CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2041, 28 March 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

I’RESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, March' 2G. ; Tlic wool sales were postponed owing to fog. It is intended to cut the Suovic in halves across No. 3 liold, and to salvo three-fifths of the vessel, .including the engines. Owing to the Jena disaster an Admiralty Committee investigates the conditions of explosives on all British ships. The consumption of beer in 1905 in the United Kingdom was 275 gal"'' lons per head of the population, compared with 321 gallons in 1899. There was also a considerable reduction in the quantity of wines and spirits consumed.

Mr. Chamberlain is staying at SC. Raphael. He looks better and possesses more power. He walks overy afternoon with the assistance of his wife or relative. . Obituary: Professor Ernest Vonherginaun. NEAV YORK, March 20. Eleven racehorses were burnt at Sleep,shed Bay. America,, including Sysonby’s brother Fineclotli. The Nicaraguans captured Teguciglia, the capital of Honduras. A violent collapse on the New York Stock Exchange carried prices in some instances below the recent panic rate. A serious fall in the metal groups contributed to the fall. There is less tightness in money than a general lack of confidence.

BUCHAREST, March 20. Two hundred peasants in Bacesi, near Vasiui, attacked a company of soldiers, who fired, killing 40. A force of 4000 peasants from A 7 aslui and neighbouring districts is marching on Bucharest; where a state of siege has been declared. The'troops have been ordered to use shrapnel if the peasants do not disperse. Tliero * is much rioting and looting in other towns. Fifteen rioters were shot dead at Alexandria. A mob entered Galatz. The troops fired a volley, killing 15 and wounding many. M. Cantacuzona, the Roumanian Premier, lias resigned. M. Sturdza lias formed a Liberal Cabinet in the hope of quieting the country. SYDNEY, March. 27. At the Show, Darnley, New Zealand bred, won the blue ribbon for three-year-old stallions. In the fat sheep, James Jolina: won first, second and third prises for crossbred wethers, and a special ■ prize for tlie heaviest and fattest- sheep.

MELBOURNE, -March 27. Cabinet has decided against accepting a surrender in the. AYTen and Tatt'srsall Club cases, which must proceed. OTTAAVA, March 29. Sir F. AX r . Borden, leader of the Opposition in the Dominion House of Commons, referring to rumours of Sir AVi If rid Laurior not attending tlie Conference, offered to co-operate in any reasonable arrangement to enable him to attend. Sir 'AVilfrid Laurier assured Sir F. Borden lie was in no wise unwilling to participate in the Conference, but the work of tlie session was slow. Ho hoped the Opposition would expedite it to enable himself and his colleagues to staff- on the, stli.

NEAV YORK, March 27. AVall street rallied on Mr. Cortelyou’s measures to relievo the pressure. PARIS, March 27. For the Canties championships, Waldjng and Ritchie heat the brothers AVright by three sets.to one. H. Doherty, and the Countess of Solution burg beat AYalding and Miss Eastlake Smith by two to one. Received 12.-19 a.in. March 28. SYDNEY, March 27. Colonel Robin, interviewed, said he hoped Commonwealth oflicors would visit New Zealand next year. He was in favor of exchange visits. He hoped to see the selection extended to non-commissioned officers as well. J.t was' necessary to have community of interest in the defences of. tho Commonwealth and .New Zealand, because the jpint' strategic value of position -would be emphasised with the opening of the Panama Canal. MELBOURNE, March 27. A death from cerebro-spinal meningitis or spotted fever has occurred lic-.ro. The victim was a child aged 31 years, an inmate of the Children’s Hospital. Another case ■ is under treatment; but , convalescent. It is stated that- four cases have been treated at the Children’s Hospital during the last twelve months. Received 12.55 p.m. March 28. PORT DARWIN, March 27. Two aboriginals were sentenced to death for the murder of Bradshaw and party near Pt. Kcat-s, last year. Both confessed having committed the. deed, but stated that they had been provoked by being tied up and thrashed by Joan, one of the victims. Received 10.40 p.m,, March 27. NEW YORK, March 27. Judge Fitzgerald has been appointed a Commissioner of Lunacy to determine Thaw’s mental condition.

LONDON, March 27. Britain and Italy have entered into an agreement, siniplfyiiig reciprocal relations in Somaliland; ensuring greater efficiency of any punitive .measures. Received 11.25- p.m., March 27. LONDON, March 27.

'Tlie Customs authorities informed tho Agents-Generol that in future they would net detain Australian leather for sampling, nor charge duty on sugar where tlie loading did not exceed 10 per cent. Lord Rosebery, at the Council of the Liberal League, said that although a Government emerging from an. election with a, great y ’was 'entitled to something like a free haudj at any rate for tile first year of its existence, the .oague's vigilant activity was never more necessary than now. Lie spoke in quite a friendly way 'regarding tho Government. Be said he owed the Government no confidence; ho had no oonuec!ieu,-seorc-t or open, with it, lie was not sure oven, that lie owed it the common courtesies of life: but that made it the more incumbent on him to say that lie consjdcred the Govern incut had surmounted great difficulties with extraordinary success, and came for the second session invigorated by the experience of the first, \ iec-prexidcnts of the league had earn’d into the Government the principle of efficiency tlie league had so loudly demanded in the middle of the Boor war. His apprehension regarding tho Government concerned not its past or its composition, but lest it make too many impossible promises.