CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1988, 25 January 1907, Page 3

CABLES.

riIKSS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Jan. 23. The strike at Walter Gibbons’ six halls has extended to eight others, including the Tivoli and the Oxford, managed by Adney Payne. The bulk of the halls are closed ami picketed. A few gave a scratch performance, chiefly with amateurs. The leading British and German scientists agree as to the enormous importance to agriculture of nitric acid from the atmosphere, the discovery of Professor J. J. Thomson, who says that the extraction is only possible with cheap water power. The Birkeland process is already commercially utilised in Norway. The Daily Chronicle states that the steamer Vella has arrived at Philadelphia, and reports the sighting, off San Salvador, of an appalling whirlpool ot enormous size, which it is believed is due to an earthquake. Taximeters and sixpenny-cab fares have been officially introduced in London. A severe frost kaok place over the greater part of JSt rO p o . At many anture fell to below Danube is frozen, ted by the frost. YORK. Jan. 23. i Commissioners roll Japanese laborers land at San FranPARIS, Jan. 23. ss condemn American officiousness, and declare, in every cataclysm, America seeks to impress the West Indians natives with her paramount strength. BRISBANE, Jan. 24. A case of plague has occurred at Sandgato, and two cases at Newform, a suburb. Many persons whose residences at CooktoVn were destroyed lost everything they had. Numbers of people were cut l>y Hying iron. The pilot ketch, which was attending the beacons at the timo the storm occurred, has not since been heard of. HOBART, Jan. 24.

The Marino Board found that the jjarquo Edenholmo was lost through want of judgment on the part of Pilot Mulloy, and suspended his certificate for six months. SYDNEY, Jan. 24. It is stated that Air. C. H. Dent, general manager of the Great Southern and Western Railway, Ireland, is the new Chief Commissioner. The Herald throws cold water on the Sydney Exhibition proposal, while the Telegraph- thinks it commendable and opportune. In connection with the Jury Commission’s finding, the Herald considers that unless the AttorneyGeneral can show that the entering of a nollie prosequi bars the way, he is hound to take further action. MELBOURNE, Jan. 24.

The Federal Parliament meets on February 20. Mr. Maugher, honorary Minister, represents the Homo Department in the House. Under the scheme of encouraging immigration to Victoria, it is intended to credit the immigrant who selects lands in London with any payments he makes on account of passago money for himself and family, and part of the first payment for the land. The immigrant will be met on arrival and taken with his familyfree by rail to the land selected. If he should find, on seeing the land, that it does not suit him, he will be refunded any payment actually made on account of the land; if he decides to take another block the payments made on the first block will be credited to the second. An' endeavor is being made to arrange with the shipping companies for reduced passage rates for approved immigrants. Another novel provision is the group system, under which a group of men acquainted. with one another, desiring to settle as neighbors, will be allotted adjoining blocks. The Department will also give agricultural laborers and milking hands every facility and assistance in finding employment, and will endeavor to have work ready for them on arrival. The Minister is considering a proposal to encourage settlers, such as retiring Civil servants, to come from India.

Received Jan. 25, 12.40 a.m. SYDNEY,'Jan. 24. Arrived at, 6 p.m., the Sonoma. Sailed, the Njard, for Hokianga, and Oswestry Grange for Auckland. MELBOURNE, Jan. 24. For hides there was good competition, and the maket is firm for a.l descriptions. i - HOBART, Jan. 24. Sailed, Bellbird, for Bluff. NEWCASTLE, Jan. 24. j Sailed, Alexander Craig, for Auckland; Manurewa ,for Kaipara.

Received Jan. 25, 12.52 a.m. MELBOURNE, Jan. 24. s* The Federal receipts for half-yew were £6,388,091, and the expenditure £2,531,689. A sum of £677 vn spent in relieving destitute Australians in the San Francisco disaster The Tariff Commission has alreadycost the country £IO,OOO. BRISBANE, Jan. 24. An eyewitness of the Cooktown dis aster states that it was a distressing sight to see houses lifted in the air and scattered over the waters of the harbor. For two hours the wind in cyclonic squalls of rapid succession tore past with a screech at quite on 9 hundred miles an hour, taking witn it everything movable. Sheets of iron soared high in the air till they looked like playing cards. Fart of the signal station was blown over the steamer Aramac. Five steel hawsers

mooring that vessel snapped like threads. It was heartrendering to hoar the shrieks of women and chil dreti as their houses groaned ant: swayed under the terrible and terrific strain. Tho Governor has cabled to Sir J. A. Swettenham Queenslanders’ sympathy with the people of Jamaica. Received Jail. 25, 12.40. a.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24. A decree has been issued at Mos cow, stating that the authors of elo ■ toral speeches hostile to Government arc amenable to three months imprisonment or a fine of £ooo roubles. ROAIE, Jan. 24. A severe earthquake was felt at Christchurch and Raeonati. MELBOURNE, Jan. 24. Sir AA r . Lyne accompanies Air Donkin to London. He will take part in the Imperial Navigation Conference Tho other delegate is likely to be Air. Duggald. Thomson. A ten pound nugget has boon fonnu at Poseidon.

AMERICA’S CORRUPTIQN. LONDON, Jan. 23. The Times, in a three-column arItirX«&rol f $ blackmailers, and declares Hm onion co.» SehmidL as the most “2, and as n seAs P that these graftms are are responsible for the delay in rebuilding the city. trade preference. OPINION IN GERMANY. Received 9.14 p.m., Jan. 24. BERLIN, Jan. 24. The German Cablegram Company s Melbourne correspondent mentions an agreement between Australia, Canada and Cape for joint action for preference in favor of Britain. The fage blattl states that each of the colonies ir,onioned has gone as far ill obstiuctino the import of German goods as they can without .seriously damaging their own economic life, but possibly one result of the coalition will be to make it impossible hereafter to secure from separate colonies alleviation or tho import conditions ol German goods,

NAVAL DEFENCE. CONTINUITY POLICY ADVOCATED. Received 9.14 p.m., Jan. 24. LONDON, Jan. 24. Mr Haldane, in a speech at Nottingham, agreed with the Duke of Portland, hoping that in future there would bo a policy of continuity in Blatters of naval defence, ... yv -

JAMAICA DISASTER. AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS AND THE SWETTENHAM INCIDENT. SERIOUS"CHARGES. Received 9.14 p.m., Jan. 24. KINGSTON, Jan. 24. The cruiser Brilliant and the Flench cruiser Klober landed supplies at Kingston. The most serious aspect of t.lio Swottenham incident is that American newspapers are publishing complaints of refugees arriving in America, that preference had boon given tb.British in the matter of relief, and that Americanf, had boon badly treatoil. The captain of the steamer Port Kingston is accused of landing foodless and shelterless Americans to make room for British, and refusing to allow the former, especially women and children, to sleep on deck, though there was ample room.

Received Jan. 24, 10.31 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 24. Sir J. A. Swottenham cabled that he had ample supplies of all sorts available except building material. Air. Bacon, in reply to Sir Edward Grey, intimated that President Roosevelt would pay no heed whatever to the incident. He very much appreciated Sir Edward Grey’s frame and ready courtesy and consideration. He sincerely reciprocates Britain’s cordial spirit. He was gratified that it had boon possible for America to show in any practical way, however small, friendship for the British community at a tjnie of such suffering and need. KINGSTON, Jan. 24. Two shocks of earthquake were felt at Kingston on Tuesday, being the heaviest since the 14tli. Several buildings collapsed. There was great alarm. Shocks continued yesterday

A COLD SNAP. Received Jail. 24, 9.14 p m. LONDON, Jan. 24. The temperature in Iceland (? Ireland is 33 degrees above that of London. Received Jan. 24, 11.5 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 24. Lemberg reports 40 degrees frost Berlin 41, Brussels 23, Constantinople 13 St. Petersbng 25, Vienna 20, Bucharest 45, Paris 17, London 5. Trains are snowbound between Romo and Naples.