YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2175, 3 September 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, September 1. Tl\e Economist says such.one-sided' pielorenco as tlie Australian tanlt kwetvls' finds' "no' faYor' 'with freetraders. . The paper Ironmonger advises cycle manufacturers to ship to Australia complete component, but doliicliod parts of machines. Tee A.iglodtutsnm agreements have been signed. The bout h Africans defeated Somerset by 358 runs. . A conference of Shipping Jodcrs,lions of Europe meets shortly in London to discuss tlie question of shipping labor, socialist trade unionism. and till' political and economical aspects of labor problems. Another horse has been mutilated at Great W'yrloy. There is great oxritment in StalFordshiro. Repairs to the warship Commonwealth will occupy several months. One hundred loot of the bottom on tlie starboard side is seriously damaged, the plates being badly dented, and her frame forced through tlio S ' l ' i> ' PARIS, September 1.The Minister for Commerce has announced that- a commercial agreement with Canada lias been virtually completed. *** ‘ ' ' The Government. have intormed General Drude, that ho will he poimitted to extend field operations anywhere within one or tw r o days’ march of Casablanca, but no expedition to the interior is permissible.

ATHENS, September 1. Prince George of Groeco has been betrothed to Marie Bonaparte. MELBOURNE, September 2. There is a. strong feeling in Parliament in favor of reduction of the income tax. Ministers are inclined to view the proposal favorably if they find when the Estimates are finally revised sufficient revenue to enable them to do so.

SYDNEY, September 2. Mr. Carruthers states that if successful at the elections ho will take a referendum firstly, whether the country is favorable to tlie Federal demands iii respect to the capital; secondly, whether it is favorable to an equivalent to the Braddon clause being provided ; thirdly, whether the State should accept the Commonwealth as now constituted and administered, or take measures to secure a. more liberal and just constitution. If the answer to the last question was ‘No he would take it as a warrant to secure a more liberal constitution. When Sir AA T . Lyne and other political traitors knew that they were representatives of a mere insignificant minority in New South Wales, they would begin to climb down. The State had plenty of friends in Queensland, Western Australia., and Tasmania. If they let the trouble caused by a few men who captured power to go on, they would have to think of revolution. . H.M.S. Cambrian sailed on Saturday. The flagship sails on Thursday for Colombo to pick up relief crews. - Victorian and New South AN ales confectionery manufacturers have arranged a compact not to undersell one another.

BRISBANE, September 2. Bush fires are raring in northwest Queensland and doing great damage round Roma and St. George. PERTH, September 2. Tlio Canadian lacrosse team defeated Western Australia by 14 goals to 6.