CENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2587, 23 August 1909, Page 5

CENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A NEW ATLANTIC RECORD. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, August 20. The Mauretania crossed the Atlantic westwards in four days 14 hours 28 minutes, making another record for the voyage. LIEUTENANT SHAOKLETON’S GRATITUDE. Lieutenant Shackleton, interviewed, said that a further appeal for assistance -would, be unnecessary, a s everything was right now. He appreciated greatly the generosity of the Government as representing the' nation, and he believed the action would be popular.

. A DANISH WOMAN’S OUTBURST. COPENHAGEN, August 20. Mary Westnhols, an elderly spinster, entered the Folkething (House of Commons) at Copenhagen. She took the Speaker’s seat, rang his bell, and denounced the Minister of Defence and the Government as a band of unpatriotic hirelings and betrayers of Denmark’s honor. FATAL STABBING CASE. PERTH, August 21. An Italian named Castellina stabbed two countrymen named. Forasti and Oarara. The former is> dead, and Carara is in a serious condition. The attack was the outcome of a quarrel. A GOVERNMENT COMPLIMENT TO LIEUT. SHACKLETON.

(Received August 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 21. Mr. Asquith, in a letter to Lieut. Shackleton, said that the Government \vas much impressed with the great value of the discoveries and the efficient and economical manner in which the whole enterprise had been conducted. SUFFRAGIST DEMONSTRATION IN GLASGOW. Suffragists ;and sympathisers caused riotous scenes outside St. Andrew’s Hall,* Glasgow, -where Earl Crewe was speaking. The latter, owing to the dense crowd, resorted to strategy at the close to make his exit. AUDACIOUS JEWEL ROBBERY. Jewellery valued at £4OOO sterling, belonging to Mrs Moser, an American, has been stolen in the day time from a room in the Great Central Hotel, London.