CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 243, 3 February 1898, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

A takceis post convention has been promulgated between France aud Australia. The will of Lord Rosmead has been lodged for proba'e. The personalty is sworn under £56,000. The Senate, by 47 to 32, adopted a resolution moved by Mr Tiller in favour of American bonds bciug made payable either in silver or gold. A French gunboat has passed the rapids on the Upper Mekong River, and found the ii>er easily navigable to Kiang Kheng, in Ton king territory. The gold belt in the Klondyke district has been found to extend to Cassiar, once a noted coldminiog centre at the source of the Stickcn and L'ard Rivers. Rich placer have been found in the valley of the Liard River. Since the opening of the plague hosp:tal at NVik, in lud : a. riots have taken place. The attendant at the hosp tal was killed and the segregation camp burn'. The police fi-ed on the rioters, Wounding ecvO al. The Egyptian Government has sold to Messrs Allcu and Allerson, the wellknown shipping combination, the steamers belonging to the Khediral steamship administration, with the floating dock at Alexandria, and workshops ami warehouses, fcr £150,000. The purchasers intend to construct a graving dock at Alexandria. A terrible disaster occurred during a fire at an oil r< finery in Newcastle. A tank containing sixteen tons of creosote exploded. Two persons were killed and one hundred spectators injured. In January last the Indian Government, at the request of the British au thorities, despatched 400 Punjaub Moslems to East Africa, to assist in quelling a native rising under Mwanga, King of Uganda. The arrival of these reinforcements saved the Uganda protectorate. Several Soudanese garrisons have been disarmed, and the position of the 1 rebels is critical. A duel has been fought between Count William Bismarck, third son of Prince Bismarck, and Herr Mannbash, Privy Councillor. The lat f er was severely wounded. The latest repcJVts concerning the health of Mr W. E. Gladstone arc unfavourable.