LATE CABLES

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 320, 5 January 1907, Page 5

LATE CABLES

[by 'RLBCTFttC TK.f.KCH.vm —CO I'YUITi HT j mysti;i:y op the sea. IVEK VKKSS ASSOCIATION.) London, January 3. A bottle, which drifted ashore at the Castle Rock, Londonderry, has been found to contain an authentic document giving the only news ever received as to the fate of the liner Hui’onian, which disappeared during a terrible gale in the Atlantic in 1902. The document declares that the liner was top-heavy, and was rapidly sinking at the moment of writing. A NEW COMMISSIONER. Received January 4, 9.45 p.m. London, January 4. Mr H. Gladstone, Home Secretary, has • appointed Mr Ernest Aves (a member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society) a commissioner to visit Australia and New Zealand and inquire into the effect of the establishment of a Wages Board and compulsory arbitration.. He will also act as Agent-general to secure a large space for the combined Australian display at the Franco-British Exhibition at Shepherd’s Bush in 1908. CAPTAIN’S CERTIFICATE RETURNED. London, January 4. The Board of Trade has returned the certificate of the captain of the ship Speke, which the Melbourne Marine Board suspended for a year on the ground of gross misconduct in connection with the stranding of the ship at Philip Island. RICH ESTATE. London, January 4. Ludwig Loeffler, a financier largely interested in Westralian markets, has left an estate valued at £1,500,000, which will pay duty to the extent of £50,000. MADAME MELBA. * London, January 4. After four years’ absence, Madame Melba re-appeared here and met with an immense reception. EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKES IN PACIFIC. Berlin, January 4. Owing, to the recent earthquakes altering currents in the Pacific Ocean the United States Government has undertaken the re-charting of the Pacific. CHURCH AND STATE. January 4. A sensation has been ; caused in clerical circles here by the 'Matin, publishing a sermon of Cardinal Ireland of St. Paul, declaring that had the French Catholics followed his advice. and ranged themselves with faithful partisans of the Republic the present trouble would not have arisen. ASSASSIN SUICIDES. St. Petersburg, January 4. An unknown assassin fired six shots at Launitz, and killed himself with the seventh. THE TRANSVAAL ELECTIONS. Received January 5, 8.46 a.m. Capetown, January 4. The Boer leader, Yan Blommenstein, is opposing Mr Abe Bailey for the Krugersdorp seat. He does not favor the immediate repatriation of the Chinese' and considers the Imperial Government’s control of the natives ap obstacle to such legislation as would ensure labour from native sources. THE ANGERA TROUBLE. Morocco, January 4. The Angera tribesmen have submitted to the Sultan. Raisuli intercepted and robbed the Benimesawar tribesmen of presents intended for his successor. GRAIN SCANDALS. St. Petersburg, January 4. A Commission of Inquiry has recommended the prosecution of General Zourko in connection with the grain scandals. STREET FIGHTING. St. Petersburg, January 4. A gang of revolutionaries at Warsaw killed two. gendarmes in the street. The gendarmes at the barracks rushed out and killed a pedestrian and wounded three others. FOOTBALL. Paris, January 4. The South African footballers defeated a team representing the Racing Club of France by 59 points to 6,