YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2171, 29 August 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Jnited Press Association—Copyright LONDON, August 27. Iu tiio House of Commons Mr. Bir[•(■11 strongly deprecated the House of Lords’ nniondiuont to the Evicted Tenants UUll. UO 'sn'id'u'j .new-ton „ a i, or “‘planter” who was a bona fide cultivuvor should be eompulsor-. ily ousted. This meant a triumph |/ir Lord Olanricardo, and deprived ihe Hill of the greatest value, namely," its pHoitieotmg message to 1 roll, ml, i>i l l yielding to superior force, and will) a view of saving the Bill he asked the House to assent to the amendment, and to also accept the bunt of reinstated tenants at 2000, but to resist the House of Lords’ substitution of tjie word “conipon-r.ation”-for the expression “fair markid value." Mr. Redmond declared the representatives of the landlords in both Houses deliberately wrecked Ireland’s hopes oi settlement. They desired to cause turmoil in Ireland this winter. He added that' as long ns tbe ‘‘planters” on Lord Clanricardo’s estate or elsewhere were left in possession there could ho no end to land troubles. It was when Ireland was tranquil that the Unionists wore nlwnvs obdurate. The moral was if the Irish desired a settlement in 1908 they must close their ranks and engage in a movement sufficiently strong and menacing to overcome the landlords’ opposition. Ho admitted the Bill was not worthless, inasmuch as it contained the principle of compulsory acquisition of untenanted laud, 'hut it would fail to settle the evicted question. Mr. Ballour protested at Mr. Redmond's direct incitement to disorder, and aspersions on landlords. The Houso endorsed Mr. Bin-ell's recommendation, the Nationalists, at the outset of til© divisions, quitting the House. Three more cases of mutilation have occurred at Brent AVyrley. The House of Lords rejected the Scottish Land Values Bill, because there was no time to consider it, since the prorogation takes place tomorrow.

Lord Robertson objected to land values being made into sandwich men for Henry George. Lord Cawdor insisted that the Government was obviously pursuing -a "filling up the cup” policy. Lord Tweedmoutli replied that the Bill simply aimed at obtaining a fair valuation of land. In the Houso of Commons, Mr. Harold Cox, mentioning the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce representations regarding the Australian tariff, as'keil whether Sir H. C. Baniierman would consider the advisability of at the earliest opportunity relieving the taxpayers of the expense of the squadron maintained for the defence of Australia. Sir H. C. Bannerman replied in tlio negative, declaring an entirely different set of circumstances were involved in the maintainanco of the naval agreements. The Hon. Hall-Jones has arrived in London from New' Zealand. He states that he is much better in health. Sir Henry Primrose, Chairman of tho Board of Inland Revenue, has been appointed Chairman of tho Royal Commission to study the question of decentralisation in India.

Obituary: Earl Dimmore, suddenly. Seventy-four Alpine fatalities have already been reoordeil this season. During manoeuvres on the Berkshire Downs tlie Horse Guards and Lancers collided during a charge. A lancer was killed, and twenty injured. General French was nearly ridden down. Mr. John Morley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in announcing a marked improvement in' the state of the Punjaub. hinted that there :would he ail early release of the exiled agitators if there was. reason to believe they would not renew the agitation. Many individual exporters contend that Sir TV. Lyne’s offer of preference is mischievous and valueless. Others prefer to await details. OTTAWA, August 27. ' Canadian immigration for the year ended June amounted to over a quarter of a million persons. Canada’s foreign trade was over £122,000,000 in value, an increase of £13,000.000. Tlio exports to Britain declined £l, 000,000; the imports increased £4, 000,000. BERLIN, August 27. The Kaiser in the course of a speech at Hanover thanked Heaven and the swords of his trusty troops that peace had been so long maintained.

PRETORIA, August 27. General Botha in a second speech at Standerton declared that all should assist in building a great nation under the British flag. Judge Hertzog addressing the Jacobsdal Boers in Dutch was equally emphatic and loyal, adding that if the colony was to bo useful to the Afotherland the inhabitants must behave as men of a British colony. NEW YORK. August 27. The New York Herald lias started an agitation in favour of the sale of tlio Philippines to Japan or any other Power. Many prominent public men support it, some even contending that the islands should he given away if the nation is unable to sell them. The New York Herald states that Japan has purchased 1000 Whithead torpedoes, of the latest model on the market.

SYDNEY, August 28. A difficulty has cropped up at the Hebburn colliery, Newcastle. The mine lias been thrown idle. The men object to work tlie mine owing to the sparking of the electric cables supplying power to the coal cutting machines. The manager of the mine contends that thre is no gas in the mine; therefore there is no danger, hut the men contend there is a danger in cutting machines striking blowers of gas at any minute. Trouble threatens to spread to other mines, causing dislocation of tlio coal trade.