CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2540, 20 October 1888, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(l!Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) London, October 17. A great naval review has been held at Naples in honour of the German Emperor's visit. The rebels are again attacking Siwkim in force. The lioman Catholic Bishops will agitate in the Press in favour of the temporal power of the Pope. It is proposed to establish an Australian Shippers' Association. Five thousand Staffordshire colliers have gone on strike. - s The American Government do'not agree to the prohibition of the sale of arms and alcohol to the Pacific Islanders. October 18. The unveiling of the statue erected in honour of General Gordon was attended with-very little ceremony, and the Press generally characterise the conduct of the committee as shabby in not making a popular demonstration. Mr D. l\. Plunkett, in defending the action of the committee, declares that silence was necessary, in view of the fact that the Socialists would undoubtedly have availed themselves of the opportunity to hold a demonstration, and an unpleasant complication might have arisen. Tehkran, October 18. It is expected that th': Czar of Russia and the Shah of Persia will shortly meet at Baku, a town in the lieutenancy of Caucausus, on the Caspian Sea. Sax Francisco, October IS. The steamer liespigadera, an Australian trader, has been totally wrecked near San Pedro, Southern California.