CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 247, 15 February 1898, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

The steamer Marabelle collided with H.M.S. Galatea, un armoured coastguard ship, at Bull. The accident occurred in the Humber. The Mural elk sink and a number of horses were drowned, includipg several valuable racers. The warship was uninjured. Regarding the claims of Mr Ben Tillett against the Belgian Government, for having been imprisoned at Autwerp, where he hid gone to help the strikers, Mr Cnrz n, in leply to a question in the House of Commons, said in terms of the arbitration agreement between Britain anil Bclg urn, the matter would be tattled officially. It is reported that up to the end of 1897 the operations of the British forces on the IndUD frontier cost £2,541,000.' Sir Christopher JJurness, the Liberal candidate who was defeated at the recent by-election for York City, has petitioned for a recount of the votes. The Dervishes are sending reinforcements to Shendy, a town on the Nile, in the ntichbourhcod of Metammeh. Count Alourvieff, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, is suffering from smallpox. Turkey pays one million of the Greek indemnity to Russiu, the payment being a portion of the indemnity she owes that Power. Herr Von Bulow, Miuistcr of Foreign Affairs, has informed the Reichstag that the Government are awaitiug England's reply to Germany's proposal for a new commercial treaty.