GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 526, 24 September 1902, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A SNUB. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright, LONDON, Sept. 22. The King intimated ins intention to .'-end the Duke of Connaught to tlie iuneral of the late Queen of Belgium. He was thanked by King Leopold, out the latter explained that- only Belgian royalties would he present. ROYALTY. The Kiny; and Queen lunch at the Guildhall on October 25th, and attend thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s on tile 25th.

LORI) SALISBURY. The condition of Lord Salisbury's health continues to improve. SOUTH AFRICA. Tlie Daily Mail says that an account lias been opened by the Imperial Treasury, on the basis of the Transvaal and Orange Colony paying one hundred million pounds as a contribution towards tlie cost of the war and as the juice of good ggvernment. Tlie Treasury will not press them unduly. A loan of liity million pounds lias been floated from this by the Treasury to recouji itself partly for the expenditure incurred. Tlie. loan will not bo floated until the surplus revenues, probably two or three years hence, have considerably expanded. In any case tlie contribution will lie proportioned to the prosperity of tlie colonies. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.

Mr Winfield Station, of Colorado Springs, lias left 131 million dollars to charity.

THE BOXERS. PEKIN, Sept. 22. The Boxciy. threaten Khitung, Ilungy it, and Timlien. A FIGHT. SOFIA, Sept. 22. Two hands oi Bulgarian insurgents came into collision near Castoria, and fought until tlie soldiers dispetsed them. Seven insurgents were killed, EXPLAINING MATTERS. PARIS, Sept. 22.

M. Combes, in a conciliatory speech, explaining away M. Peletan’s sjieeches, emphasised tlie Republic's resolve to maintain the most amicable relations with all tlie Powers. SOCIALISTS.

M. .Inures, a well-known French Socialist, in a letter to an Italian friend, congratulates the Italian Socialists on refraining from opposition to tJ& Triple Alliance, which acted as a check on French chauvinism and Frauco-Rus-siati dreams.

A FIRE. SYDNEY. Sept. 23. The lire at the Corrinial Colliery has been suppressed. AN ILL-FATED VESSEL. The warship Wallaroo lias returned to Sydney. She sjient live days in the coral seas, searching for the missing labor vessel Sybil, without finding a trace of her,