GENERAL GABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1417, 30 March 1905, Page 4

GENERAL GABLES

THE PRINCE OF WALES..

By Electric Telegraph-—Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON. M a roll 2S. The Prince of Wales has been appointed. Grand Master of the Order St. Michael anil St. George. MILLIONAIRES DO SO* GOOD .WITH .THEIR WEALTH. LONDON. March 28. Mr Picrpjont Morgan,, Mr| Cornelius tVanderbilt, arid fo,ur others,, have each given '£2(1..000 sterling, which completes the £200,000 required to found an American Academy of Arts j at Rome. ■A .WELL-ADVERTISED MAN. LONDON, March 28. I Mr Hcimiker Heat-on has received I congratulatory telegrams from I Chambers of Commerce and other [ hodies in the Motherland and Atis- I tra.Ua on the accomplishment- of I penny post between the two cairn- j tries,; I A PROMOTION,;

ROME, March 2S, .The Poipo has ‘ promoted Bishop Higgins, who has been transferred from Rockhampton to Ballarat. THE VATICAN AND F'RA'NiCjEROME, Marc*! 28. A Papal allocution expressed deep regret at the proposal to rescind the past hotweon the iVatican and the French G'ovenment. CANADIAN EDUCATION: BILL',:

(OTTAWA, March 28. Sir R. S-efton, Minister of the ‘ln-

terior, has accepted the amendci clause of the Education Bill, applying to new provinces. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. SYDNEY, March 2!L

A scientific expedition, 28 miles outside Sydney I-Tqads-, scoured at a depth of 1800 feet a number of teaiitiful specimens .of shells hitherto unknown to science. THE SYDNEY THOUSAND. SYDNEY, March 29.

■The time for the Sydney Thousand was wrongly, posted. 'lt should be 1.51 -l-o. :