CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 187, 23 September 1897, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

The editor of a Moslem paper in the Dcccan, iu India, has been arrested in Bombay and sent into exile. The syndicate formed by Mr E. T. Hooley has agreed to advance the Chinese Government two million pounds for the construction of a railway between Shanghai, Suchan, and Naukin, and an additional three million for the extension of the line to the province of Hunan As the result of British influence in Egypt, trade between Berber and Suakim, which was interrupted owing to the disturbed state of the country, is being resumed. At Boston, U.S.A., James Michael, a "Welsh cyclist, covered a distance of 25 miles in 44m. 19s. In the swimming match between Tyers and Cavill, Tyers swam a zigzag course, but discovering his mistake made tremendous efforts to overhaul the Australian, and finished in a very exhausted condition. Cavill byavoiding the surf finished fresh. lie was accorded an ovation by the spectators. The greatest swimmers in Great Britain were present, and pronounced Cavill to be a wonder. The protest lodged by Tyers was held to be frivolous. Cordang, the Dutch cyclist, rode 616 miles 340 yards at the Crystal Palace in 24 hours. After 112 miles had been covered he beat the world's record. Max Kown sails for Australia shortly, in order to negotiate with the Colonial Premiers, with a view to the cultivation of rhea fibre in the Australasian Colonies. News from Japan states that during a display of fireworks at Samid<t a bridge crowded with spectators collapsed. One hundred and fifty persons were precipitated into tho water and eighty-seven were drowned.