YESTERDAY’S CABLES,

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2112, 11 February 1908, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES,

In oilier to secure I-vr Hurry Ahull.ms ieie.i.,e, ilit' Jiru<u&l« l.igut.on imposiml .L'kil.OUu in line Imiik, released .Hi piUSOHI'IS, Mild I’OSHU't ll sliue oaiHumi lit /jinal. Buin!.i mul twemiy-oight relatives bc- < omo British iiroitculed subjects. A sum oi ,CLo.OUII i.s to remum in the hunk lor lihree yeaivi, Knisuli receiving interest, of Jt'6o monthly. F. Holmes, a. well-known brewery director, living at Henley, shot, wit'll a revolver his wile, daughter, anil t wo mailt servants ilu ling .their sleep. He thru nommitteil suicide. There was no apparent motive lor 'the crime. A suim ol' fifty guineas was paid ta reinsure the William Nottingham, irum .Melbourne to Seattle, which arrived at vSan I'Tanpisoo in distress, being in a le iky condition. At billiards" Recce, receiving a thousand points, ileleateil Weiss. R oeo.o 1 1,000, Weiss 11,102. T,ho Imhnieo-shcot ol the company which brought out the Gorman Opera Company has been published. After nlnserting the whole capital Mr. Musgrove is left with a loss. A sum of 1:298 made in Adelaide -uid Melbourne \v,as absorbed by losses in New Zealand, Tasmania, and in Melbourne during the second season. An old man named M-aining murdered his wife by entiling her throat at Bendigo, and then lu\ cut his own. but not (seriously. He got bus wife to accompany him to a hole whore he declared lie had buried treasure. Then he killed her oil '-no spot. He suffered from hallucinations. Detectives in Adelaide came across u man carrying a bag. The ni<au bolted, but dropped his bag. which was found to contain the whole of Hie proceeds ol the LViytiehum ieue-I-lerv robbery. 'The man was not captured. ; There were two eases of plague m Brisbane during tho week. The method of .procedure of selecting candidates for Parliament caused a great uproar at the Political Labor Teague Conference. The stuffing of billots .was frequently' alleged. Air. Ra© incensed the cx-oxecutivo and Parliamentary members of the .Kir tv of discreditable t actios at fast 'election, principles being sacriiioed to gain seats. Air. Fisher. Canadian Minister ot Agriculture, states lint many stoekruisors did not favor the provision for cold storage facilities in Liverpool. being convinced ill at Canada was not in .a position to conduct tile meat trade in Britain, inasmuch as it has insufficient cattle to maintain a steady supply. \ reprobate son shot, the notorious Judge Hargis dead at Jackson, Kentucky. The Judge was leader of the Hargis feud against Cocki-vll overland, which has led to several murders, the assassins being punished. , Air. Taft, on helvalf of the American Board of Ordnance, has accepted three offers for heavier air-flving machines, including that of A\ right Bros., which is to be delivered in 2b days, at a cost of £SOOO.