SATURDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2198, 30 September 1907, Page 1

SATURDAY’S CABLES.

United Press ' Association —Copyright

LONDON, Sept. ,27

The Royal Atari Company’s steamer Aisturiifs, 12,500 tons, ' has been launehed .at. Harlaml and Wolff’s yards. Slie sails for Australia; on January -24. ■ AL ;ssrs. Haiiaml and Wolff build a Hiimbiii’g-American liner larger than the. Lusitania. John Brown and Co., of Clydebank works, will supply tho engines.

-Air. Collins, Commonwealth Agent, in a letter to the Times, fully ireplies, to tho correspondent “Zolloverein’s”, recent letter dealing with the Australian tariff.

• The .Daily. .Chronicle declares the resolution adopted by the Australasian section of'the London Chamber of ; Com-merco will only conform the presents Commonwealth t in the belief that tlie.ir tariff is right.’ They want prohibition, not protection. There will soon ho a reaction -brought about by dear prices caused by stagnation and decline of railway business, not by British traders’ protests.

Tho s.s. Lusitania on the homeward -Voyage. averaged 22.G0 knots. Her captain is confident slio can do 2Gi knots. Professor D.enham represented New Zealand... at. the. centenary celebrations of. tho Geological Society in London. Sir Archibald Geikies, in bis presidential address, paid a high tribute to miners as pioneers of geology. PARIS, Sept. 27. Floods in tho Beziers, Agile, and Lodevo districts have-caused devastation. Hundreds of sheep perished.’ There were several fatalities. Tho Countess Alontiguoso’s, otherwise Princess Louise’s, marriage is not recognised as valid in Austria, Germany, and Italy. THE HAGUE, Sept. 27. The Committee rejected the British attempt to adequately regulate submarine irunes and adopted a form of regulation biglilv satisfaotoi-y to shipping interests. BERNE, Sept. 27. Count Zeppelin’s airship circled ■ round Lake Constance. It- lmnoeuvred nerfectlv against the wind. NEAV YORK, Sept. 27. Cornelius Vanderbilt, interviewed regarding Sir Tlios. Lipton’s America Cup challenge, declared he favored tho largest boat permissible, remark-

ing: '‘C.-ili the boat \n freak —anything you. like, bu t we cannot handicap ourselves, even if our boat, is only fit- for the junk heap tile 4 day after tho race. , The New, York Herald states tha t out. of-128 Congressmen and Semitors eonsliltefi' only* 27 favored retaining the’’Philippines. . ! ../"■*’ .MPjNTE CARLO. Sept. 27.

Gooldj in -nr fresh confession, do-' dares that lie and his- wife, ■ being without resources, determined to rob someone. They did not intend to kill Levin, but merely to stun Lor.. He -tried to-fell'her with* a kitclion pestle. ~ Her unexpected resistance led him to stnb her. On the wife ■ being, confronted .'--with a confession, she declared she had nothing to reply to his confession. She then . fainted. ,/ .1 OTTAWTA, Sept, 27.

The' Canadian Alamifnetnrors’ Association resolved that the Japanese Treaty had done much for’tho development of trade and the ah rogation of disastrous competition. it urged Sir Wilfrid Laurier to bo extremely cautious. Sir F. Borden, Loader of the Op-position,-speaking at Vancouver,’ declared British Columbia must remain dominated by men drawn from the great pioneering races. • j . . AIOROCOQ, Sept, 27. „ 1 Abdul Aziz sent an official to Casa Blaiicri to consult with Franco. Sqmo Afenrowna. tribes are negotiating at Casa- Blanca for peace. Many troops arc desorting Abdul Aziz because ho paid worthless coin. TEHERAN, Sept. 27.

Princes, governors, and high officiuls at Teheran have raised £400,000 to maintain a force sufficient to expel Turkish troops from Persian territory.

CAPETOAA’N, Sept. 27

Tho Capo Premier’s manifesto asks a. mandate to amend the Constitu-tion-to prevent tho blocking of bii-u- ---• plies. Ho claims that the Progressive party by conciliation obli.tena.ted , racial differences, and announces' his intention of dropping the name “Progressive.” • Tho future moderate party will be named the “South African Unionist Party.” Its four planks would be development of South African products and industries, equal' rights to all civilised men, union of the European races and union of the South African colonies. Ho adds that the first step towards federation or unification witli a prospect of early union ihu.it ■be taken at tho Customs and Railway Conferences with other colonies. SINGAPORE, Sept. 27.

Three Cuban generals have been ■arrested at Havana on suspicion of organising a revolution in connivance with New A'ork capitalists. Si’DNEY, Sept. 28.

Another Land Commission inquiry is to be set up. The Improvement Leases Bctird disallowed a number of leases dealt with by tile Commission and altered the conditions of others BRISBANE, SepE-27.

There is a drought in the Longreach district, compelling stockowners' to send their sheep away. MELBOURNE, Sept. 23.

• The Hon. AI. Scott won both open -and amateur golf championships.