GENERAL CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 809, 26 January 1903, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, Jamiify 24. Their Majesties the King and Queen and members of the Royal Household attended an impressive service at Frogmore on the anniversary of Queen Victoria’s death. Numerous wreaths were placed in the mausoleum, and many statues of the late Queen at home and in the colonies were wreathed with laurels. A memorial service was also held

in Wippingham Church, and services commemorative of the accession of

the King in the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Church and elsewhere. Salutes were fired in St. James’s Park, Windsor, Portsmouth, and other naval stations, where the ships were dressed for the occasion.

Obituary : Mr Augustus Hare, the well-known author.

The Imperial Food Supplies Association is issuing a quarter of a million of shares to public subscription. Mr Geddis is chairman of the Association and Mr Hotson manager. The Bankruptcy Court granted B. J. Fink, formerly of Melbourne, his discharge, subject to payment of a nominal sum.

CAPETOWN, January 25. Mr Chamberlain, responding to complaints that the National Scouts were promised that their claims should have precedence over others, said that while the Government were anxious to forget everything unpleasant, they, would never allow the Scouts cause to say that it had proved a bad thing for them to stand by Great Britain.

BERLIN, January 23. In the Reichstag Her Bebel scathingly attacked “the mailed fist” policy. He said the Kaiser’s gross insults to the Social Democrats were certain to provoke retorts. The Kaiser’s recent Essen and Breslau speeches had added hundreds of thousands to the Socialist ranks. Her Bebel also attacked the Crown Prince for calling Socialists wretches. Count Von Billow denied that Germany was aggressive, and said that her naval policy • was not directed against Great Britain. Krupp’s iortune has been assessed at million pounds sterling. MELBOURNE,, Jan. 24.

The Probate Bill, recently rejected by the Council, has been re-introduced into the Assembly. The Treasurer stated that it was an essential part of the financial proposals, and unless passed it would be impossible for the Government to carry on. I-Lc also announced that there was no intention to include mining companies un T der the proposal to collect income tax from dividend-paying companies. A meeting of railway companies decided to uphold the right of affiliation with the Trades Hall, contending that it was not a political body.

The following is an extract from a Wellington correspondent’s report of the final stages of the match with the Englishmen :—“ Shortly before four o’clock, when Burnup and Warner came out to bat for the Englishmen, the ground presented a pretty and animated appearance. A very large crowd thronged the reserve. The sun was tempered by a mild southerly breeze, and a brass band played inspiriting music. The other Englishmen had donned their, blazers, and mixed with their friends in the crowd They arc without exception real good fellows and a fine type of Englishmen. The big Bosanquet and the equally tall Johnson looked as'if they could hit up a big score in little time. Lcatham, who has shot lions in Uganda and dqer in Central Otago, and hopes to get some more sport in the South this season, was chatting to some friends. In the stand, not far away, was a group of clean-shaven men of Harrow and Eton, talking to a Har-' row boy they had found here. They find their old school represented all over the world. And what a fine freemasonry there seems to exist between them 1 If prosperous Harrow meets Harrow down on his luck, he does not turn his back on him. Indeed, it is a point of honor to help him if he can. The narrow yellow and light-blue stripes on a dark-blue ground of their blazers made a pretty bit of colour, while still greater variety appeared in the caps of club, college, or county, which each wore at his own sweet will. All the English-

mea seem to be very keen on cricket Certainly, they are not getting much real cricket here so far, and ‘it is a perfect farce to play some of the country matches that have been arranged for them. All the team seem very pleased that they are going to iplay matches in Australia. As Warner puts it, they are not going in quest of “ the ashes,” but. just to have a friendly game with a view to seeing what they can do on Australian grounds. The general opinion is th a t they wi|l get beaten. They are, how ever, pretty strong in batting, and, if their bowling is reinforced by the presence of Trott, they may do better than most people appear to think they will. In any case, New Zealanders will take a very keen interest in the battles to be fought across the Tasman Sea.” Baron Ernest Wallburg,_ a natural

son of the late Archduke Ernest, has jeen earning his living as a waiter u the Cafe New York in Buda-Pesth since the lawsuit in which it was; jrought out in evidence that he forg?d a page in a church register to. prove that the Archduke h;id married ris mother. He now announces that he will open a cafe of his own. He was as poor as a church mouse when he began business as a waiter a year ago, but people felt so flattered at being served and personally waited on by an archduke’s son that he pocketed an extraordinary amount of tips. It now is a question whether or not the authorities will allow hint to call his establishment Cafe Jdapsburg. It is pretty clear that the Premier is nol satisfied with the rate of progress being made with our railways, and is determined to see that the speed is increased. Neither is ho pleased with the rate of progress made in laying off land for settlement. Replying to a deputation at Greymouth he Baid he wsa rn qch surprised to find that the number of surveyors at work laying off land for settlement \Y as less now than at the time when the land \yas locked up through the Midland Railway. H,e proposed to alter this by employing a larger staff. There was a very large area of land in the Nelson province suitable for settlement if only laid off in blocks and made available, yet those in search of homes could not get them without going to tbs Kottb Isliua.-Gtejwntlj