GENERAL CABLES
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Aug. 21. Sir Edmund Barton and party visit New York, Washington, and the principal Canadian cities. The Duke of Bedford has contributed L 3600 to the Cancer Research Fund. Dennis Kilbride, a prominent Irish Nationalist, was charged at Athlone with inciting a Wes m ath Nationalist to murder a landlord. The Magistrates disagreed, and Kilbride was admitted to bail. Rain is seriously damaging the standing corn in Great Britain. The hop and fruit crops in Kent have been much injured. Cavill won the quarter-mile saltwater championship at South Shields by two yards from Reak. Time, smm 4 sec. Bellington was absent from the competition. Possibly Canada, the Commonwealth, and New Zealand will co-operate in a fast steam Pacific line if Great Britain joins. A fire in a public house in Piccadilly at daybreak isolated nine barmaids and servants in tho upper floors. There was intense excitement. A fire escape arrived in the nick of time, and all were rescued in their night dresses. Paris, Aug. 21. The churches in parts of Brittany propose to boycott lay schools, and tradesmen tiireaten not to supply the teachers with food.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 509, 23 August 1902, Page 1
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