CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2035, 21 March 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

riliiSS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, March 19. Dr. Mucnamara,' secretary to the Local Government Board, at the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at Peckham, was admitted a member of the Irish National League of Britain. This is the first instance of a Alinistor of the Crown joining a militant Irish organisation. The Now York correspondent of the Times says that President Roosevelt’s policy aims at obtaining a fair valuation for railway properties. Legislation will then he introduced making it criminal for the manager of a railway or other companies to speculate with their funds. OTTAWA, March 19Sir AVilfrid Laurier starts for the Imperial Conference on April 5. PARIS, March 19. M. Alarielin Bertholot, the famou: preach savant, has died ol heart failure, a few months after his wife succumbed. ST. PETERSBURG, Alarch 19. It is stated an attempt lias been made at St. Petersburg to poison Count Lamsdorlf, who is now at San Remo in a critical state. PIETERMARITZBURG, Alarcli 19. A force of police has been sent to surround and capture a party of rebels at Omapumuto river, Natal. The Natal police captured seven rebels ill xuapulo district. PRETORIA, Alarcli 19. Mr Crawford, chairman of tho National Bank of South Africa, has been appointed President of the Transvaal Legislative Council. SYDNEY, Alarcli 20. Negotiations are proceeding for a coalition between the Parliamentary Liberal party and tile party led by Air Waddell'. , The Arbitration Board fined a man for working for the Government for less than the prescribed wage. A member of the Court paid the fine. PERTH, Alarcli 20.

The strike in the timber trade lias spread in seven large mills. There are 2500 men out. The Gascoyne river is in the highest flood for 25 years. Many wasb-aways on the railways have occurred. HOBART, Alarcli 20. A buyer from Alonto Video is travelling the world in search of stud sheep. He has purchased Air Believe’s ram Patron for one thousand guineas, and two ewes for 1200 guineas each. MELBOURNE, Alarcli 20. It now appears that an arrangement has been made for the AngloFrench New Hebrides agreement to remain in abeyance until Air Deakin’.s arrival in England. Two nuggets of 108 and 58 ounces respectively have been found at the Poseidon rush. Received 9.51 p.m. Alarcli 20. PARIS, Alarcli 20. A State funeral will be accorded AI. Bertholot. The French Chamber of Deputies adjourned as -'a mark of respect. Received 12.54 a.in. Alarcli 21.

SYDNEY, Alarcli 20.

John Williams, with a remarkable criminal record, having spent most of his life in prison, and who was sentenced to seven years for housebreaking, abused the Judge ill the vilest language. He hoped that when .lie had finished his sentence, ho would have the pleasure of dancing on the Judge’s grave.

Received 1.0 a.m. Alarcli 21. SYDNEY, Alarcli 20. Parker maintained his form in the opening match for tho championship of New South AYales, beating Kidston by 3 sets straight. Sailed, Nairnshire, for Bluff, Victoria at 2 p.m. MELBOURNE, Alarcli 20. Sailed, Alooraki.

ADELAIDE, March 20. Sailed, Ganymeade, for New Zealand. BRISBANE, March 20. Mr. Denham, explaining his secession from the Ministry, resented. Mr. Kidston’s inuendo that during the Premier’s visit to New Zealand Mr. Denham negotiated for reconstruction. Mr. Kidston’s idea of a homogenous party seemed to be those who signed the labor platform should agree to mutilate that platform, and that members committed to the Liberal policy should appropriate the chips of that shattered platform.

NAVAL CONSTRUCTION. LONDON, March 19. In the House of Commons Mr Alf. King asked whether, in view of the loss of the French battleship Jena, Britain proposed to consider the new naval programme, Mr Lambert. Civil Lord of the Admiralty, replied “No.”

DOMESTIC MAID PROBLEM. EMPLOYMENT of males. MELBOURNE, March 19. The domestic maid * problem is being solved in a new way, house boys and house men taking the places of female servants in many private and large boarding-houses in the city and are being exclusively employed at a number of restaurants.. The general opinion is that they are far less trouble than women. The contention is often heard that every Australian should be a citizen soldier, hut what kind of a warrior would a man make, when tile trumpet called, who rushed from bed-mak-ing and dusting to meet the enemy knocking at his country’s gates?