YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2139, 14 March 1908, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S CABLES.

Tit Urn TTouse of Mr Augustine Hindi, in connection with tlio Glennhira. onhugo, declared that police inspector ProstonV report of September 7th was modified into the report of the 11th because the ilnw ofliccrs found it contained suggestions ami also matters of fact, some of which occurred before ho arrived on the scene. The second report was prepared and nigned without anybody's interference or suggestion. Air Birrell denied it was altered, and offered to produce the original first report. Ho"added that if both sides wanted a mtblie inquire into tins Glcnuliira affair the last thing the Government wished was to conceal anything or to keep anything back. Air Redmond give notice of motion in favor of a public inquiry into the matter. Irish members and unionists support the demand that Inspector Preston’s report of the 7th be issued. It states that whoever exploded the bomb did not intend to kill Lord Ashdown or seriously damage the house. In the House of Lords, Lord Montrose’s amendment in favor of rejection of the Scottish Small Holding Bill, and substituting a resolution against erot’terizing the whole of Scotland and the establishing of n Land Court to deal with those changes not enjoying the approval of agricultural interests affected, was carried by 153 to 33. Lord Loreburn promised if the House would go into committee on the Scottish Land Holders Bill the Government would meet all amendments in a most conciliatory spirit. Lord Rosebery, who supported Lord Montroso, wrote to tho Times that deeds wore more significant than words. After considering the House of Lords’ objections for seven months this Government returned the Bill unmltored, although all too Scottish agricultural authorities upheld the House of Lords. Mr Ramsay Macdonald/ interviewed, said labor was in deadly earnest over the Unemployed Workmen Bill and would not permit it to be shelved. If it was not passed there would ho large demonstrations of protest all over the country. The Bishop of London _ advocates that the time in tho Licensing Bill bo fixed at 21 years. ~ _ Sir Edward Grey’s Note to the .'lowers suggested tho appointment or a acral in Macedonia, Christian or Mohammedan, for a term of rears, the apopintment to bo on tho" lines of tho Governorship ot Lebanon. The proposal has created a sensation in Austria, where it is believed Sir Edward Grey has already secured the support ot Russia and France, probably Italy. The bodies of the twenty-one arm entombed in the Hampstead mine. Birmingham, havo been recotered. Thov lav with their faces to .too ground, ‘and there, was evidence that they died peacefully, there being no sio-ns M struggling* ~ ~ 'Router reports that the Sulivniiis tribe in Somaliland and some- of tho Mullah’s people killed thirty of the Binaal tribe and stole thou cattle. Italian troops camo upon the ranie s at Merca-Gilib, killing 400 of the Pullmans’ men and 00 Mullahs. The Daily Graphic states that Bntain and Germany have agreed on tho main lines of a North Sea convention, which will soon be ready foi signature. , , The Times’' military correspondent states that the Kaiser’s calculated indiscretion was one of the mam determining causes of Air Asquith mniciuo- a clear and emphatic announcemfnt «f the British naval policy. Tho Lancet- declares that Air Chamberlain's health is steadily nnprovillo*. The Blue Anchor Line s steamers on future homeward journeys will calf at Plymouth. Reuter’s Johannesburg _ correspondent reports that the Mining Commissioners’ recommendations are generally considered to be too drastic. The Rev. Archibald G. Brown, copastor at the Aletropolitan Tabernacle, succeeds tho Rev. Thomas Spmgeon as pastor. . , Owing to the refusal of the elected members of the Alalta Legislative Council to agree to a reduction ot ciuties on imported frozen meat from 10s to 7s 3d per ITolbs., Lord Elgin is not prepared to pursue the mattei further. Air Price, Premier of South Australia, attended the Lord Mayor s •luncheon in Loudon and conversed with tho Prince, of Wales, who expressed the greatest interest in Australian affairs.

Excepting the social Democratic members, the Duma unanimously adopted a Bill raising tho Russian Legation at Tokio to the status or an° Embassy, M. Iswolsky made a striking speech in favor of consolidation of the results achieved, namely, a firm equilibrium and peace strengthened by a whole network of agreements in tho Far Eest. He claimed that Russia had sacrificed nothing which was historically hers. Dr '(Jry, a British Columbian, has been appointed Canadian agent in Japan in connection with the immigration arrangements made by Mr. Lemieux, Minister for Labor, during his recent visit to Tokio. Tho Japanese are reconstructing "and greatly extending fortifications at Port Arthur'and Dalny, where enormous barracks arc fu*U of troops. Admiral Evans’s fleet has reached Magdalena Bay, lower California, i M. Piclion, French Minister tor Foreign Affairs , Fallieres, the President, oil his. visit to Loudon. . •Bigsoos, an influential ■slio'srif in South Morocco, has been proclaimed Sultan. , , The Victorian House agreed to the Senate’s amendments to the Quarantine Bill, which passed. The Federal Government intends to submit • a proposal for a preference •treaty with the New Hebrides and other Pacific Islands. The Federal Executive approves of the regulations of the Bounties Act. Articles receiving bounties are cotton, New Zealand flax, hemp, jute, sisal, hemp oil materials, uncleaned rice, rubber, raw coffee, cigar, and tobacco leaf, preserved fish, dried fruits, and combed wool.

The Lord MajW presided at an influential meeting in the Melbourne Town Hall, including Lord Northcote, Mr Deakin, representatives of Parliament wild leading institutions, and prominent citizens. It was decided to erect a statue to the Marquis of Linlithgow, the first Gover-nor-General, also to found some, other form of memorial, to be decided later. Mr Carruthors resigns his seat in tho N.S.W. Parliament prior to his departure for London as representative at the Franco-Britisb Exhibition.

The N.S.AV. railway returns indicate that wheat-growers are holding their crops for-a rise. A general strike of butchers has occurred at Broken Hill, N.S.W. The strikers have established co-operative shops. Obituary: Colonel Freeh ill, Consul for Spain, in iSydnoy. In tho "Queensland parliament Mr Philip’s amendment to the address in reply was negatived by 37 to 1(5. The debate on the address was adjou mod. An extraordinary incident occurred at Narbothong races in Victoria. The clerk of the course, considering two jockeys were interfering with the running.' procured a stock whip and belabored one of the interferera. Tho whip, which caught round hi.; neck, dragged him out of the saddle. A general melee followed and a constable had to draw a revolver to restore order. One jockey was arrested. At the naval regatta at Hobart a number of blue jackets were standing on the forecastle head of H.M.S. Challenger, watching the proceedings, when a support gave way and they were precipitated into the water. Petty Officer Richards was drowned.