COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2751, 4 March 1910, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

FIVE YEARS FOP, FRAUD. United Press Association— Copyright SYDNEY, March 3. Davids (who case was cabled on February 17) has been sentenced to five 3'ears’ penal servitude. Amongst other tilings he obtained by fraud was a pistol wherewith lie attempted to commit suicide.

THE MORESBY INQUIRY. BRISBANE, march 3. At the inquiry into the stranding >f the steamer Moresby the captain attributed an error of nine miles in the course to the current setting southwest, instead of east, as expected. DISAPPEARANCE OF INDIAN PRINCE. PERTH,"March 5 During the voyage of the steamer Mongolian, Nawab Sahab, of- Radhupur, an Indian tributary prince, who was suffering from paralysis, and was making the trip for health reasons, mysteriously disappeared without leaving a trace. He was last seen at night sitting on deck.

VANCOUVER MAIL SEK v ICE. MELBOURNE, —arch 3. The Federal Postal Department has agreed to extend the Vancouver mail service a year, but certain matters which the 'Union Company desire settling are still to he adjusted.

A CATTLES DISEASE. (Received March 4, 1 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 3. A serious outbreak of pleuro-pneu-monia has occurred in the Narribri district. A number of cattle are dead.’ FIRE IN SYDNEY. A large five-storey building in York Street, chiefly occupied by offices, is burning. MOHAMMEDANISM IN FIJI. Reference was made at tlie- Methodist Conference to the possibility of Mob airy medanism spreading in Fiji owing to the importation of coolie labor.