YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2067, 19 December 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

United Press Association —Cop/right Tito London Telegraph's Tokio correspondent states that Cabinet has decided from the next fiscal year to postpone military undertakings to the extent of two millions sterling annually for the next six years, ami to curtail the naval expenditure of l.i)08 liy half a million, and by ££>,- 300,000 in six years. This is largely due to Count KntouraV and the elder statesmen’s iufluenee. It is expected Id members of the •House of Commons, representing the ■Miners' Federation, will secede from the Liberals and vote with the Labor Party. Burglars stole £2OOO worth of jewellery from Halldrd and Sons’, Pall Mall, London. They overlooked a tiara valued at £25,000. When Mrs. Despard and other militant suffragists wero speaking at Sutton, noxious chemicals and cayenne pepper were scattered about the building, and rats liberated, causing much alarm, and necessitating the meeting being abandoned. The Very Rev. C. J. Ridgeway, do.in of Carlisle, has 'been appointed ißishon of Chichester. It is understood the London County Council has declined the Commonwealth’s offer for a site for the Commonwealth buildings in the Strand. In connection with the recent seizure on the island of Abmmisa, Herr Moeuckhans, senior partner of the German firm involved, declares that the action of the British Government at Lapwing in making the seizures was unjustifiable, since tliero was no coal nor firearms on Abuniusa. The firm only worked oxido mines under a legal contract to the Moonekhans. It is believed the.incident will soon be settled amicably. . . The State pawnbvoking administration in Paris has advanced Abdul Aziz one million and a quarter francs on his jewels. Mr. Paterson, Minister for Customs in the Dominion House, announced tli at Mho Government had taken steps to prevent German goods entering Canada through Kngland and being sold under British preference conditions. The Pope, in his allocation to the consistory, on the occasion, of tho creation of four cardinals, including the Archbishop of It hoi ms 'and Marseilles, deplored the disastrous propaganda of modernism in the bosom of Catholicism itself. If the modernists frankly joined the enemies ot the Clmrcii, the evil would be less. Might God enlighten those being misled. Ho added that tho episcopacy h id greeted tho Papal directions with eagerness. The special High Court case to test the validity of the action of the NewSouth Wales Government in removing wire netting under tho control of the Federal Customs lias been postponed to March. . A lioness in Eroni’s circus, Melbourne, severely bit and mauled the trainer. Aii attendant save<l tho trainer’s life by shooting the (beast with a revolver. At the Sydney Local Option Court, the President announced a writ of prohibition -rettraining further proceedings in con nr. nil with the classification of I icon. .d premises had been granted. The. points at issue are those recently raised. The situation at present is that the Court cannot take further action until tile first day of next term unless upon application to the Full Court. The Crown can'obtain a stay of proceedings. It is understood, however, that the Government intends to bring down a declaratory measure before flip session closes, making clear the intention of the Legislature in regard to tlie local option provisions of the Act. A ladv shopping in tSydney bad a bag cont-lining . £OOO worth of jewellery and £lO iii money. The contents were stolen from the bag. The whole of the jewellery was •returned through the post office, but the money retained. More rain fell in Sydney last night, and it is still showery and unsettled.. There have been splendid rains in almost all parts of the 'State. In some districts very heavy rain caused considerable damage to the crops. _ A cyclone at Wollongong, Port Iveinbla, unroofed a number of houses, and in other places damage was caused. . . , „ There were disgraceful scenes ot crowding and jostling in the Wallace divorce case, tried in Sydney. A big crowd, mostly of women, struggled to gain admission. Women’s dresses wero torn and children trampled upon. " , There are heavy floods north ot Gloncurry, Queensland, which is isolated, with barely a week’s supply of flour and sugar. Floods in the north have disorganised mail services. Some coaches have been dealved for days. The railway traffic is blocked by"numerous washouts.