Balfour first thought that Sir Id. Campbell Bannerman was not amongst those cheering. Sir H. Campbell Bannerman immediately corrected the impression and emphasised regarding the proposals for lesser armaments that Britain had no sense, purpose, or desire to force any Power to reduce armaments. AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. THE SECOND DOUMA. Press Association—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, March 5. The Douma was opened at Faurida Palace. Antonios, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg, appealed to members to forget their differences and work together for the welfare of their suffering country. Throngs of peoplo in the streets greeted the delegates with shouts of “Amnesty!” The second Douma is considered younger, more democratic, and less educated than the first. M. Stolypin stated that a long list of reform bills of groat magnitude and importance were ready for introduction. The Czar’s absence from the ceremony was considered ominous. Socialists and Constitutional Lemocrats counsel prudence and moderation. Armoured automobiles have been brought to St. Petersburg to suppress street riots. NEW YORK, March 5. President Roosevelt has appealed to Americans to support the Russian relief fund, declaring that Russia in the past has been a good friend to the United States. Received 10.46 p.m. March 6. ST. PETERSBURG, March G. M. Godolpin, constitutional democrat, member for Moscow, has been elected president of the Douma. There was a street demonstration of 20,000 people at St. Petersburg in honor of the members of the Douma extreme left. Gendarmes charged the crowd and injured, many.