GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2117, 17 February 1908, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

Hiir H. Campbell-Bannerman's guillotine resolution was carried by iS3I to SI,

Air. Sydney’s Burton’s adoption of the recommendation of the committee presided over by Air. C. IS. Hobliouse regarding postal wages and conditions of the service adds half a million to the estimates.

Obituary: Sir James Knowles, proprietor of the “Nineteenth Century.” At a meeting of McArthur ami Co.’s; first mortgage debentures, it was unanimously agreed to accept an equal amount of first debentures in tho new company with a 5 per cent, bonus.

Many questions have been asked in the House of Commons relating to New Zealand. In the House of Commons, in connection with the resolution adopted by the Imperial Conference on May 9, Air. Churchill, in replying to Sir •J. S. Randles, said tho machinery of tho secretariat doubtless lends itself to the consideration of the important question of the status of naturalborn Asiatic British subjects equally with the status of those naturalised.

Sir Edward Grey informed the House of Commons,that Britain’s offer at tho Hague Conference to communicate her naval programme to the Bowers reciprocating would hold good at’any time. In the House of Commons Air. Gladstone added that last year when the suffragettes’ offences were first offences lie-made representations hoping .that .'leniency would prove effective, but-the leniency was used for the purpose of encouraging further offences)-:. It was no part of liis duty to constantly interfere with the -discretion of capable, experienced stipendiary magistrates exercising it fairly in the public interest. The London Morning Lost declared that- Australian criticisms of Mr. Donkin’s naval policy were in some respects mutually destructive. It- suggests that he- has chosen the happy medium. It believes Air. Dcakin lias succeeded in reconciling the interests of Imperial union with those of national development.

Doctors still certify that Caldwell is unfit to be extradited. He is suffering from fantastic hallucinations. [Caldwell is to be charged with perjury and conspiracy. He is tho old man who gave such romantic evidence, and then made flight to evade arrest.] The London Times considers tho Motherland entitled to tender tho Natal Government advice, inasmuch as she is under some measure of responsibility in connection with the condition of Dinizulu’s return. The Times adds: “it would tend to restore confidence in Britain, equally with Natal, if the Natal Premier could see his way to summon a special session of Parliament immediately instead of waiting until June. The by-election lor South Leeds, caused by the death of Air. 'Walton, resulted : Middlebrook (Libera]) o2TI, Neville (Conservative) 0915, Dick (?) TOGO, Eox (Labor) 1151. ALT'. Thorne, Labor member, backed by nine other Labor members of the House of Commons, has introduced a Bill to restrict tho hours of labor to eight daily in all trades and industries on sea and land, the penalty to be not less than £IOO for each offence. . . Eifty-five thousand working masons petitioned the King to prevent the employment of Italian workmen in the erection of the' Queen A ictorni national monument. The Licenses Reduction Board m Alelbourne during the first half'-yeai, under the new system, 'closed bo hotels in the city and country It a llows com utilisation amounting to £33,000. " - , • a , A contract has been signed m »y«nev for purchasing the Aloore-Hes-kett rights by a powerful Canadian

corporation for that country for £2/5,000, payable in five instalments. Arthur Streeton, son of a S.A. Government official, swallowed a tooth attached to a gold plate. It stuck in his gullet, and lie died alter an operation, lie was on the eve ol his marriage. The ceremony book place while lie was (lying in the hospital. Air. Alerriman promised to do his utmost to promote the unification of South Africa, relying on the wave of sympathy now permeating the country. He also hoped to solve tlie problem of closer settlement and poor whites. An explosion at Glencoe colliery, Nat il, caused the- entombing of 12 Europeans and JO natives. The Paramou Zakkas refuse to surrender live outlaws or accede to other British demands. Alajor-General Willcoeks is trying to prevent the Zakkas escaping to Afghanistan. He penetrates the Bazaar Valley simultaneously by several routes. M. Cavinot, president of tho French commission of workmen’s pensions, estimates the cost at eighteen million pounds per year.