GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2183, 12 September 1907, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

United Press Association —Copyright Received September 11, 10.24 p.m. LONDON, September 11. Colonel Templer’s airship made a successful preliminary ascent at Farnborough Common. It circled in the air under perfect control, but prematurely descended owing to ail accident to the driving belt. Colonel Capper, superintendent of the balloon section of the Royal Engineers expressed the greatest satisfaction at the manner in which the balloon answered the rudder with and against the wind. A second thoroughly successful ascent was made later with three occupants. Received September 11, 10.30 p.m. New Zealand is gazetted a Dominion as from September 26th. PRETORIA, September 11. General Botha states that the Transvaal Government is purchasing a new gold-mine with the object of training youths, chiefly sous of the poor, in practical mining.

ST: September 11. Hooligans organised and carried out a pogrom at Kishineff resulting in 80 Jews' being killed: Hundreds fled towards the river Krutli with the intention of escaping to Roumania, but the frontier guards turned many back.

During a pogrom at Lodz 11 were killed and many wounded.

Received September 11, 10.30 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, September 11. Ratifications of the Russo-Japanese Convention have been exchanged THE HAGUE. September 11. The first sub-committee of the Peace Convention by. 26 to 20 with 24 abstentions, including Japan and Russia, adopted an international prize court and distribution of judges. The Japanese delegates said that the subject required careful consideration. A new institution must necessarily influence national jurisdiction. Russia’s abstention is based on-the incomplete nature of the legislation relating to prizes and the necessity for further consideration, particularly of article 7, which declared that the Court must judge according to any convention between parties. According to the general principles of justice and equity they should realise that international law would not applv. The delegates are delighted at getting the prize court after so many initial difficulties.

NEW YORK, September 11. A Wall Street telegram from Washington announces China’s adoption of the gold standard. Recoived September 12, 1.10 a.in. 'SYDNEY, September 11. Three seats arc still in doubt. The latest returns indicate that Ministerialists will ou9t Laborites at Orange and Macquarie, while a Laborite will oust the Ministerialist at Blayney. The local option count i~ progressing slowly. Of 15 completed electorates 3 voted for continuance of licenses, 12 for reduction, and in 5 if these 12 the no-license vote is 1 trger than the continuance and reduction voto combined, but failed to leach the three-fifths majority necessary to make no-license effective, though it now looks as if no elector-’ ate will carry no-license right out. The vote for reduction will prove effective in very many electorates. The Act provides that where no-license is not carried the vote counts with that for reduction. No-3icenso advocates profess that they arc well satisfied with the result. It is an excellent beginning—much bettor than Now. Zealand's first attempt. Tlio AMowrie electorate, where the member was returned unopposed, took a local option poll, and carried no-license, but as 30 per cent, of the electors did not vote the poll -.was uou-effoctive,