YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2143, 27 July 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, July 25. The Standard asserts that the Government have succeeded in obtaining a pattern of a . bort Loo-Enfiold rifle,which v-lur-s doiuaro i.o be the best in the \y,orid: ■ vu ■ ■ : I.e' sol', and v'noke. o! the firm of Stni key, Love. .on. and Coulee,, sharebrokers who recently failed, have been sentenced to |r <> years each for misappropriating their elicmts’ money. ,J... ta-.Ur -Heldano a in.vnfion to further reduce employment at Woolwich ar.ennl by 3(KiO men, making 8000 the maximum peace .strength, whereas formel.v it. war 15.000. The proposal has caused indignation at'Woolwicli. • Mnsc'neers-demanded a’strike, wliieii the loaders over-ruled. AV0rk- ,,,,,, ~,n v -P'l-.g to the Uahor

ll\C’.i\l't I';> (<> * «.i ii»iUli'l»t. t At his o-.vn desire Air Churchill, will nay his cost of living and transport, except Government transport., during his African tour. Richard Brinkley has been sentenced to death for the murder of Air. and Airs. ]iodic, at' Croydon, by the administration of cyanide of potassium. Notts and Afiddlesex, undefeated, head the list for the county cricket championship. Worchester and Yorkshire lost- two matches, Surrey and Lancashire three, Essex four, and Kent six. The Daily Express reports a deadlock of business in the Cape Parliament owing to nearly half the members being prostrated with influenza. Teams representing the United States, Canada. Newfoundland, and Great. Britain have entered for the Palma trophy at Bisley. His Maiestv the King sent a message to Parliament signed with his own hand reminding it to grant £SO, 000 to Lord Cromer in recognition of his eminent services in Egypt. _ Afr. Victor Booth an Oamaru pianist has obtained the: Atacfarren gold medal and Westlake prize of the Royal Academy of Afusic. Only three of fifteen clauses of the Evicted Tenants Bill wore discussed before the guillotine was applied. Owing to luanv measures reaching the House of Lords with clauses passed without discussion Lord Cnmpordown proposes that in future Bills so printed shall show what portions tho House of Commons closured. THE HAGUE, July 25. Britain and Germany support tlio United States’ proposal for collecting contractual debts which is regarded less extreme than the Drago doctrine. Lord Reay explained before the Fourth Commission the motives inducing Britain to advocate iibolitio i of contraband, laying stress on the fact of complications resulting from capture- becoming so dangerous that it was not compensated by any real utility. There is little prospect of Britain’s proposal being adopted owing to German and Japanese opposition. BERLIN, July 20. The Kaiser has again denounced in sharp terms rich living among the officers of the army. SYDNEY, July 26.

The Premier’s confidential report shows that extraordinary sweating prevails in dressmaking and millinery businesses. Nine hundred girls receive 5s a week and under. The Premier intends to legislate to fix a minimum wage for juvenile labor. ADELAIDE, July 26. The Marine Department has received a report from the keeper at Penguin Island, llivoti Bay. that the island is crumbling away through erosion of tho sea at tne rate of four inches a month. Heavy landslips are occurring. - MELBOURNE, July 26.

The Postmaster-General admitted in tho House that the telephone service was liotioriously bad throughout Australia. The Department had neither wire nor machines. This was the result of an enormous demand for telephones. The time was njy far distant when every . house would be a bio to have a telephone at ore shilling per week. PERTH, Julv 2G. Tlios. Fenton, a New Zealander, well known in mining and racing circles, was killed through a sulky colliding with a train at a level crossing-