Y'ESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2217, 22 October 1907, Page 4

Y'ESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Unitod Press Association—Copyright diis Majc.iity King Edward, in a Miuconignuu, in reply to Earl LI rey, said ho was tie] igilted that. trans-Atlantic wireless telegraphy should unite the 'bonds but ween Canada and the Motherland so elosele.

tSir Sydenham Clarke, the new Governor ot Bombay, lias been created a Grand Commander of the Indian Empire. The Sinn Fein has inaugurated a emipnign in London. Doctor Mark Ryan, John Cavan Dully, and others -poke. •Mr. AY. l\ Schreiner, cx-rrcm-ier of Cape Colony, is re-entering politics, topeakmg at Capetown he ■declared that Soul'll Africa was now one, and it only remained to manufacture the machinery of government.

King Leopold declines to accept the Committee's decision that nli Congo loan bills must be tabled in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. ’llie Economist declares that it the bond of commercial and political unity is desired throughout the. Empire, the first step towards unification is uniform shipping laws, it complains that the Australian Navigation Bill places a burden, which may become prohibitive, on British vessels engaged in the Australian coastal trade, or even calling m at successive Australian ports in the course of a long Imperial voyage. Shares fell in AVmll street to the lowest level since 1897. There was heavy selling, and the weakness was largely owing to the clearing liouso discussing the a hairs of several banks. The market steadied later. Feverish selling of large blocks of railway shares in New York continues. Many yesterday touched the lowest prico for years. The Hamburg-Americnu Company propose to buijd a new liner of -L ,- UOO tons with a speed of 18 knots, fitted with a combination of turbine and reciprocating engines. Herr Ballin, manager of the company, declares it is impossible to operate a vessel of the Lusitania typo without Government aid. He states that a speed of 18 knots will furnish the maximum of comfort with profit. Eight thousand two hundred and ninety-two cases'of cholera, of which 5995 were fatal, have occurred in Russia in the last three months. The Sydney “Herald”, as the result of close investigation of the prospects, says that if no further rain falls before November the average wheat yield of the State will not exceed three bushels to the acre. Should the largest western district ■be favored with useful falls six bushels may result. A good general rain would probably raise the yield to eight bushels. The Herald adds that in all probability New South Wales will not produce sufficient wheat this season to supply home demands. A boat capsized near Stawell. -UcIvellar, the owner of Kirkella station, and a employee namedßicfiard•son wore drowned. A conference of the Commonwealth postal and railway administrations resulted in an agreement whereby the amount paid the railways for carriage of mails is infreased to £275.000 per annum. Ai r Watson, Federal Labor Leader, states that his contemplated retirement is due to health reasons.

Ee.il and Garret’s upholstery factory, Brisbane, has been burned. The loss is heavy, though uo estimate has yet been made. The reported finding of the bodies of two of the missing men of the creiv of the Alfheld, the barque wrecked on the Tasmanian coast, is unfounded. Search parties found traces of the missing men, but no bodies. The search continues. The weather is- very rough.