YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2056, 6 December 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

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Wireless communication between stations at Mount Rigid and the Canton l)e Vo Inis (Switzerland) fallod, owing to the mountains between. Many German, English, French, and Russian messages were received at tihe Quit on Do Valais. . The Pliilp Government in.tends to contest practically every sea.t at the Queensland general election. A Rill ratifying the annexation of •the Congo was referred to a Co illiinittee of the Belgian Chamber. A local newspaper declares the Crown domain is treated as a separate eoncorn. to be administered by an oJhcial to be nonoin,ted by the Government. Tie will submit a report, 1111nuallv. The domain is not a State within a (State. but is amenable to the laws of the country. The Chamber of Deputies will eventually . be able to modify its organisation. A woman flung a bomb at the Go-vernor-General while driving in the street at Moscow. Tho horses were killed and the coachman injured, but the Governor escaped injury. The woman was severely hurt, and is now dying. Dr. Ingram, Bishop of London, officiated at Lord Loreburn’s marriage with Miss Hicks-Beady. The marriage was the first ever solemnised in the crypt of the chapel of Westminster Hall. There was a largo gathering of society people present. [Lord Loreburn is Lord High Chancellor in the CampbellBannerman Ministry, and Miss Hieks-Bcuch is a danglit-or of Sir .Mich ael Hicks-Beach, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer.] Lord Tweedmouth, at Cholmslfcrd, referring to the House of Lords, declared it was ridiculous that anyone simply by right of birth should be able to veto the actions of the people's elected representatives. The New Hebrides Co., Ltd., with a capital of £50,000 lias been registered in London as 'an exploration trading corporation, and to adopt an agreement entered into with M. Lecree. ' Miss Annie Bradley lias boon acquitted at Washington of the murder of Senator ■'Arthur Brown, on the plea of tihe unwritten law. Brown seduced her, and then, refused to marry her. The New South Wales Assembly, after lengthily debating and negotiating Mr. McGowen’s motion favoring nationalisation of works, ratified the Government’s proposal to advance £70,000 to the Ldthgow ironwork*. A proviso was included that the Government should have priority over the bank to the extent of the whole advance. Se«oiul engineer Svenisen ami Dunn, two victims of the explosion aboard tihe Ivempsey in Sydney Harbor, succumbed. It is understood in Melbourne the Federal Government propose to take atejis to secure a reduction of the Pacific cable rates, particularly for )>ress messages. The general duty ■ • furniture has been reduced by tin. C'cmmomvealitii to 35 per cent., and die preferential rate is 25 per cent. Medic il evidence v’s given at Fie Goo Ids’ trial to the effect that Gookl was a degenerate and not thoroughly responsible for bis actions. The evidence also showed that upwards of one person participated in the murder. •Mr. Clifford Lifton, a former minister of the .Interior in Canada, discussed the,All-Bed route at a meeting of the Liberal Colonial Club. He said lie was confident the .scheme would shortly succeed. The Hon. W. P. Iteeves, High Commissioner, announced that New Zealand was prepared to amply contribute. Mr. Collins, Commonwealth Agent-, mentioned that a reasonable cost would be a factor in the situation. Australia was sympathetic in all Imiierial matters. Lord Brassey suggested that the Canadian Pacific Bailway Company might financially cooperate.