CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1985, 22 January 1907, Page 2

CABLES.

I’IUSSS ASSOCIATION—COI’YIUGHT. LONDON, .Jan. 20. 'J'lio Court of Inquiry censured Gourlay, the driver in tlio recent Scotch train accident, for not following definite precautions, and the stationmaster at Elliott Junction was also censured for not using fog signals. Mr. O. D. Parker, presiding at the Peel River Company’s meeting, said the Company’s offer of 78,000 acres at 106 san acre seemed to the Hoard of Directors to bo meeting the Now South Wales Government's wishes in a. very handsome way, hut as the Government declined, the offer had to lie withdrawn. Recognising tlio need lor closer settlement, the Hoard propose* 1 to sell direct to the public in future on a larger scale than heretofore. Air. Coghlan, in a letter to the Daily Mail, refuted the statements made in a letter by Mr. A- F. Thomson a shareholder, accusing Mr. Ashton, New South Wales’ Minister for Lands, of saying, with brutal cynicism, that in dealing with properties to ho expropriated, every means must he taken to undervalue and depreciate them. Mr. Coghlan was present at a meeting of the leather section of the Chamber of Commerce, which strongly condemned adulteration, and asked him to advise tlio manufacturers in the case of adulteration. The Chamber supported Mr. Coghlan’s endeavor to got all imported leather examined for sugar.

CALCUTTA, Jam 20. Lord Kitchener’s horse at the Poona manoeuvres put his hind leg in a hole and rolled down a steep 14-feet bank. Lord Kitchener was severely shaken, but remounted and continued the inspection. TEHERAN, Jan. 20. The now Shall, Ali Mirza, was crowned on a peacock throne. British and Russian Ministers congratulated him upon liis naming the late Shah’s second son as his heir, thus stopping intrigues. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. The House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs supports Air. Perkins’ Expatriation Bill, enacting that any American residing abroad for five years shall become an alien. SYDNEY. Jan. 21. With reference to Mr. Thomson’s statements in a London cable in regard to Pool River, Air. Asliton said' no such statement as that attributed to him by Mr. Thomson was ever made by him. it was quite possible that such a statement was drawn from a portion of his speech made in introducing the Closer Settlement Bill last session, when lie pointed out that the present system put the Government in the position of having to depreciate properties if it wanted to acquire them, and later on of having to make the best of them if the Government wanted to settle them. Some statement of that character was made, but nothing of the character attributed to him by Mr. Thomson. The Government, according to Air. Ashton, would probably resume the estate, but that was a matter which would bo decided upon by Cabinet as soon as the Premier came back. Air. Carruthers had already stated that unless lie got a reasonable offer the provisions of the Close Settlement Act would be put into operation, and that statement still held good. Air. Kidston, Premier of Queensland, interviewed, said he could not say his policy had been altered in any way as the result of his visit to New Zealand. Though he was’ impressed with the size of the Exhibition, he did not think it could result in anything hut financial loss. However. the advertisement it had given tlie resources of the colony would probably more than compensate for the money spent.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 21. Complaints have been made to the Executive of the Political Labor Council that certain members of the Federal and State Parliamentary Labor parties assisted Ministerialists at the Federal elections where Labor candidates were in the field as opponents. It was held that if members had noiv themselves been chosen by tlio Labor Council, they would not have got into Parliament. They were therefore merely spokesmen for the party, and for them to advance tlie interests of candidates contesting seats in opposition to Labor candidates was a gross misuse of the power which Labor members held in trust. The secretary was instructed to write to the offending members. Received Jan. 22, \.7 u.m. SYDNEY, Jam 21. The Postal Department advises that at Cooktown tlie gales increased to a cyclone on Saturday night, doing enormous damage. Nearly every building in the town was damaged.and numbers entirely demolished. The post office was unroofed and floo fid, and the wires blown down. The storm is now moderating, hut it is raining heavily. The cyclone cans id great destruction between Emerald and Clermont. Telegraph lines and railway communication were interrupted in various directions.

There are now eleven plague cases in the hospital. MELBOURNE, Jan. in. Ministovalists are seeking ail understanding with the Labor party te secure an adjournment to enable Mr. Deakin to proceed to London. An extra heat to decide the l a Carabine Cup will he sailed to-mor-row. The course is 10 miles to windward and back. The Heather does not compete. FRANCE AND RELIGION. PROTEST PROM DUBLIN. Received Jan. 2f, 9.55 p.m. DUBLIN, Jail. 21. The Dublin Corporation has protested against the outrages on religious liberty in Trance, a country where so many Irishmen' had fought and died. They . also protested against tho threatened interference with the Irish College at Paris. The Lord Mayor was requested to forward the protest to tho authorities at France.

COMMERCIAL. Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, January 20. Mutton: North Island 4]d, best 4j|d, River Plate, heavy 3}d, light 3 7-Bd. Beef, fores fid. Tho rest is unchanged. Hemp, unchanged. Wool ; The sale is llic firmest of the series. All classes show a hardening tendency. Eollowing were the average prices realised for the fleece portions of the clips named : Ngatnpa (Poverty Bny)12?,d, II S nver T 12g(l, Tenamoe 121,e1, Rangitata 14jd, W.D. 141 d The quantity catalogued to date is 51,417 bales, sold 49,386. Copper; Spot 1061], three months 107',. Tin: Spot 18.-4, llireo months 191. Iron, 59s 6d. Lead, 19-J. Butter: Elat. Danish 114 s, choicest Australian 98s to IOOs, secondaries 96s to 965, Now Zealand 105 s to 106 s, Argentine 105 s Cheese : Strong. Canadian 64s to 60s, New Zealand 635. The Bradford wool market is steady, and all descriptions are firm at late rates. The London wool sales included the fleece portions of Okawa Ifi.fd, hummocks llld.

Press Association. WELLINGTON, yesterday, Tho Department of Industries and Commerce has received a cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, the 19th ; The mutton market is Quiet and prices lower. Supplies from Canterbury, however, do not meet requirements, and quotations arc nominal. The average price for light weight, North Island mutton is 4£d, and heavy weight 4jd per lb. The lamb market is dull. A small shipment of this season’s New Zealand lamb has arrived, and is realising full values, from 5-1 d to Gjd per lb Australian lamb is in largo supply at 41d per lb. The beef market is weak. New Zealand hindquarters are quoted at 3;id and forequarters at fijd per lb. The butter market is weak, but the demand still continues. Choice New Zealand is quoted at 100 s, Australian 100 s, and Danish 114 s per cwt. Tho cheese market is firm. New Zealaud make is quoted at 6fis per cwt. There is a better demand for hemp. The market is firm, with an upward tendency. Good, fair grade, on spot, is quoted at Afi9, and January'to March shipments at j.fiß 10s per ton. Pair, current Manila, on spot, is worth £43 per ton. There has been no alteration in tho cocksfoot seed market since last week. The wool market is active, and prices arc firm. Quotations for New Zealand, wheat are nominal. The oat market- is quiet, but firm. The price of New Zealand oats is unchanged. The market for New Zealand beans is very quiet, with nothing doing.

JAMAICA DISASTER. Received Jan. 21, 10.4 p.m. KINGSTON, Jan. 21. The conduct of the populace ar. Kingston is, on the whole, admirable. The few attempts at looting are confined to rum shops and provision stores. SHOCKS CONTINUE DAILY. SUBSIDENCE OF PORT ROYAL. Received Jan. 21, 10.4 p.m. KINGSTON, Jan. 21. The Guards did not fire a single shot. Perfect order was maintained 'throughout tlio city. Three or four train loads of homeless and destitute people have been sent daily to tlio country, where food and shelter are abundant. A JAMAICA SENSATION. AD AURAL AND GOVERNOR. Received Jan. 21, 9.55 p.m. KINGSTON, Jail. 21. On Admiral Davies’ arrival the Governor of Jamaica Sir J. A. Swettenham, requested that the American war ships do not fire a salute lest the inhabitants should he further alarmed. He also intimated that assistance was not required. A salute, however, was fired. Bluejackets landed, and patrolled, assisting in clearing debris and tlie maintenance of order. Admiral Davies, in a letter, informed Sir J. A. Swettenham that the salute was fired owing to a mistake in the transmission of orders. He thought the quiet work done by the bluejackets that day showed it was possible to do a great deal to supplement the authorities’ efforts, while in no wise interfering with them. Therefore lie projiosed, in the interests of common humanity, to land working parties next day unless Sir .1 A. Swettenham objected. He added that lie had landed a patrol of six men to protect the archives of the Consulate. Ten of his men cleared the wreckage at the Consulate, and then assisted the working party in catching thieves and in recovering a safe stolen from a jewellery store. T 1 is showed that police surveillance was inadequate for the protection of property. LONDON, Jan. 21. The Press Association’s Kingston representatives cable that 1-747 bodies were found up to Friday. A Reuter’s message states that up to Saturday 700 bodies had been buried. There were still upwards of one thousand unidentified. The shocks continue, averaging six daily. All buildings threatening collapse have been djnamited. It is stated that Port Royal lias subsided.

GOVERNOR’S SARCASTIC REPLY. Received Jan. 21, 11.9 p.m. KINGSTON, Jan. 21. Sir J. A. Swettenham replied to Admiral Davies on Friday, thanking him for ali assistance and oilers, but said he felt it liis hounden duty to ask for tlie re-embarkation of tlio working party and all parties which kindness had prompted him to lan 1. He adds: “If, in consideration of the American Vice-Consul’s assiduous attentions to his family at his country house, the Consulate should need guarding, in his opinion, although I was present, and it was unguarded an hour ago, I would have no objection to your detailing a force for the sole purpose of guarding it, but without firearms or anything more offensive than clubs or staves. I find -your working party to-day was helping Cresswell to clear his store. Cresswell was delighted to have tlie worn done free of cost, and if you re-ua ii long enough I am sure all private owners will be glad of the services of the navy to save them expense. It is no longer i a question of humanity; work of burial is merely one of convenience. I would he glad to adept ;u ali those dead died days ago. 'the delivery of the safe the alleged thieves stole, of which tlie American ViceConsul has no knowledge. The store was near the sentry post, and the officer in charge of the post professes ignorance of the incident. I believe the police surveillance adequate. Not long ago thieves pillaged tlio house ol a Now’;York millionaire during his absence.at his summer residence, bur, this would not have justified the British in landing an armed party to assist the New York liolicc,” KINGSTON, Jan. 21.

Admiral Davies was considerably shocked at tlio reply. Ho called at the headquarters house, where he waited fifteen n-inutes, and then asked the Governor’s aide to tell tho Governor that, owing to his not de-: siring American aid, lie had countermanded President Roosevelt’s order to send the Celtic, laden with beef for the relief of Kingston. Sir J. A. Swettenliain, arriving in the meantime, a prviate meeting took place, and farewells were exchanged. Received Jan. 21, 11.45 p.m. KINGSTON, Jan. 21. Admiral Davies, interviewed, said that the American field hospital at Winchester Park was' under the Missouri’s licet Surgeon Norton, who had tended upwards of fifty sufferers by fractures of bones and skulls and blood poisoning. Sir J. A. Swettenham and the local doctors were greatly opposed to the American hospital. T hey declared they were ready to accept American supplies, but did not desire interference with the wouuded. Finally the sailors engaged in repairing the hospital building returned aboard the Yankton, which sailed on Saturday afternoon, the battleships following.

SENSATION IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Tlic incident has caused a great sensation in America Admiral Evans, in command of,the Atlantic squadron, remained at Guan-tamo, after despatching Rear-Admiral Davies with the battleships Whipple and Yankton. AM EHICANS WITH DRAW. Rear-Admiral Davies considered that immediate departure was the only course consistent with the dignity of tho United States. THE INCIDENT DEPLORED. LONDON, Jan. 21. English newspaper deplore the incident. They pay the highest tributes to Amei ica’s prompt and generous assistance, They deprecate criticism until full official light is thrown tn. the matter, while Lord Elgin acknowledged and thanked America’s committee’s proffers of help. All cablegrams to Sir J. A. Swettonliam are unanswered. It is suggested in many quarters in America and London that Sir J. A. Swettenhum is overwrought and unstrung.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20. A young lady arrested at Warsaw had four bombs bidden in her skirt. Each bomb was loaded with live pounds of melinite. During the funeral of two workmen killed in street lighting at Lodz, a priest refused to bless the remains. Thereupon Socialists entered the church and smashed the windows. The congregation fired revolvers, and a free fight followed. Eight were killed and thirteen wounded.