GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1055, 24 November 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

DEFRAUDING A! MARQUIS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 22. Arthur Edward Saunders Sebright has been sentenced to eighteen months’ hard labor for fraudulently inducing the Marciluis of Devonshire to accept two bills of exchange ior £5570 each, i DEATH OF A' PRINCE. LONDON, Nov. 22. Obituary : Prince Soltykofl, Russian sportsman, a member of the English Jockey Club. IRRELIGIOUS FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 22, The Senate, bv 117 to 136, despite M. Rosseau’s opposition, vptod for the Government’s amendment to the Education Bill, excluding all religious orders from participation in education. ’ SUPPOSED ESCAPEES.Nov. 23. The steamer Prinz Sigmund brought from German New, Guinea six Frenchmen, supoosed to he escapees from New Caledonia. They said they had been 16 days'in a boat before landing at New Guinea. THE BRITISH NAVY. SYDNEY, Nov. 23. Admiral Fansjhawe has returned in the Royal Arthur. With reference to the confereinee ait). Singapore, he stated that matters, generally, in connection wi?li the Australian squadron were discussed, particularly the utilisation of the fleet to the best advantage in time of war. The decisions were not available. Such conferences would be held at convenient periods, to keep the fleets in touch with one another. PASENGERS BY MONOWAT. SYDNEY, Nov. 23. Mr Morris Fox, actuary for the New Zealand Insurance Department, and his wife, are passengers fop Wellington by the Monowai.