CABLE SUMMARY.
The Manitoba wheat crop is estimated at 26,000,000 bushels. During a cinematograph exhibition at Penge, Camberwell district, Surrey, a canvas and wood tent caugbt fire and 200 spectators narrowly escaped serious injury. Mr Chamberlain has stated tbat under certain conditions tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer is willing to guarantee interest upon money spent in the extension of the railway from Buluwayo to Lake Tanganyika.
There have been many meetings of colliers in South Wales, and there is a prospect of them negotiating with the employers, with respect to proposals in reference to sliding scale and minimum tonnage rate.
Yorkshire won the County Cricket Championship, having won 16 games and lost three.
In consequence of the intense beat the route marches'in connection with the French military manoeuvres have been prohibited.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 333, 27 August 1898, Page 2
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131CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 333, 27 August 1898, Page 2
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