LATEST CABLEGRAMS

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 299, 1 October 1910, Page 5

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

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HOME AND FOREIGN.

I GREAT BILLIARD BREAK.

j PROTECT TRADE ROUTES.

GAMBLING SUPPRESSED.

CANADIAN POLITICS.

FREE MILLING GOLD.

I LABRADOR FISHING A FAILURE.

1 SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

OSBORNE JUDGMENT. i T ' J LABOUR PARTY'S PLEDGE. ! ABOLITION RECOMMENDED. | Received September 30, 10.10 p.m. | London. Yesterday. I The executive of the Labour party ' has resolved to recommend the Leic.es- ' ter conference in February to abolish | the signing of the Constitution. .11. is I argued the party has now established ; its policy and delined its position and ! is able to rely on ordinary party loyalty. Mr Ramsay MacDonakl, interviewed on the proposed change, said it would remove one of the objections to a reversal of the Osborne judgment, but | Osborne or no Osborne, the 'pledge was- • always regarded as a temporary one and would have been abolished. i The "Daily Express" (piot.es the judge's statement of the Osborne case. The pledge is illegal and void, because iit is against public policy. The ! "Express" adds: "Mr D. J. Shackleton and most; moderate members of I the party who have since been in j negotiation with the Government are j generally relieved. Mr Asquith in- | sisted on the abolition of the pledge as j a preliminary to any change he may ! introduce. The indications are that ! the abolition of the pledge, olfers a : basis of compromise, inasmuch as the I Cabinet has emphasised the necessity ;of Socialist, wire-pullers making a substantia] concession to Liberal stal- : warts, to whom the pledge is obnoxious in preventing the Labour party helping Liberal candidates in ! industrial constituencies." : The "Daily Chronicle" states that, j according to Mr MacDonakl, the ; executive's decision does not amount to very much. Most people will j think it amounts to a great deal. !It will profoundly influence future Labour policies.

Received September 30, 11.5 p.m. London, Yesterday. Conceding Hughes 1500 in 3500, I George Gray, at Leeds, made a break | of 985, whereof 969 was off the red.

I MORE CRUISERS WANTED. | London, Yesterday. Lord Charles Beresford, in another I open letter, reiterated his July Ist, j 1909, demand for additional cruisers to protect trade routes.

WHERE AH SIN "TOOK A HAND." New York., Yesterday. All gambling has been suppressed in Carson City, Nevada, famous for Mark Twain's and Bret Harte's stories. AIRMANS' FEAT. New York, Yesterday. Beating a special train, Brookings reached Springfield with two stops and wins the ten thousand dollars prize for the longest continuous flight in the United States.

FINANCE MINISTER ILL. Ottawa, Yesterday. The Canadian Ministre of Finance, Mr William S. Fielding, is ill with facial paralysis. There is a slight chance of Parliament not meeting until probably in the New Year. Reciprocity negotiations with the Unilcd States arc- meanwhile delayed. Sir Frederick Borden. Minister of Militia, may retire from the Laurier Cabinet to become Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia.

DISCOVERIES EXAGGERATED. Ottawa, Yesterday. The Dominion geological survey declare that the amount of free milling gold at Bower Creek is exaggerated. Little free milling has been discovered.

Ottawa, Yesterday. j The Labrador fisheries have proved j a failure and the privations of the ! fishermen during the incoming winter ! will be severe.

Capetown, Yesterday. Mr Botha has persuaded Mr Hull to remain in office and seek another constituency.