LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 137, 19 June 1888, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

♦ By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. I PER CM ITED PHESS ASSOCIATION.'! Berlin, June 17. The autopsy of the late Emperor shows that the larynx was completely destroyed. Sir Morell Mackenzie has certified to the presence of cancer in the trachea. The Emperor William has issued a manifesto to the army, in which he states that he steps with confidence into the place rendered vacant by the will of God. He calls upon it to be steadfast and strong, and concludes ; I and the army belong each to the other, were born of one another, and will stand together in peace or storm." A similar manifesto is addressed to the navy. The late Emperor Frederick, in greeting his daughter Sophia, whose birthday occurred the same day as her father died wrote, " Remain noble and good, that is the last wish of a dying father." It is reported that the Emperor William has signified his desire that the press representatives should be excluded from the funeral ceremonies, owing to the dislike he entertains to newspaper comments. Sydney, June 18. A ballast train ran into a stationary passenger tram at Lake Bathurst to-day. Two ladies were severely shaken and a boy injured by splinters from one of the carnages. It has been ascertained that the derelict burnt at sea, and which was being towed into Port Stephen, was the J. D. Berry, th» American vessel burnt recently. Melbourne, June 18. A syndicate has despatched an exploring expedition to Western Australia to search for minerals. The Geographical Society are assisting the syndicate. Received June 19, 12 30 p.m. London, June 19. Mr Morgan intends to float his gold mine at Gwynfynwdd, in North Wales, into company with a capital of £200,000. Jones, the cricketer, is improving, the crisis of the fever having passed. The Eleven of England, whioh meets the Australians at Birmingham to-day, includes Grace, Pell, and TJlyett, but the remainder are second rate players. Berlin, June 18. The obsequies of the late Kaiser will be confined to a simple military funeral. Twelve generals will bear the coffin, and carnages containing members of the Royal families, representatives of the Reichstag and municipalities will follow. It is expected the Emperor William will issue a proclamation notifying his desire j to avoid all strife, and adhere to the j existing treaties. The post mortem examination of the .dead monarch's body showed that a I cavity the suse of a fist had been caused in the throat by suppuration. Pabis, June 18. The Frenoh press comment on the warlike ton© of tho late Emperor's addresses to the Gorman Army and Navy. St. Petersburg. This Day. The Russian press considers the new Emperor's addresses pacific in character. Sydney, This Day. All the colonies haye sent sympathetic telegrams to the Empress. A distinct shock of earthquake was felt in Mossvale district last night. Adelaide, This Day. Leading Chinese are much annoyed at the scant courtesy shown their communication byj the Chinese Conference, and propose to petition the Chinese Government on international as well as personal grounds against the intolerable hard hip by conference (?) passed by colonial legislatures.