YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2187, 17 September 1907, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

United ■ Press - Association—Copyright London; sept.is. . The police have withdrawn ■ the charges- they made against ' Morgan, a butcher', of maimin'g ’horses at Wyerloj’.' The' 'prosecution' was a fiasco.

Dr. Albert'Martin "has been' Gazetted ’Chilian 1 *conßtd r at Wellington.’ 'M. Marconi has "sailed for Canada to complete the wireless’ connection between' Cape’ Breton"and England, "under- agreeln'ent 'with' the Canadian Government. It is proposed "to charge fivepenco per word for ordinary ’messages, and'for press 2Jd per' word. Mr. Haldane, Secretary for War, speaking at Blair Atliole, said the new army system would supersede the old "on March 31st. Probably three million pounds annually would be spent on volunteers in future: The Colonial Premiers' had undertaken to prepare local forces in the sarivo spirit, t-o be ready for Imperial emergencies.

" . British railway- shares on Saturdaydeclined 1J to 3 points on account of the Amalgamated Societies’ attitude, .and the directors’ uncompromising refusal to recognise the society. < - Warner scored 116 in the first innings and 113 nob out in the second innings in a match Rest of England v. Notts. The match was drawn. BERLIN, Sept. 10. The personnel of the German Navy has increased from 23,403 to 46,900 in a decade. Next year it will exceed 50,000. PARIS," Sept. 15. The French submersible Opale, 'during a trial'trip,'made a record summarine * run." A sensation' has been caused in France by Premier Fallieres reprieving Sobilands, the perpetrator of an atrocious'murder of a little girl. Public opinion regards the commutation as equivalent to the abolition of the death penalities. ST PETERSBURG, Sept.’ 16. , Thfe 'Boufse Gazette says it is rumored iii Russian" naval circles that -the United' States' and' Russia have reached ; an agreement 'in regard to the' Far East,' whereby the American fleet is granted a base at Vladivostok.

MOROCCO, Sept. 15. The Arabs admit 300 killed in the fight on the 11th. They retreated 20 kilometres inland. MELBOURNE, Sept. 16. ‘ AVhen 'Mr. Deakin returns to Parliament lie intends to make ail an.nbnncement In- regard to the immediate' stops to_be taken to construct an Australian navy. If the difference between the cost of construction in England and Austraiia’ is not unreasonbale Parliament will be asked to sanction a system of warship-build--ing by private enterprise under Government- supervision, i" SYDNEY, Sept. 16. The Daily Telegraph says there was iio greater disappointment at Tattersall’s meeting-than Maranui,; who ran badly. He never seemed to get up the necessary pace to tako a hand with the leading division. Maranui' should have done better, even allowing he did hot get off the mark with the leaders and was making liis first appearance in public.

It was 4.20 o’clock on the afternoon of the 12th (Thursday) that the Mokoia sighted the Monowai. The first officer, Mr. Brown, and tlie : fifth engineer, Mr. McConville, were the two who undertook the perilous 1 tarik of attaching the hawsers to the rudder.' ADELAIDE, Sept. 16. A remarkable development has occurred in connection with the Senate election-for Angus division, in which Mr. Vardon’s seat was declared' vacant. Much hinged on* the statement

that'a pai'del of voting papers was accidentally burnt-. The papers have • U oW been- discovered: Tho Federal 'Attorney-General has boon consulted oii’tho position.' ! SUVA,'Sept. 16. Mr. McDiiegal, second ongineor of tho cable-repairing steamor Iris, was "drowiibit whilst boating. -