GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2109, 18 June 1907, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

United Press Association—-Copyright LONDON, Juno 16. Tarrasch won. the . intornatiojnal chess . tourhaihont- at Ostbhd with 121 points, Schecheder. 12, Janowpki anti Marshall 111, Burn 8, and Tsclugcrin ,4 points. • , 1 The A\bst~Eiid, (Newcastle) bowlbrs defeated New Zealand by 51 points to 28. ' . i .

■ Harold James Reckitt, an/ex-mem-ber of the House of Commons, has been, divorced. The evidence showed

revolting immorality. The King and Queen of Denmark have; departed, and are r going Via Cherbourg. , .. .. , j ; King. Edward unveiled in tront;ot t.lie new. War Office an equestrian stutue of the Duke of Cambridge jby Adrian Jones. King Edward - referred to the deep appreciation and honor the Kaiser had conferred jin sending Field-Marshal Von Hahitke and a deputation of the Pangoben'en regiment to the function. Naval and military bands resume playing" the “Mikado" music. Iu a billiard match between Reece and Chapman,,; half a million up. Reece-made an uncompleted break] of 150,105, including 75,062 cradle cam nons. * , ' At Lawn Tennis IVilding beat' G(?rr in the final for the championship!of Kent," Gore and Ropor-Barrott defeated Brookes and Wilding, in the doubles. . „ „ - . . . , Jackson has been finally decided .on for. tho.captaincy-of; tho.cricket team which visits'Australia. The Houlder and Shire lines are prepared to carry butter on tho same conditions and class of ships as the White Star, Lund, and Aberdeen lines. Mr. Bont thinks they should not be excluded from tendering. > The National Rifle Association lias selected a shooting team to visit Australia. Colonel Hopeton is Commandant; Colonel Barlow, staff-offiedr; Major Richardson, shooting captain;; Captain Langford-Lloyd, adjutant; and other members are: Colonel Cowan, of the Royal Engineers; Lieuts. Parnell and Peddie, Naval Warrant Officer Bawson, Sergt.-Major Wallingford, Quartermaster - Sergeants Robinson, Fraser Aniour, Sergeants Comber and Lawrence (both King’s prize winners), Martin, Mahaffey, Sergeants Patterson, Tatton, and Lance-Corporal Fulton. Tho team travels via Canada, competing for Hie Palma trophy.

NEW YORK, Juno 16.; The longshoreman’s strike has collapsed. The strikers fiercely attacked non-unionists heretofore employed in their places, using- clubs and knives. Twenty non-unionists were seriously wounded. Schmitz, ex-Mayor of ’Frisco, has been convicted of extorting money from restaurants. He is liable to a sentence of five years. He is at- present. detained in gaol, the judge refusing bail. Appeal proceedings may consume a year. News from Trinidad states that, the Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural Society: there have protested against British withdrawal from the sugar, convention, declaring it will extinguish tho local industry. BERLIN, June 16 ( Serious gambling and money-lend-ing scandals'"in the German army have been revealed. The Kaiser ordered forty officers at Hanover riding school to return to their regiments. The trial of officers at Munich is proceeding. The public' prosecutor has ordered an investigation of charges of unnatural offences against Prince Philip Eulenburg, who instigated his own prosecution "in self-defence owing ito. Maximilian Harden’s charges in the ■newspaper • Zukunft. • M. Nazzaro; in a Fiat'car, won the ■first internaitonal race for the Kaiser’s’ cup at’ Hamburg, covering 300 miles in ohrs 33min 26sec. , . OTTAWA; June 16.; Tho Presbyterian Assembly of Canada decided by .137 to 11 to support the projected union of Presbyterians, Methodists, and ebiigregationalists under the name of tho United Protestant’ Church.

THE HAGUE, Juno 16.; . Dr. Vantets, the Premier, welcomed tli© delegates to the Hague Peaco' Convention, and delivered the formal inaugurdl address. ■ - TOIuIO, -JunelG. Russo-Japanese agreements ha.ro been signed' at St. Petersburg; relaU ing' to • the -Chinese •• Eastern, and Southern 'Mariclnifian TailwaysA' CHRISTIANA, Juno IC. ' The women of Norway have been granted the Parliamentary., franchise.

.. SYDNEY, June- 17. " Rain . is ■ general, - 3p. inches -having been registered in Sydney. . Since the i'Bulli: Jetty was washed away on April 29tli reconstruction has been in progress. On Friday last a heavy; sea swept away‘the seawa*rd portion which had previously been left standing,; together with a valuable plant and a large quantity of material employed in reconstruction. The damage is estimated' at £8000.; In.the round for. the lightweight's of the New South Wales amateur boxing ‘championship, Marks, a New Zealander, in a fast and furious bo.ut defeated Rosenthal, giving him a bad time. Campbell, a New Zealander, also won his heat, knocking out ' White, of Sydney, in 30 seconds.

PERTH, June 17

In connection with the strike [in the timber trade, the manager -of Miller's Karri Company received orders to withdraw all offers to the men, who have been' notified they must return to work .under- the Arbitration Court award or Tenvo the Company’s ground. MELBOURNE,’June 17.Dariug burglaries continue. The safe of, Connelly and Sons, South Melbourne, was’ removed from the office ■to "a building in the rear. The r6b,bprs were evidently disturbed, and failed to open, it’.; AT city solicitor, who received payment, of £l6O, placed the money in his coat pocket, and on reaching home, found his ppcltef. had- been exit away and the money was gone. . . .