CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2040, 27 March 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

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LONDON, March 25 The Russian warships CzarewitcP, Slava, and Bogatyr -ero Hoted at Portsmouth. They pioceetl to mo Baltic. Lasker won bis fourteenth game. Mr. Lloyd George is introducing a Bill to terminate preferential rates on imports. Ho considers it aii anomaly to favor t-hdSe instead of exports. ~, . The widow of Sir James Steel, a former Lord Provost of Edinburgh, refused to pay the bouse property tax in Hie absence of a vote. A portion of her furniture was therefore auctioned in tlie presence of 5000 spectators to meet the demand. Obituary: The widow of Bishop George Sclwyn. AVichager, a German farmer, was sentenced' to throe years’ imprisonment at Swakopmuml for shooting a ilcrero woman for quitting woi’k. He also tied a native woman and her infant to a tree and forgot to release them.

KINGSTON, March 25. A violent shock of earthquake lias been felt at' Kingston. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 25. The son of Robert Abbott, a British merchant of Salonika, was kidnapped within a stone’s throw of the British Consulate and held for ransom . AMSTERDAM, March 25. Lieutenant Scliuurnian was killed at Amsterdam arsenal while filling a new model shell of bis own invention. Another man was killed and two wounded.

NEW YORK, Afarcli 25. A sensation lias been caused in New York by Police Commissioner Bingham and a magistrate named Whitman visiting tlie saloons and finding them open after closing hours, with many police officials there. Hie magistrate ordered numerous arrests. Owing to stoppage of the steamship service between California and Australia postmasters will not accept parcels for Australia until further notice.

Fighting continues between Honduras and Nicaragua. The President of Honduras lias fled by steamer and the Nicaraguans are pursuing him. MELBOURNE, Alarch 26. E. Kelly, a leading bookmaker, who owns horses, was disqualified indefinitely by the V.R.C. Committee on a charge of inciting another man to bribe tlie handicapper of the Alooneo A''alley Club.

BRISBANE, Alarch 26. A number of cane growers are discouraged at the inability to secure suitable labor, and talk about emigrating from Northern Queensland rather than allow the cane fields to bo filled with the scum from Australian cities. Received 10.19 p.m. Alarch 26. LONDON, Alarch 26. The Tyser line, in conjunction with the Hansa, Gorman, and American lines, announces the despatch of two steamers from New York to Australia every three "months as a possibility of the freight wav with other BritisliAmerican lines.

All the Suevie’s butter has been salved. A large portion is dry. A quantity of boxes are dirty and broken and some wet.

Obituary: James George Anderson, of the Orient Company. Air. Austen Chamberlain, speaking at Eddington, described the Unionists Free Trade Club as a mere stage army, having leaders but no followers. It was time those responsible for the club should ask themselves whether they still desired to be associated with the Unionist party. AVas it fair that men should stay in the party simply in order to oppose its policy from within tlie rank's, accuse the majority, and introduce anarchy and confusion?

BERLIN, March 26. The Cologne Gazette’s Berlin correspondent rebuts the French accusation, and declares that if the matter were submitted to the diplomatists at Tangier all the Powers would support the demand of punishment of murderers, though it considers Dr. Mauehamp inprudent in hoisting a flag on his residence, since flags were only flown on mosques. Received 1.10 a.m. March 27. SYDNEY, March 26.

AY lieu the-Prince of AVales accepted the honorary colonelcy of the Light Horse regiments of Australia, ho presented a hundred guinea silver cup lor competition in section drill, riding, and shooting. ' At the same time Major-General Hutton presented a fifty-guinea shield for a similar purpose. New South AVales secured both I>l ires, South Australia second, and A\ est Australia third in each competition.

The Agricultural Show was one of the finest hold in Sydney. There were C3OO competitive exhibitors. The farm produce displai eclipsed past shows. Sir Foote won the championship tliorougnbred stallion, but having lield it two years, the prize passed to Projectile, who also won a special prize. Received 1.18 a.m., March 27.

SYDNEY* March- 26. Arrived at 2 p.m., the AYarrimoo. So far there has been little straight out wagering on the Doncaster Cup, and there are no transactions of any note worth recording. Ribbonwood won the trotter’s championship at the show. In English Leiccstors, Johns, of- Canterbury. obtained a first and two second prizes; Nixon, of Canterbury’, ■ three first anil two second prizes and champion ewe. in Border Leicester* Mi Can won three first 'an champion and one second; Johns having first ami champion owe and three seconds", in Soutin!owns, Johns had one seCOlltl. NEWCASTLE. March 20. Arrived AYhnngapo from Dunedin; Eiupriza, from Kaipara. Sailed. Brisbane,,for Lyttelton. BRISBANE, March 20. The”Tsinan is still on the reef. She is being lightened in calm weather. Apparently she is uninjured. LONDON, March 2(>. Zealand Shipping Co. have declared a dividend of o' Jwr

By command of King Edward 130 Russian officers and men of the squadron were entertained at a banquet in London to-day. Thov see the sights anil attend a gala perform’nun' at the Alhambra.

Sir H. Campbell Bamiernian in a letter to Air. H. AValter, member of House of Commons, said Government ivould do then- utmost to press forward small holdings and rural houses, two indispensable reforms, also the Scottish Land Bill, which )ught to have a far reaching effect m chocking the exodus from the and. but it would be -almost too nuoo to expect the land system of AHglaml. Scotland, and AVales to he reformed in a single session. Alore- . indications of a severe struggle >n these questions in both Houses’. ' ’ Asquith's budget will be delivered •>n the 18th.