CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 355, 18 October 1898, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

The Powers have rejected the suggestion of the Porte that three Turkish garrisons should he nllowed lo remain in Crete to protect Mahonimedaiis. The Powers have also declared that ihu whole of the Turk'fh troops una official* must leave the i.-land. and t"»' if pashas, are sent to supetiulc.d the evacuation of the island they w ill not be allowed to land. The Hon. W. St. John Broderiok, Under-Secretary for War, suce<eds the Hon. G. M. Curzon as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The Trust Agency Company of Ana tralasia has declared a dividend of 25 per cent, for the year. News has been received that the BourliOllt'V tribesmen on the Ivory Coast, West Africa, defeated a French column, killing seven and wounding 10. They uow threaten the French settlement of Jacquevillc. The Emper r Menolik is marching to attack Ras M ingasika, an old opponent of Menelik's. Ihe cause of the present operation is th" imprisonment by Mangasika of Menelik's envoy. A Blue Book has been issued, dealing with China, in which 120 diplomatists and consuls condemn the supineucss of British traders in enabling their rivals to oust them from the Chinese trade. Howard Gould, third sou of the late Jay Gould, disregarding his family's wishes, has married Miss Clemmons, an actress. He forfeits a fortune of 6,000,000 dollars. The Daily Chronicle states that in 1870 Rougemont was an employee of Sir Wm. Robinson, then Governor of West Australia.