YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2181, 10 September 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

United . Press Association —Copyright LONDON, Sept. 8. The British imports lor August int JCi« ,ipul the/jxjmrts increased" .0.1868,000 compared with tho previous August. The hyo-election lor West Down, owing to the resignation of Mr. H. Lcikh U. tin •■i.-Nig memhor, resulted t'-e return of Lord Arthur Hill, Comer, alien who polled 8702,, against *21)18 polled by Mr. Beattie a Ruhellite.' Mr. Haldane, speaking at Abernathy, defended the purchase of AmeiCcu licr-e. h for the army nil the ground that they were 15 to 20 per cent, cheaper than the British. The new Cunard steamer Lusitania has sailed for New York, two and a half hours after the Lueania, of the same line. Croat- excitement prevails amongst the passengers as to tin* result of the ocean race, and the chance of the British steamer boating German steaming records. Kind Edward was accorded an enthusiastic reception in London, where ho spent the week end. In a swimming contest C. M. Daniels, at Manchester, won the 100 yards championship in 42 2-5 seconds, establishing a record. A cap found in a field at- Great IVyrley, where mares were mutilated, and a broken pipe found in the vicinity, form the chief circumstantial evidence against Morgan. It is reported that nine witnesses support Morgan’s alibi. MONTE CARLO, Sept. 8. An immense crowd met the Goolds on arrival here, shouting “Death to them.” MOROCCO, Sept. 8. Mulai Ha fid secured 1,700,000 rounds of ammunition in the Custom house, Mazagan, which the French intended to seize. Discontented Imperial troops near Tangier are looting cattlo and grain. Europeans fear a massacre worse than that of Casablanca unless a white force occupies the town. Ivaid McLean writes that ho is suffering great hardships owing to inadequate covering in a roofless hut. Tho weeks, ho says, seem like years. MELBOURNE, Sept. 9. A meeting of the Sawmillers Association endorsed the increases in timber duties. In regard to butterbox timber, tho meeting favored a reciprocity agreement with New Zealand to admit timber of certain measurements free into the Commonwealth, rather than have a rebate on butter-boxes. A safe at the Melbourne Palace private hotel has been robbed. Between £l5O and £2OO is missing. It is supposed a duplicate key was used. Swimmer won tho steeplechase at Moorefleld from a field of six. SYDNEY, Sept, 9. Trouble is threatened in tho carrying trade over the question of working hours. A meeting of light carriers resolved to cease work on Saturday next if their demands were not conceded. The heavy carriers meet to-night-’ to consider the situation.^ The constable surprised the men in the sacristy attached to the Rydalmere Catholic Church hall. In the course of a struggle in the hall, the altar and church furnishings were spattered with blood from the wounded men. The publican’s injuries are not so serious as was anticipated, he having sustained only a flesh wound.