CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2034, 20 March 1907, Page 4

CABLES.

LONDON, March 17. At Rugliy football Scotland defeated England by 8 points to 3. The Indomitable, tile largest cruiser in the world, lias ben launched at Glasgow. Mr AY. P. It coves, speaking at Liverpool, expressed tho hope that the Colonel Conference would consider tho question of Imperial trndo development. There were many ways open for development, including tils encouragement of shipping. NEW YORK, March 17. The Japanese in Hawaii have telegraphed President Roosevelt that tho decision regarding Japanese enslaves them. Hawaiian capitalists liavo made a strong protest, and have also cabled to TokiosST. PETERSBURG, March 17. An unknown youth with a revolver fatally shot Police Commissary Redsevsky in tho streets of St. Petersburg. Tho assailant escaped. PRETORIA, March 17. General Botha’s salary will be £■looo, and the rest of the Ministers get £3OOO apiece. Do Wet objects to General Botha’s visit to London, firstly because he ought to have attended tho full session of Parliament to learn public opinion, and secondly, that Orangia ought to have been considered. SYDNEY, March IS. The rain ceased after continuing throughout Saturday and Sunday. Altogether 470 points roll at Sydney. MELBOURNE, March IS. Later election returns do not alter tho position of parties. Ministerialists polled 72,149 and Labor 42,901. Air Bent, while in England, lectures on Victoria’s resources. In consequence of tho failure to come to a satisfactory arrangement with the Federal Government, the wireless telegraphic station at Queens cliff will be dismantled. Marconi’s agents return to London. The Federal Government have authorised the Now South Wales commercial agent in South Africa to supervise the shipping of one thousand distressed Australians back home at £7 a head. They must be of good character and desirable citizens.

The steeplechaser Fiudout was injured whilst exercising, necessitating its destruction. , SYDNEY, March IS. Durnau has sailed for Canada. He expresses his intention to return next summer to row for tho championship. The Crick and Willis trial lias been fixed for April S. Tho indictment is the same as that upon which the jury disagreed. Airs Olenissliaw drowned herself and infant at Newtown. She was mentally deranged. A case of plague has occurred at Chippendale. Plague rats have been found in two centres of the city. Arrived, Jap, from Greymouth; Pendle Charlotte, from Auckland. LONDON, March 18. Lamdi Pasha, who commanded at Trebizoml, has been assassinated by a non-commissioned officer whom he recently punished. TEHERAN, March IS. Fifty Cossacks have arrived at Teheran to protect tile Russian legation. The Governor of Pahan lias resigned, and the troubles are now subsiding. NEW YORK, March 18. Tho Evening World, New York, reports that Rockefeller is giving ten millions sterling to establish unsectarian schools in China, as a preliminary to offerts to Christianise the people. He believes the missionaries should first educate and then try and convert then', COLLIERY DISASTER. TWENTY-TWO MINERS KILLED. BERLIN, March 17. Twenty-two miners were descending the St. Johann colliery, in Rhenish Prussia, when the chair broke, and the cage was precipitated ono hundred yards. All the miners were killed..