YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2148, 2 August 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, July 31. Thoro are five thousand troops at Bellast. The insubprdiuation oi tho police i.iieiu is steadily increasing, tiyinpail-.oiic strikes aro expected in other towns. The first battalion ol' tho Berkshire Regiment. with its 1 Maxim gun soction,"has Ooen umisteercd to Bolfast' from Ballysbannon. l'ilty-three"'hattl('sbipß and cruisers, six scouts, 7o torpedo destroyers! and 10 torpeiloers asseinbldd in tb-- Solent, preparatory for tho King’s inspection oh Saturday. In the Mouse ol Lords, Lord Brasr,e'y resumed an animated debate on the question of maritime defence. |,.i,(1 Tivecdm mill said in- was hopeful an understanding would bo come to with colonies, whose views' on froedom of action as regards details the Government recognised. Dwelling noon tlie Government s vioiv of Imperial defence. Lord Tweed month announced that he had in mind a now oxteiulod oruisor policy for 190 S or 15)09. Tho cruiser was a vessel wherewith eventually wo would keep up a eonnoction with our oversea. Dominions. Lord Ellonborough said until our fleot, was crushed tlio foreigner could only send a cruiser or two to our colonies, and the best way -of checking tho cruiser was to have torpedoers. available on tho stations. Ho added that local defence of tlio harbors of Australasia was extremely desirable. In the House of Lords Lord Brassoy complained that' tlio reasonable demands of the colonics for the loan of vessels suitable for training seamen had not been granted. The Motherland ought also to supply largo cruisers and ocean destroyers for" the protection of Australian trade. Lord Tweed mouth denied that colonial interests were being neglected. A well-manned Australian flotilla of destroyers and submarines would be a very substantial defence against casual raids, also of tlio greatest assistance to the British fleet in the event- of war. Personally ho did not believe in sending odd cruisers to odd places all over the world. Tlio essence of modern policy was fleet concentration. The Standard says Sir Charles Dilke is convinced that tho All Red route is impracticable. It would only provide for a summer service. Evidence submitted to the Committee shows that if all the first and secondclass passengers on the Canadian route and half the third-class used tho All Red line there will bo a loss of over one million pounds lingMr. John Morloy has intimated his assent to a regular decrease of China’s importation of Indian opium, provided China proves that, slio is correspondingly reducing the production of the native drug. Furthermore, Britain assents to an increase of Customs, and likin duties, placing foreign opium on an equality with native as regards taxation. The steam yacht, Nimrod, which is a 40-year old whaler, has been refitted as Lieut. Shackletou’s Antarctic ship, and sails on Tuesday. Tlio King and Queen inspect Lieut. Shackleton’s Nimrod at Cowes on Monday. Two shocks of earthquake occurred at Loch Garrocli, Invcrnesshire.

In the House of Commons a grant of £50,000 to Lord Cromer in recognition of his sorvices_ in Egypt, was carried by 254 to 107, after opposition on the part of tlie Irish and Labor members. In the House of Lords the vote was carried with acclaimation.

The English estate of Leonard Marshall, a New Zeajander, lias been sworn at £15,244. In connection with the Crown case against the Duke of Richmond, cabled on July 12tli, Mr. Justice Dray, in a reference to the Scottish estates, gave a reserved judgment for tho Duke of Richmond, on the ground that the encumbrances which had been created were genuine, but in regard to the Goodwood estate the duty was payable on the principal value of tho estates. The Chairmen of the Great Eastern and South-Eastern Railway Compniea, at their meetings, intimated that the directors would resist the demands of the railway men promulgated by a movement in all grades of the services, and do not intend to recognise the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. The Government have prohibited an Irish League meeting at Balia, county Mayo, .in order to prevent inti mid aftion in connect ion witli a boycotted grazing farm. In the cricket match against South Africa, England in their second innings scored 16£. In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill said the delay in proclaiming the New Hebrides Convention was due to complicated legal questions, and regulations under the convention itself. NEW YORK, July 31. The United States Cabinet have opened negotiaitons with Mexico in reference to a great influx of Japanese coolies across the border.

PRETORIA, July 31. The Assembly is discussing the question of expenditure on foreign labor. Mr. Villiers, Attorney-Gen-eral, remarked that they must proride for the administration of affairs of those Chinamen whose contracts did not expire within a year from the granting of the Constitution. Sir George Farrar congratulated the Government' on its determination that Perim coolies should finish their periods of indenture, despite the letters patent. PARIS, July 31. Admiral Idjuin, interviewed here, declared that the Japanese had enough to do in Korea and Manchuria. The? did not desire to interfere in tho Philippines or Indo-China. He expressed the most friendly sentiments towards the United States, which he described as a financial Coloss u*. -

BOMBAY, July 31. The Maharaja of Shamslier Jang, Prime Minister of Nepaul, has forbidden residents of tho State to subscribe to seditious papers. ' MELBOURNE, August 1. Peanuts and sunflower seed wore eliminated from the Bounties Bill. The ex-Now Zealand horse Subterranean (late Submarine), Bst 71bs, scored an oasy victory in tho Ascot Julv Handicap, beating Ruction and Unknown, two light weights. The Tariff Commission hold its final sitting and adopted reports summarising its recommendations. It sat 401 days. The printed reports mako a series of volumes nearly sft high. Advices have been recoived that the Russian ship Orient, bound from Geelong to South Africa, with a cargo of wheat is ashore in a bad position on the South African coast, near East London.

SYDNEY, August 1. Ac a banquet to Masonic visitors, Mr. Binns, pro-Grand Master of New Zealand, warmly supported the idea of a conference of Grand Lodges of Australasia. He stated New Zealand was resolved to send representatives to auv such conference.

At the annual meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce Mr. Merivalo, tho president, suggested that tho Northern Territory should b 6 handed over to Britain to be populated with natives of India. Without populati m or even polico outposts connected with telegraph the Territory offered an irresistible temptation to any foreign nation which might be tempted to take advantage of England’s absence or distraction. The danger of a black population would only be real if not under proper control. Australians would secure advantage in having a large tract of country peopled and governed, not only by friends but her own kin.

The City Council is conducting * a vigorous policy of suppression of the smoke nuisance. A meeting of employers jias been called to consider the action to be taken regarding the shop assistants’ award, which will not operate till a common rule is made. The Government place on the local market one million pounds of funded stock, carrying 3) per cent interest. It is chiefly intended for redemption purposes. The police are searching for the Qnirindi murderer, who Is armed with a rifle.

The shop assistants’ award is limitel to the metropolitan area. Visitors to the Parramatta river were treated to a good exhibition of rowing yesterday. Towns and Webb, leaving pacemakers behind, got together after passing Usher’s Point, and making solid pace, kept on terms till Henley was reached. Nearing the finish they put on a spurt, and finished together off Searle’s monument.