GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1079, 22 December 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

A ROYAL SCANDAL

By Electric Telegraph— Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, Dee. 19. The newspapers concerned express regret and withdraw the serious imputation made against Princess Alice of Schoenburg-Waldenburg. The allegation as to her elopement was unfounded. A RECENT MISHAP. LONDON, Dec. 19. A court-martial severely reprimanded the captain and lieutenant in charge of the cruiser Flora. SIGHTING FROM BALLOON. LONDON, Dec. 19. A captive balloon at Gibraltar enabled the garrison to overlook the surrounding hills and sea. ILLNESS OF MR BALFOUR. LONDON, Dec. 19. Mr Balfour, the Premier, has been confined to liis room since Tuesday, suffering from a chill. A FATAL FIRE. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. A Regresses’ college at Nashville was burnt,; Four of the inmates were killed, and thirty injured, twelve fatally. A REMARKABLE TOAST. BERLIN, Dee. 20. Tho Kaiser, at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Hanover regiments, drank to the health of the German Legion which, in conjunction with Blucher’s Prussians, rescued the English army from destruction at Waterloo. IN A STORM. MELBOURNE, Dec. 21. The barquentine Kathleen Hilda, from New Zealand, encountered a terrific hurricane about a week ago. All her sails were blown away, and she drifted helpless for some time, and narrowly escaped being driven on Flinders Island. A PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT. SYDNEY, Dec. 21. Stelling, a German seaman, imprisoned at Newcastle, charged with being a prohibited immigrant, lias been released under order of the Federal (Premier, for deportation to Germany The man refused to leave Newcastle until certain of iiis effects were returned, and it is believed that he lias instituted an action to recover one thousand pounds damages front the 'Federal Government. DISORDERLY SCENES. PERTH, Dec. 21. The passing or the Estimates causpd several disorderly scenes in the House. When the Minister of Mines rose, (the Opposition quitted the Chamber, calling out, “We do not want to bear you.”