CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume 2507, Issue XXXI, 4 August 1888, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

[By Elkctric TiaKGitArH—Copyright.] London, August 2. Socialistic strikes are being organised in Paris. Mr Balfour stated that the verdict of the jury on the death of Mr Mandeville was perfectly unwarrantable. The Mosbray Iron Company, of England, are erecting branch works in America, at a cost of .£400,000. The French wheat crop is a disastrous failure. Turkey has consented to Italy annexing Massowah. Messengers recently arrived at Zanzibar, state that Emin Bey was escaping along the left bank of the Nile. Somdeli, one of the Zulu strongholds, has surrendered to General Smythe. Dr Ridley, of Tullamore Gaol, who committed suicide, had received a number of menacing letters. The National Liberal Federation League, will renew the anti-coercion crusade. The Local Government Bill was read in the House of Lords without a division. A writ of habeas corpus lias been granted in the case of Mrs Gordon Baillie. France denies having any intentions on Tripoli. British women have presented the Queen with a magnificent diamond necklace of elaborate design, in commemoration of the jubilee of Her Majesty's reign. Miss C. F. Gordon Cumming, the well-known authoress, has been placed on the civil list for a pension of .£SO per annum. Paris, August 2. The Government have rejected the Italian proposals for the FrancoItalian commercial treaty. Madrid, August 2. A pillar in the Cathedral of Seville collapsed to-day, causing serious damage to the interior of the Church.