CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 53

CABLEGRAMS.

The following appeared in our Special Edition last week: —

BBITIMi A3J> FOKEltfl*.

LONDON, February 27.

Prince Arthur of Connaught represented the King at the consecration of the Evangelical Cathedral at Berlin to-day. The Princess .Victoria of Schleswig-Hol-stein fe" betrothed to the Duke of Coburg.

Mr E. G. Jellicoe, the well-known Wellington barrister, has, been admitted to the English Bar. He will practise in the northern circuit. Maud Gonne, who attracted some attention tnrough her championship of the Irish national cause, ' is seeking a divorce in Paris from her husband, Colonel M'Bride, who was pardoned when under sentence of death for treason in connection with the war in South Africa.

ROME, February 27.

A train bearing specially-invited guests entered the Simplon tunnel. The majority of the passengers fainted owing to the carbonic oxide emanations, and) two of th.3 officials subsequently died.

- The trial of the Countess Bonmartini for the murder of her husband was resumed at. Turin. Dr Naldi testified that Tullio Murri, the Countess's brother, entered the. house having a syringe intending to inject poison into the sleeping Count's veins, bivt Naldi remonstrated with him, and he quitted) the house.

NEW YORK, February 27.

A fire in the Stuyvesant docks, the terminus of the Illinois Central railroad, New Orleans, di<J five million dollars' worth of damage, including grain elevators containing a million bushels of grain and 20,000 bales of cotton.

NEW YORK, February 28.

There is a heavy slump in the American •wheat market and enormous sales in the belief that Gates's pool is unloading.

CALCUTTA, February 27.

The official announcement of the Prince of Wales's visit to India in November next lias been received with -enthusiasm. by all classes.