YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2201, 3 October 1907, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

I United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, Oot. 1. | It is expected tlio King land Queen I of Spain will visit Windsor during I tlio Kaiser’s visit. I Obituary: Major-Genoral Sir John I Ardngh, aetat 67. I The quarterly revenue amounted I to £333,379,771, Customs revenue being £7,931,000, oxciso £9,230,000, I and sta nijis £2,073,000. I An official report states that 40,I 000 Americans have been touring the I Continent in 800 motors during tlio I past season, spending in an aggregate I £50,000 daily. PARIS, Oot, 1. I All the balloons landed safely. BERLIN, Oot. 1. I The Germ!in. turbine cruiser Sta- | tin attained a sjieed of 25i knots. BELGRADE, Oot. 1. I The prison murder is causing great I excitement. It illustrates tlio Go--1 vernmeut’s persecution of nntiI regicides. ST. PETERSBURG, Oot, X. I The newspaper Russ now states that two battleships of 25,000 tons each will bo completed within two years at the Baltic works. Their I •armaments include ten 12-inch and six 8-inch guns, and they will curry crews of over 1000 each. NEW YORK, Oct. 1. The United States Government, intending to prevont tho inffiiition of American contractors’ prices, shortly invite tenders at Cardiff for £20,000 worth of coal for tho fleet proceeding on a cruise in tho Pacific. CALCUTTA, Oct. 1. Cliowhurry, a Bengal barrister, a leading Swadeshi agitator, accompanies Mr. Iveir Bardie during his visit to India. Crowds gave an ovation to Mr. Bardic. Benjf.il newspapers, in interviews, assert that Mr Bardie declares the condition- of the country worse than Russia, and accuses the officials of atrocities. ■ TOKIO, Oot. 1. Japanese statesmen end newspapers are delighted at tho AngloRussian Convention, which considerably lightens Japanese responsibility in connection with defence of the frontiers. Japanes e newspapers state that Count Okumu believes that an unpublished understanding exists between Britain and Russia regarding the Balkans and Asia Minor. ADELAIDE, Oct, 2. After a further conference of the 1 two Bouses on the Franchise Bill, the Premier announced a tentative agreement had been reached, by which the Council undertook to support tlio amendments and advocate ' tho Bill at a referendum. Tile Go- ! vernineiifc had done the best they could, and only accepted the compromise in order that tho important business of the country could be pro- 1 ceeded with... j At a horse sale at Kapiuida 2500 1 horses from Kidman’s station were j offered, the largest lot over brought : together in Australia, J [MELBOURNE, Oct, 2. < The State Savings Bank depositors i during tho past year increased by - c 24,556, and the amount to the ere- i dit of depositors £1,029,000. i In connection with the recent re- ,| ports of murders on tho island of ( Malaita, the Federal authorities aro advised that probably there have not been more crimes than previous to i the repatriation of Kanakas. Now ] that there aro more missionaries, j murders are reported which before , were never heard of. <- The American system of dealing .j with inebriates, in allowing them .to ( ie discharged after signing the T fledge, on the understanding they a vill be severely dealt with if they t •Fended again, has been initiated at i ho City Court. c The railway revenue for the past i -ear was £4,012,006, tlio largest mount ever earned. The percents ige of working expenses to revenue was the lowest sinco 1878. The -latest phase of the bakers’ 1 (trike is a- house to house boycott in ® ho artisan centres of employers who ’*■ lave observed the provisions of tho ® Factories Act. The employers con- j 1 >ider the development serious. I PERTH, Oct. 2. ' + Dr. Cameron, of Boulder, obtain'd a verdict of £2OO damages against hree other local doctors on the 'round that they conspired to pro- 1 rent his name-being placed on tlio v lootor’s list at the mines because n le consulted with certain other medi- t Tii on I