CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2070, 3 May 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

I'll EBB ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, May 1. King Edward lias loft tlio Mediterranean homewards via Paris. The Scottish Landholder Dill has passed the second reading. Mr. Balfour charged the Government with talcing land and the capital sunk in it, and speculating with it, leaving the loss to he borne by the owner. It was apparently intended to extend the Bill to England. Mr. John Burns introduced a Bill to enable conscientious objectors to vaccination to make declaration before the Comissioner of Oaths and secure exemption.

PARIS, May 1

Owing to May Day demonstrations very special precautions aro being taken for King Edward’s protection in Paris. ST. PETERSBURG, May 1. The Duma adopted the Government Recruits Bill by 193 to 129. There is a general strike at Warsaw. Bread and meat are unpurchasable. GUATEMALA, -May 1. A bomb exploded near tbo President of Guatemala’s carriage. General Orellana and the coachman were injured. MELBOURNE, May 1. The Board of Control lias submitted to tlie Maryleboiie Club a list of fixtures for the next English tour. It includes five test matches, tlie first to be played at Sydney on December 13th. Other matches aro: Melbourne, January Ist; Adelaide, January 12th; Melbourne, February Bth; and Sydney, February 22nd. At the Marino Enquiry into tlio wreck of the Eastby, Captain Wallace testified that bo bad instructed the second mate to call him when Everard light was abeam. The mate did so, but ns he had had very little sloop for three days, he must have dozed off again. The next thing he knew was that the vessel was bumping He bad been continuously on duty for 22 hours. Masters, tho second mate, said ho called the captain, hut told him they were 5 miles off the light, lie afterwards found that he had made a mistake. MINING ON THE RAND. LONDON, May 1. The Times Johannesburg correspondent says Mr. Smuts is earnestly attempting to understand the difficulties of mining in the Transvaal and to procure the immediate repatriation of Chinese. -PRETORIA, May 1. The directors of the Kleinfontein Deep and Van Ryn Deep Gold Mines on the Rand have decided to close down. Their funds are nearly exhausted, and they are unable at present to raise large sums required to develop tho mines.

DISSATISFACTION WITH BUTTER GRADING.

LONDON, May 1

Sir W. Lvne visited Tooley street and inspected-the landing of butter. He interviewed several importers respecting grading. They stated that they had no objection to grading, which was of educational valut. Tor the factories, but were dissatisfied with the way in wfiich grading was at present performed. One importer said that more butter graders ought to bo employed and some he sent to England in order to learn the requirements of the trade. Sir AV. Lyne explained that the system had only recently been initiated in t'he Commonwealth. He was trying to introduce it with a minimum amount of friction. His aim was to have the most efficient grading by competent graders, but it was difficult to distribute the best men all over Australia. He thought no one would deny that grading had enhanced the value of New Zealand butters. He anticipated similar results for Australian butter.

INTER NATIONAL RELATIONS, . BERLIN, May 1.

Prince Von Billow, in a speech 'n the Reichstag, said every time the Kaiser journeyed to the Mediterranean he had visited the King of Italy. It was quite natural that King Edward would do the same when touring the Italian coast. Friendly relations of England with Italy would be advantageous to and desirable for Germany. There was no arriere pensee in Persia. The Anglo-Russian rapprochement was an attempt to settle old disputes there. There was opposition between England and Russia that could ho turned to Germany’s account in Morocco. Germany only desired equal commercial opportunities. There were no controversies between Germany and England which could interfere with friendly efforts, if the sensible sections of both nations let them cultivate friendships and alliances. They need not be anxious respecting ententes upon matters which did not immediately affect them, and should grant others the freedom of movement they claimed for themselves. The speech has had a re-as-suring effect throughout Europe. Prince Bulow, in a pre-eminently peaceful speech on the European outlook in the Reichstag, said Germany would attend the Hague Conference, but would leave it to others who were sanguine that the discussion of limitation of armaments would prove successful, to conduct it alone. If a practical scheme were evolved 'Germany would conscientiously consider it.

Some importance is attached in certain cirejee in Germany to the present visit to Berlin of Baron AeJvetistKal, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The None Erie Presse states that the good relations existing between Austria-Hungary and Britain and France will enable, under certain circumstances, the mitigation of the all too sharp divergence between those Powers and Germanv.