YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2149, 3 August 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

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LONDON. August L. In tiie House of Commons, Air. E. Robertson, financial secretary to the Admiral* v. dealing with the sliipbuiidd ;; \ . to, stated the British flotilla at destroyers were superior in erseni ei luiatil'.es to ioreign flotillas. Furtiter const rui-Clon of large armoured cruisers was not required immcUaiol.v hi \ w el' eir superiority in this 'direction, attention in eonWith the p.ogr rune tor 1908 was therefore being directed to the improvement ol scouts lie pro;: cded lo describe the Uoailicea type of third class cruiser which was Uvrpeiv superior in coal, endurance, and armament- to flic Scout and suitable as a parent chip to destroyers: also for Son s'.F.omt. He sfi.-we.i t ill re e-.ii uce.t no eueiv.epariug in repairs i'o the licet and the reports regarding the discharges of .loehvards’ hands had been exagge ,i.-d' Air. Haliour said ih.e whole disquiet in the public mind related to ! I pairs. lie was convinced it would he ended if the Admiralty on its own authority would state in regard to each ship whether the criticism was accurate. The Times declares Air. Balfour pointed to the true remedy and trusts it will forthwith be applied. The Times emphasises in regard to cruisers that we are on the eve of a new departure. The problem will involve exhaustive study, and perhaps much controversy before it is solved. tu the 'cricket match Hampshire defeated Aliddlesex by idl runs. The authorities' are urgently recruiting large numbers of Irish constabulary, and have sent Maxim guns to Belfast. The police at ltosecommon. Leitrim, Galway, and Mayo strongly sympathise with those at Belfast! ‘ Earl Beauchamp has succeeded Earl Liverpool as Lord Steward of the King's Household. . Obituary: Air. Joseph Hutton, the novelist, aged 6G. In the House of Lords the Court of Criminal Appeal Bill was read a third time by 102 to 26.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has intimated that the Lambeth Conference assembles on July _6th, 1908, and concludes on August sth, with a fortnight’s interval to enable the commtteo to deliberate. The by-election for North-west

Staffordshire, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ATr. A. Bilsou resulted : Stanley (Liberal-Lab-orite) 7396, Twv ford (Unionist) 5047. [At last election Air. Bilson (Liberal) defeated the sitting Unionist member bv 2110 votou. In 1900 the seat was held by a Conservative, in ISSS by a Liberal, and in 1592 and 1595 by Conservatives.]