GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 350, 26 February 1902, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, Feb. 2L ; 'A Government telephone system has opened in London with two thousand subscribers. Canon Gore has been reconsecrated Bishop of Exeter. Obituary : Charles Kent, litterateur, aged 79. He was the first son of a British subject born in New South Wales. A New Zealand dredging expert has advised the Transvaal Gold Commission to make dredging laws similar to those of New Zealand and Australia. Obituary : Professor Gardiner, historian, aged 73. Mr Arthur Balfour has welcomed Professor Smart’s proposal to the Glasgow Corporation to appoint a commission of enquiry into the housing of the poor of Glasgow. Prince Ching is disposed to grant Germany’s demands for exclusive mining rights in Shantung, subject to increased royalty. The Waziris have paid their fine, and are now surrendering knives to the Britisli authorities. BERLIN, Feb, 24. The American Ambassador at Berlin, in the course of a speech, said Germany had observed strict neutrality, and been neither cold nor grudging during the Ilispano-American war. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Senator John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, during a debate called Senator Benjamin Tillman, representative , , ( I

of the same Slate, a liar. A sharp bout of fisticuffs ensued. The combatants were parted with difficulty. The Sergcant-at-Arms arrested both. Subsequently apologies were made, and they were released. ATHENS, Feb. 24. in.- Tricoupis, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, declaring M. Doudouris, ex-President of the Chamber, had insulted the memory of M. Tricoupis, the late Premier, struck M. Doudouris in the face in the lobby. Doudouris snatched an officer's sword and vainly tried to stab Tricoupis.