GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 62, 14 March 1901, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph -Press Association—Copyright. London, March 12. Great Bi'.tain, in a dignified reply, lias expressc 1 regret that she is finable to accept tho American Senate s amendments the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in cor nr ition w,th tlio Nicp 'agnail Canal. Great Brito ; n made no counter pronosp’s. Ine coronation of the If ng is expected to take place in May or June of next yoor. In the House of Commons a King s Civil List Committee was. appointed, consisting of thirteen Unionists and eight members of the Opposition, including Mr Labouchore. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said he was confident adequate provision would he made for the head of a worldwide Empire. Mr John Bedmond refused to nominate any representative of the Nationalists on the Committee. At the inquest on the victims of beer poisoning at Liverpool, the jury found that the presence of poison in beer was due to carelessness, and not to culpable negligence. The Kmfaun’s Castle has been refloated.

Eighteen were killed in the Chicago boiler explosion. A fi r e aboard the P. and 0. liner Syiia, bidding at Linthouse, Glasgow, did £BO3O woich of damage. Tho Abyssinian forces under Ras Makonneu defeated the Mad Mi’Hah with heavy loss, eaptv ing many prisoners and great booty. A l.ivcd: The Alice.

Berlin, March 12,

Tho Berlin newspaper Deutscher Reichanpeiger states tnat the Kaiser will be ojliged to exercise special cave for some time. He has further postponed his engagements. Geiinany shortly imposes an absolutely pronibitive tax on the artificial sweeten ig of food

Paris, March 12,

In the Gnpmbcr of Deputies M. during a discussion on the Religious Associations Bill, said a member of the Headquarters Staff had cc aded the army mobilisation plans to a Jesuit Father. The B : ’ represented a fight for freedom.