GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1474, 7 June 1905, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

IK SHO.OTING MYSTERY.

By Electric Telegraph—Per Press 'Association —C opy right. LONDON, June 5. A mysterious pistol shot severely wodnded Folcbi, a painter. liivfne willi Elvira,. Dion Carlos’ daughter, at Florence. The "neighbors fouinjd hSm grasjping on the sola, anil Elvira paralysed with, horror. It was cither a case o£ attempted suicide or of Bourbon vengeance. KINO ALFONSO’S SAFE ARRI U k VAL IN ENGLAND. LONDON, June 5.' King Alfouah hag arrived 1 at Portsmouth. MARQI-I OF UNEMPLOYED' TO LONDON. LONDON, 'June 5. Five hundred Leicester unemployed have begun a march to London. MISSION TO MOROCCO. LONDON, June 5. Mr Lowther’s m ssion mot with a brilliant reception, at Fez. M. BIRILOFF’S RETURN. LONDON, June 5. 511. BiriloE Was returned td| St. Petersburg. THE AFGHANISTAN, LONDON, June 5. Four more of tho crow of the Afghanistan have boon saved. MORE LIBERAL LAWS, MADRID, June 5. On King Alfonso's initiative, the law of tolonampo has now been made operative, so that the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church at Madrid is allowed to worship .With open doors. Tho press approves. A ROYAL WEDDING, i BERLIN,, May 5. The Duchess Cecillia made a State entry into Berlin, accompanied by iho Empress, and wag accorded' a great reception., ADMIRALTY’S REQUEST, MELBOURNE, Juno 6. The Admiralty has renewed its request to the Commonwealth to provide a coaling station at Goode Island, in place of Thursday Island. It is understood that one of the main reasons is that tlvo coalingstation, at Thursday Island is difficult of access, while Goode Island will ho easier. During the Hutton regime, objection was taken to the proposal, on the ground of the expense of fortifying Goode Island-:

Two young peasant girls, living in the neighborhood of Dijon, sent pieces of their own embroidery to the Czar of Russia for his newlyborn son. Each lias just received through the intermediary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a beautiful 'diamond broooh. While tho troopship Soudan was at Suez recently, a man belonging to the Lancashire Regiment made a wager to swim from the ship to the shore. The water wag infested with sharks, but the soldier reached land in safety..