LATE CABLES

Waikato Independent, Volume VI, Issue 384, 13 June 1907, Page 5

LATE CABLES

[by electric telegraph—copyright]

DISSATISFIED IRISHMEN. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). Received June 12, 10.19 p.m. London, June 12. Mr Redmond, presiding over a four hours’ meeting of the Nationalist M.P’s., at Westminster, urged the placing on record of the strong disapproval of the Government’s failure to redeem its pledges. It was resolved to vote against. the third reading of the Army Bill, and to raise the University question at the earliest moment. The meeting drafted, and Mr Redmond issued, a manifesto, declaring the Government, owing to the misrepresentations of its officials in Ireland, imagined the Irish were prepared to accept an even much less satisfactory Bill than the Convention rejected. The Government refused be guided by the advice of the Irish representatives. Events had proved that Home Rule cannot be won by conciliation alone, hut only by vigorous and well maintained agitation in Ireland, a disciplined party in the Commons, and a thorough organisation of the Irish vote in Britain. The manifesto added that if the ■lrish were in earnest, whatever Government were in power would soon find itself coerced into introducing a Bill very different from that rejected.

ENGLISH CRICKET. (Received June 12, 10.26 a.m.) London, June 12., Gloucester dismissed Northampton for 12, Dennett taking 8 wickets for 9 runs. UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. Washington, June 12. Mr Taft, in an interview, exclaimed War with Japan; don’t you bebelievo it; rest assured we will have no war with Japan.” HEAVY DAMAGES, Received June 12, 8.33 a.m. London, June 12. The newspaper ’* Footwear ” has been mulcted by the King’s Bench in £3,000 damages for libelling Lopcr, a bookseller, of Pcckhara, in connection with his campaign against a book partially made of cardboard and in favour of the standard mark on those made of solid leather, •EVICTED TENANTS. London, June 12. The Government Evicted Tenants Bill provides for the rc-instatemcnt of £2,000, or one-fourth of the applicants’ total claims. DEATH OF THE KING’S COMPTROLL EE. London, Juno 12. Major- v General Sir Arthur Ellis, comptroller of the King’s household, died suddenly in the stalls at Covent Garden during a gala performance at the Opera. The public imagined ho had only fainted. The hews was withheld from the King and the Danish guests until after the performance. King Edward was greatly shocked. CONSERVATIVE VICTORY. (Received June 12, 9.15 a.m.) London. June 12. The by-election for Rutlandshire resulted in the return of Gratton (Conservative), 2213; Lyon (Liberal), 1362, ORANGE, RIVER COLONY. Capetown, June 12. The Orange River loaders, Mr Abraham Fischer and Judge Herzog, condone the reservation of the control of native affairs under the new constitution, declaring the existence of two masters will not conduce to finality or peace.