GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1535, 17 August 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Aug. 15. Devereux, for the murder of hie wife and children, was hanged to-day. Prisoner was concerned in what was known as the boot-box tragedy, the bodies of his victims having been encased in glue and cement, and stowed away in hoot-boxes in a furniture depot. Paris, Aug. 15. An American referee, choßon to finally adjudicate Franco’s claims for damages sustained by Frenchmen owing to tho Venezuelan insurrection in 1901, awarded several sums aggregating five million francs. Stockholm, Aug. 15. Kioran won tho 100 metros handicap in 1.37 1-5. Nobody finished in the four-mile event. Kioran was exhausted 200 metres from the finish. Rome, Aug. 15. Tho II Messagero newspaper asserts that Britain and Italy are concerting in measures against the Somali Mullah for breaking his [pledges. St Petersburg. August 15. The Governor of Warsaw has ordered Sienkiewiez, the novelist’s, detention in domicile for signing a public protest against the Russification of Polish schools. Sydney, August 16. Obituary : Pete Hughes, the wellknown theatrical agent. News from the New Hebrides states that a cannibalistic feast took place at Mallicollo, two Maskelyne Islanders being murdered and eaten. The Natives had not tasted human flesh for many years.