GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1587, 18 October 1905, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By 'telegraph. Press Ass'ii, Copyright „. London, October le. Sir Henry Irving’s body will be brought to London for interment. Obituary : Dr. C. J. Ellicoit, ex-Bishop of Gloucester.

• In connection with the Merstham tunnel tragedy, a signalman testified that the train was passing at the rate of 30 miles an hour. lie saw a strong man struggling with a girl in a first-class compartment, trying to throw her on the seat. King Edward laid the foundation stone of the General Post Office on the site of the Bluecoat School, Newgate street. The Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales members of Parliament, diplomatists and 12,000 County Council school children were present.

The National Liberal campaign fund stands at £40,000. An additional £IO.OOO is asked for.

: 4 Tokio, Oot. 16. liardn Komiira' has returned here, There was a lack of enthusiasm in connection with his welcome, those presen being chiefly officials. St, Petersburg, Oct 16. The Grand Puke Cyril has been dismissed from the army and deprived ol orders owing to his marriage.

New York, Oct 16, The motor race for the Vanderbilt Cup, 293 miles, at Long Island, had nineteen competitors. Henery and Health, of France, ran first and second. Henery’s 80 horse power Darracq motor was sold for £4OOO, and was afterwards accidentally burned.

Capotown, Oct 16. A German patrol of 30 men defeated a band of Hottentots under the chief Elias and Upper Thub. The Hottentots became panic - stricken. Forty were killed. A party of Witbois crossed jthe Bechuanaland frontier and proceeded eastward.