GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 365, 15 March 1902, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

RUSSIAN ALLEGATIONS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. March 13.—The Russians allege that British cables have been laid to Muscat, Mekrau, Foo. and Koweyt.

WAR OFFICE REFORM

The Government have engaged Sir Blundell Maple’s trainer to purchase remounts in Hungary. RED CROSS BADGES. King Edward, in holding an investiture at St. James’s, took occasion to hand Nursing Sisters Bidmeal, of Adelaide, 'and Nixon, of Sydney, Royal Red Cross badges. FIGHTING WITH CHINESE. There have been numerous encounters ir. Manchuria and Mongolia between the, Russians and Tunguses. Many of the latter were killed.

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. The Archbishop of Canterbury is indisposed, and requires a long rest. CECIL RHODES. Mr Cecil Rhodes passed a restless night. His symptoms are dangerous. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES. Newfoundland has received the fisheries vivendi. STRIKE. NEW YORK. Mar. 13.—Twenty thousand laborers on the New York-Newhaven railway have struck because they were required to handle goods carried on nonunion steamers. The shipping trade is paralysed. SULTAN’S MOVE. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 13.—The Sultan is fomenting a pan-Islam movement in favor of deposing the Khedive, who is suspected of a desire for an independent kingdom.