CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2057, 18 April 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

ITIESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT. j LONDON, , April 16. i The Inland revenue '-authorities < havo agreed to a compromise whereby the Rand Mines L.m.teu will only pay tax on profits madin Britain by the sale of shares, in , London, or interest earned here, subject to a refund of tax to shaic holders resident in Britain. Burns, Philp, and Companys Island steamer Makamba has made a successful trial trip. The late Lord Arrendale a estr-e was valued at £3,235,000, apart from much real estate of immense Airs. Samuel Lewis-Hills’ jewels were sold at auction and realised a total of £94,000 One rope of pearls brought £10,700. The postage on newspapers, magaziijes, and trade journals Le tween the. United Kingdom an 1 Canada, from May Ist, will be one penny per pound on each 51b packet. The postage on packets not exceeding 2oz. remains one halfpenny. The newspapers eulogise the Anglo-Canadian postal arrangement as an excellent illustration of preference. Air. Buxton, Post-master-General, emphasises Canada’s geographical position and considers the arrangement gives no precedent for a similar agreement in other directions. ST. PETERSBURG, April IC. AI. Stolypin, the Premier, has yielded to the Duma’s demand regarding the appointment of experts. OTTAWA, April 16. Air. Armstrong, member for Labton, read in the Canadian House of Commons official correspondence to show that German goods were entering under ■ British preferential rates. Air. AV. R. 1 Fielding, Minister for Customs, promised to investigate the matter. SYDNEY, April 17.

Disregarding the Arbitration Court award, about 80 employees cf Lysaght’s wire works havo struck, demanding a fixed rate of pay. BBRISBANE, April 17.

The Labor party’s manifesto states that the Labor party is determined to remain a distinct factor in politics, and desires to reach its goal by graded natural sequences of legislative Acts. It alleges that no scarcity of labor for the BUgar industry has been proved. A steamer has been sent to the assistance of the stranded steamer Fortunatus. CARNEGIE’S ADVICE. NEAV YORK, April 16. Air. Carnegie presided at the National Arbitration Peace Congress at New York. President Roosevelt, in a cautious letter, advised all good and earnest men not to insist on the impossible. He hoped the nations would adopt a general arbitration treaty, and that the Hague Conference would be greatly strengthened and made permanent. AEROPLANES. ANOTHER INA T ENTION. LONDON, April 16. Reuter’s Paris correspondent reports that AI. Fillippi has invented a method of propelling aeroplanes heavier than air. The system diminishes the atmospheric pressure over a curved surface by rotating rings. Conclusive experiments show considerable weights can be supported in the air with little effort. RECEPTION OF PREMIERS. LONDON, April 16. The Lord Alayor, Sir AV. P. Tre loar’s, reception of the Premiers ir the library of the Guildhall was f picturesque function, and was witnessed by a crowded assemblage o: ladies and gentlemen. General Botha was the hero of tin occasion. Air. Deakin, Sir Josepl AVard, Sir AVilfrid Laurier, Air. Bal four, and Sir G. S. AA’hite were als< greatly applauded.

After the Premiers' had sworn loyalty to the King, and also, like good citizens to take their lot, tlie Freedom of the City was conferred upon them Sir J. S. Dimsdale, City Chamberlain, in an eloquent speech, said there was no parallel in the City annals for the present occasion. They were delighted to honor Britons who had sacrificed their lives to develop and consolidate the Dominion.

Air Deakin, in reply, said all deeply prized tho magnificent token of regard. No welcome was more acceptable or more appropriate. Presiding at the luncheon, Sir AV. P. Treloar declared there was no greater honor than tlie City’s gift. Sir AVilfrid Laurier predicted that tlie Conference would prove a success, and show wliat was possible, what impossible, and what ought to be avoided. He declared that only Britain would have thought of conferring full citizenship on the Transvaal within five years of the war. Sir H. Campbell Bannerman, in proposing the health of Sir AV. P. Treloar, the Lord Alayor, said he considered tlie conferring of the Freedom of the City a seasonable and reasonable attention.

BANQUET SPEECHES. Received 9.24 p.m., April 17. LONDON, April 17,

Addressing a Radical political banquet at Holborn restaurant, which all the Premiers and Colonial Alinisters atttended, Sir H. Campbell Bannerman, who presided, declared it was a slander to assert that Radicals were Little Englanders, permeated by narrow, hostile views regarding the colonies. All favored the maintenance of the Ihnpire on the principle of freedom, independence, and equal justice, which was the very breath of its being. “If not continued on these lilies,” he said, “a good many of us wish it not continued at all.” He indicated that the King’s first act on his return will he to stretch forth the right hand of fellowship to the Premiers. and express the feeling of affectionate devotion and recognition of their great services which he and his subjects entertained. (Cheers.) Received 9.45 p.m., April 17.

Mr. Haldane, succeeding Sir H. Campbell Banerman in the chair when the latter was compelled to return to Parliament, proposed the toast of “Our Guests.” He commented on the causes and principles going deeper than party. The Empire was beyond controversy. It possessed an unwritten, unrigid constitution able to develop and adapt itself to circumstances,' a constitution which, carried oversea and re-fashioned, yet was still the same, preserving to all the King’s subjects the conscious enjoyment of the fullest freedom. The Empire rested not on force, but on common ends and common purposes. Liberty was the bond holding the Empire together. Mr. Haldane, adverting to the Transvaal constitution, welcomed General Botha. He and the general staff intended to confer with General Botha shortly on mutual defence of the Empire. Apparently the early conferment of a constitution on the Transvaal seemed to be in the very nature of things to those appreciating the self-developing character of the British constitution, which might give us great things. It might give", us Imperial Councils, and possibly : great- varieties of institutions . i Received 9.55 p.m., April 17. 1

Mr. Deakin, who was warmly greeted, responded, lie said that Mr Haldane had spoken with professional, equally with personal, enthusiasm of the institution, but after all the only

true and permanent basis of union lay deeper than tho constitution. It la yin tho people, and tho character lay in tho people, and the character tution sprang. Without acceptance of tho principle of equal freedom even British constitutions would be vam. He agreed with Air. Haldane that they must develop and adapt themselves to the necessities of the time. He described the anomalous position of tho conference,its members belonging to a body without status. They hoped to be able to take some steps, if short steps, towards a better working policy. Australia needed population. He hoped the conference would devise machinery for securing her as the,home of British population. Received 10. C p.m., April 17. In connection with the ceremony of conferring tlie freedom of tlie city Sir Joseph AVard was greeted in tlie streets with shouts of “Kia Oral” Air Deakin said: “There is no loyalty like the loyalty of the freeman, no bond like the bond of tlie freeman. Upon this depends tho i greatness of the Empire. The gold caskets were cherished because they bear the imprint of the Alotherland.’ The Premiers (he continued) were - grateful for the affirmation of the* f ties of blood. Sir Wilfrid Laurier described tlie • previous conferences as spasmodic l and disjointed, appended to ceremo- > nial events. The present gathering : was unique; it marked a new departure, and demonstrated to the world that the Empire was a living entity. 5 He paid an eloquenot tribute to the - axoosbki ,aTnsa,oaa ci c.,a.,ietsflcu a - late Air. Seddon. Though the hopes of the ardent enthusiast who wished to bind the future by putting upon >" the " present intolerable conditions 1 wore perhaps unrealisable,there would • be no failure connected with the cou--1 ference. They were delighted to re--1 ceive Dr. Jameson’s assurance that • South Africa would be Federal before > the next conference. . General Botha sat next to Lord Roberts. 1 Received 11.30 p.m., April 1/. f At- the Holborn banquet General > Botha, in an Imperial, loyal, optimistic speech, regarding the prospects of the union of white races m South 0 Africta, toasted the Home Government. He declared that, the whole r of the people of the Transvaal grasps ed tho hand of freedom extended f them, and would not let it go again. ° (Cheers.) Air. Churchill, responding, expressed a hope that their friends at e the conference would return conr vinced that there is no anti-colonial party in Britain. A new group composed of Aloderate parties and the Right had been formed, their chief aim being to increase in fruitfulness. *- THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. it n LONDON, April 16. id. The colonial Premiers and their le suites drove in a procession of five ls carriages from the Hotel Cecil to the 111 Guildhall to receive the freedom of r- London. The streets were crowded id and decorated with flags. The visitors were accorded an enthusiastic welcome. General Botha especially was cheered.^

Earl Beauchamp gave a dinner subsequent to tlie reception of the Premiers. It was a brilliant function. Fifteen hundred invitations were issued. The . guests included leading members of society, the political world, the diplomatic corps, and the Agents-General. General Botha, who spoke Dutch, took the stand that his attendance showed that tlie’ old Dutch population would work equally loyally with the British for the welfare of the Empire.

Sir AVilfrid Laurier moved, and

Air. Deakin seconded ,a vote of thanks to Sir H. C. Bannerman,

who, replying, said it gave him unmixed pleasure to be present. The Premiers telegraphed to the King, presenting their humble duty and desiring to acknowledge gratefully his Alajesty’s gracious telegram, wliich would be a source of great encouragement to their labors.

A telegram of deep sympathy was sent to Mr. Chamberlain.

Sir W. Lyne, evincing some dis-

pleasure, withdrew when Lord Elgin hinted that subsequent proceed-, ings would* be limited to Premiers, except when an individual Minis-

ter’s own department was concerned. This 'raised a discussion resulting in the agreement that Ministers should have the liberty to attend any meetings, hut only to speak

when the President or their own Premier desired, except when their own departments were concerned. All the Ministers " were thereupon requested to return.

The Times says that King Edward aptly expresses tlie hopes with which his subjects, and not the least the representatives of the self-go-verning colonies regard tlie discussions that have, begun at the Conference. Sir H. C. Bannerman made a favorable impression. There is no apparent sign of his former tendency to ignore the material links of the Empire. Tho Premiers accepted his recognition of this as a consultation of Governments and the Home Government in its various capacities/ financial, naval, military and commercial. Regarding preference, Sir H. C. Bannerman was brief, but not unconcilintory. Both the Home Government and a majority of the colonial Governments seem to recognise in tho matter of inter-imperial policy the most feasible path to advance on at. present is the provision for some continuous means of communication. Tlie Australian proposals in this respect show the direction in which things are moving. The Standard declares that Air. Deakin in demanding a full report is not spokesman for the Commonwealth alone, and publicity is tlie greatset of all statesmanship. The Daily Alail complains of Sir H. C. Bannerman administering to tho colonial representatives a cold douche.

The Daily Chronicle savs the Conference has made a favorable start though Sir H. C. Bannerman would have, done better to have assumed a formal presidency of the Conference.

~ T ’ ,G ., Dai,y Telegraph declares that the opening of the Conference was full of promise.

The Times in an article on the Impeiia! Conference, gives prominence to Mr. IV.- E. Foster’s articles published in tlie Nineteenth Century n February and March 1885, relating to consultation with the colonies and va Board of Advice. 1 ‘ L ' y "o’s 0 ’ s attitude forced a reversal of the decision to at the Co”! anC ° ° f Ministers at the Conference. Lord Elgin re- * sisted until he recognised the Pro liners’ insistence.

litude d rS Sin r iUl ° I)to(1 similar attitude regarding publicity of 11, „ proceedings. The Colonial Office wish to limit the daily precis tha f^ words gIV TI to v th ° P ress a few more.' 1 insist upon WANGANUI HARBOR. OUTER WORKS TO BE PUSHED ON. Press Association. WANGANUI, yesterday. The Harbor Board decided last evening to proceed with extension of the outside harbor works immediately. The engineer advised that an extension of the north mole by 1400 ft will give a depth of 16ft at the bar.