CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 235, 15 January 1898, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

The Monte Carlo Company pay the Prince an additional £1,280,000 to sccuro the contract until 1947- - The Dailv News publishes disquieting news from Persia, which country is said to be on the verge of disintegration. The Daily Chronicle states that 40.0C0 troops are gathered at Omdurman, and 20,000 at Metammeb and Sheudy. Oneeighth of them are armed with rifles. The proposal of the Earlscourt Exhibition Company to hold an Australasian, Canadian, and African Exhibition at Earlscourt, London, in 1899, fcr the display of commercial produce, minerals, animals and \cgetation of the countries represented, is attracting considerable attention. The Americans and Canadians are denouncing the new law against the introduction of over sea articles of clothing. Many garments have been seized at New York, aud on the frontier remarkable scenes are witnessed unless the unfortunate wearer of the clothes is in a position to prove that his or lier garments have not been obtained over-sea. Ladies arc strongly protesting against having to register their garments at the Customs before travelling. Denmark has vainly Dpplied to the Powers to guarantee her permanent neutrality. The United States Senate is secretly discussing the annexation cf Hawaii. Senator Morgan asserts that Creat Britain intended to seize the islands.