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Gisborne Times, 3 April 1907, Page 3

; v "T~~ ; sister-in-law," the l»ttwr. gif! oi 12." The muideror was ar-; r ' ■ ■ . ■" , ' MELBOURNE, April-* H tremors occurred PI . ‘tlio/'eitv suburbs yesterday. . • Jho 'Druft< wheel race resulted: 4,1 ' by a-wheel' in 2min. lsc. ' PERTH, April i- ' Yn resehetti.. the rescued «»»** »* .-progressing well. 1» an uit.eus.n K . j.ntdiview. he said : '‘After w> '"J'* 1 it'i V\ soumeut l knocked a long turn b'onrd a knock i« h » hotter then. 1 " ns *' 1 ~...,.X U' d - . not afraid, when-the diver H I *lf the divers had done smuhu uor ■Tin ttalv they would have bee.. eaU ud through the streets with bauds 1, . iug.” ’ Received 9.21 p.m. April -{ : london:, Apni 2. • Owing to the Queen of Spain’s delicate health the visit of Imuk £ ward and Queen Alexandra to . . .-•y drill, has been postponed to the -»» steamer Albion, from NeupoH to Bristol, went' ashore on the i ok during a fog. near For t .shea, l. T ' were StKV excursionists aboard, l all were rescued. . It is reported that Italy suited to Austria that the Great 1 o.veis hold a special Congress to dueu . tlvj'. question of reduction of arnm'S~ -incuts.. . • Received 11 l'."'-. April r . A liuor, in a dense fog, just escaped finishing into the Shievic. - Thousands of tho Sueno s decomposed carcases of sheep and rabbits . . are causing uiiieli annoyance, itectssi , •j tating an appeal to the Government. , | . PARIS. April. 2. : ■;)*£. Misses-Kenny and Gnultliorpe, Suf- • frsgettcs', interviewed Sir H. Camp- | 4,011 Banner-man, in the dining carI of tho Cannes train. He vainly ; J fried to dissuade them from further 1 II demonstration outside the House of If ' J Commons; He refused to introduce / if an enfranchising BiU this session. ST. PETERSBURG, April 2. Constitutional democrats proposed r, to the Douniii to expropriate laild at a fair value, and sell to fanners. Tho . i Government, refused to expropriate ; except in exceptional cases. Nevcr- - theless they are alive to tho necessity of increasing the peasants’ holding.

LONDON, April 2

'> ■ An independent Labor Conference i adopted a resolution in favor of en- . franchising women. y. £&■, Keceived 1.6 a.m. April 3. SYDNEY. April 2. I At a sale of New Zealand draught i sfallions, two of Clirystaw’s brought W • 120 mill 91 guineas respectively, three of Small’s 150, 90, and 88 guijens; one of McLelland’s 51 guineas; ,irid one of John’s, 34 guineas. Aw" MELBOURNE, April 2. Arrived Tomoana, from New York.

SOUTH AFRICA. PRETORIA, March 30. * rj,, Owiilg to a temporary superabumjmice of native labor on tie Rand, .-jl three thousand are unable to obtain employment, whilst others are offer- - *—, ing their services to the mines. It is supposed the natives have exhausted their large earnings amassed during the Boer war. The President of the Chamber of Mines declares the situation, which is abnormal, will not * .Mswrfeiue. . „ _ , ,/ A mass meeting of Indians was held, at Johannesburg; and’protested against the Asiatic Act just passed. The meeting considered' it unnecessary and degrading. It was resolved to make an offer to submit to volun- : tary registration if the offensive re*Ssj(ils K (jfriremen i t embodied in the new law was not insisted upon. If this comj- promise is refused the Indians of the Transvaal intend to' appeal for Imperial protection.

. RAILWAY SMASH. OVER SIXTY PASSENGERS KILLED. NEW YORK, March 30. .1 The Now Orfcans-San Francisco express i'niiii was derailed at Bolton, jhA Jfobraska. . Iff- r Sixty passengers were killed. Jr The injured numbered one hun- • ** dred, many of them sustaining fatal mjiuies. , Tho injured and killed were chiefly Italians. i, '

HEAT WAVE. LONDON, March 3L. • The Easter weather in England ~vus tlio warmest in March for fifty years. U./ AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

/ ST. PETERSBURG, March 30. - : The police arrested ten members of the revolutionary fighting committee ,' .■ at Reval. They seized a quantity of arms and ammunition and a store of strychnine, together with hollow bullets, which were ready to bo filled with poison. The police also un- - earthed a plan of distributing revolutionary booty on the following basis: The committee to retain threetenths of all booty seized to one thousand roubles, six-tenths up 10,000 / /*: roubles, and two-thirds in the event of higher amounts, the remainder to be divided amongst members of organisation. ST.-PETERSBURG. April 1. \ ouarter of a million Jews lett Russia during 1906 to avoid pogroms nnd norsecUtion. The ' St. Petersburg newspaper • * Rrashd&uin declares that the deter- ' miuation of the Government to maintain field martial' courts for another “•'month indicates an intention to dis- ■ solve_ the Domna. ' MOROCCO. J, MOROCCO, March 30. y*. French troops occupied Ujda witli- * ol The S Gove C rnor assured Colonel Lynnterv, the French commander of his frioncfly sentiments. The inhabitants . appear to bo indifferent. The Suita.’s representative at Tangier informed the French Minister that he • . was willing to give France entire sa- «• Ai tisfaction. MOROCCO, April 1. Tlie Sultan'of Morocco has commis- \ JflPl, . a u r .,w] Sir Harry Maclona to 'Jk an-ange for the recall of Klemencbli, *ho Anglophile Minister of Mar, disIn 1 1904. This is interpreted ' W&o moan that the Sultan is weary of influence. vfll A FIENDISH REVENGE. fL ' LONDON, March 31. W bomb exploded at Porn, and "id two and wounded four persons. ■§: LONDON, April 1. tsfe®j«#lie Pera (Constantinople) outrage "'Avar an act of personal revenge, on the part of Fellini Pashas agents. t,. The - born b ‘ wounded eleven persons. The assassin escaped. trouble in roumania. BUCHAREST, March 31Tlio vigorous mesaurqii adopted in Roumania are causing an improycr m„„t in the situation. Thero is imt,easiim evidence that foreign anarI chists are inciting the peasants, destruction rather than looting being tin* object of * ''hdxooN, March 31. The Daily Kxpres reports that a battery met ten thousand peasants • armed” with axes and scythes engaged ■(“! i„ burning Prince Stvkbei s palace at Y v Railesbts. Four hundred were mow- . " cel down in a few minutes. ■ The. artillery killed and wounded a ; thousand, who were pillaging the cs- | tale of the Roumanian Minister at Vienna. Many women were among f Vasautspoured petroleum over ■'('a|4-. Botosw'nud roasted him alive. A They also cut off his hands and cap- | ' .tilled ‘a lieutenant. ,jr ■ NEW YORK. March 30.' ’ The Amorfcan Jewish Committee arc forwarding to their co-religionists i in Roumania that have suffered by I the present rising 200,000 dollars. ( the balance of the. fund recently collooted for -the relief of the Russian i'll' Jews. . BUCHAREST, April 1. * In many districts of Rounlania/peaV Rents arc, repairing the ravages and *■ restoring property. Many ringleaders ha vo been arrested. Disturbances still 'occur in Wallachia. j\ . severe encounter occurred .at JjifiTgapatuelolo. The troops killed a - -number of peasants. ‘ i j „ One hundred and twenty thousand ‘ troops arc under arm?. Large detachments guard the banks in Bucharest. Received 9.21 p.m., April 2. ; ; LONDON, April 2.1 • l{c'u tor's' -Bucharest correspondent V reports - that., peasants -aro' reconjI " •moucing the . agitation wherever troop:; withdraw ■ ■ 6a-" -The artillery destroyed many, vik lands' i-ntbo districts of Dolem and % -Mcthedinlz, - and killed- -numeroul '- peSa district of lit,. .i

- COLLISION-, IN pi V.ERV'SUv. •'TEN LIVES LOST.- - I* LAUNCESTON, April 2. Last night tlio steamer Toga collicW cd with the steam launch -Alico in the river Tauiar. . ... -The meagre detains? to hand rndrcate that out of sixteen aboard yiio Alice only six were saved, the victims being— J. MacDonald. * • Mrs. J.- MacDonald. . Two MacDonald boys (sons ol tlio former) Mrs., I<\, MacDonald Miss MacDonald. Airs. Campbell. Mrs. Pilgn. J. Prcsmulh Received 10.10 p.in.. April 2 LAUNCESTON, April 2. Details, of the disaster show that the steam launch, Alice, was returning from Sapper • River, whole a partv of 1 til aboard had boon picnicking. The Alice was m charge of AH. J T McDonald, a partner in trie engineering firm of Salisbury and Cm. and part owner .of the launch. Tbp river steamer, Togo, had run an excursion' from Launceston t> Georgetown regatta during the day, and was returning to take an the usual running. At rime ocf ■' when nearing l* rosh A\ atew 1 unit, tlie night being a fine, bright moonlight one. tin. lights of the approaching launch were seen. Those aboard tlio Togo stated that the Alice attempted to cross the hows of the Steamer. Tho latter blew her syien, and tho order was giver to reverse the engines, but too- late, the Alice being struck amidships. - ho impact” vns of such tornhly suddenness that scarcely a erv was heard, lie launch was cut down below the water's edge and sunk almost immediately. Received 10.55 p.ni., April 2. LAUNCESTON, April 2. The Togo's boats' were quickly manned. Life buoys were thiowii to those struggling in the water, six being rescued. Only those in the forepart of the Alice were saved. The' majority of the vistims were in oho cabin at the time of the disaster. On** survivor states .that Mr. MeDonald was steering the Alice, which was on the starboard side of the Togo. Evidently Air. McDonald did not seo her coming. The Togo was verv close to the Alice when Gilbert McDonald went up to his father; and said, “Don’t you see the Togo?” The course of the Alice was altered io avoid the Togo. The latter haying a good speed on, the Alice did not get clear in time and the Togo, struck her with' great force, cutting the launch right through. ' Six bodies were recovered from the Cabin to-day.