CABLE NEWS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1435, 13 September 1881, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. [REUTERS TELEGRAMS. ]

? ' . rTeitible Eir ; eg in Ameripa. . * ' \ NeV YoiiK/September 9. Owing to the continued dry weather, serious forest <"fires have occurred in the State of Michigan. Hundreds of farms have beon'oompletely 1 destroyed by the conflagrajbion, \ and over 200 deaths have resulted therefrom. The destruction of property is erio'nhtfns, and thousands have been rendered homeless. , President Garfleld's" Health. '' : '' Washington,! September 8 The latent news fioin Longbranch regarding the President reports that the feverish symptoms wi-iich appeared shortly after hid arrival have now been delayed, | and his condition, has improved. The Financial Affairs of the Porte. Constantinople, September 8. ' A meeting h>s recently been .held in this city between the Ambassadors of the Great Powers, at which much parleying has 'taken' place on the subject of the financial affairs of the Porte. T,he conference has so far progressed satisfactorily, a'iul has resulted in an agreement that a Council representing the foreign holders of the Turkish bonds should have complete supervision and control of the indirect taxes of the Ottoman empire. The Trades Union Conference. London, September 8. The Trades Union Conference whioh has concluded its sittings has passed refeolptions , 'denouncing /the * restrictions placed by some foreign countries upon the freedom of international trade. ThelMeat-Freezing Venture. ' v London, September 9. ' The cargo of frozen meat ex steamship 1 Cuzco was sold to-day. The beef realised from 4d to s§d- pei lb., and the mutton from 5d to sid per lb. The condition of the latter was not equal to that of the mutton brought by the Proios. The meat market at the present time is flat.