CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2555, 24 November 1888, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

[Br Electric Telegraph,—Coptriqht.] London, November 22. Thk German Emperor's speech at the opening of the Reichstag, will lay stress on the cordial relations between Germany and the Pope. The rice crops in China are failing through drought. Wool has advanced from id to Id on last sales. Mr James Russell Lowell, the American Minister in England, was entertained at a banquet previous to retiring. He said he believed the cohesion of the English races would decide the destinies of tlio world. Telegraph communicalicio is open from London to Vancouver's, British Columbia. November 23. The stock markets are agitated in consequence of the fear that tnoney will become dear. The Secretary of the Eastern Extension Cable Company, in a letter in the Times, states that a duplicate cable across the Pacific Ocean would cost four millions, and would be difficult to maintain and protect. He adds a better and cheaper one, and that better rates, would be obtained by adopting the guarantee proposal of Sir James Ponder, Chairman of the Eastern Company. The ship Renfrewshire, which left Glasgow for Brisbane on May 18th, has been posted at Lloyds, as missing. Mr John B. Harrison, Professor of Chemistry and Agricultural Science, who has returned from a visit to New Caledonia, is promoting a society with a view to dereloping agriculture. St. Petersburg, November 22. The Czar has directed that sixty Bulgarian refugees serving in the Russian Army must either resign their positions or become naturalised subjects.