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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2603, 19 March 1889, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(l>V ELKCTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT). London, March 17. It is thought here that Germany will not allow the Samoan Conference to dictate to her with reference to her treatment of Mataafa. In Washington the opinion obtains that, the delegates to the Conference will disagree unless Germany is willing to concede autonomy to Samoa. M r George Bates, one of the delegates for the United States, is known to hold strong anti-German „ . * * ** views on the Samoan question. The Maori Football Team yesterday defeated the Salford (Lancashire) Club by two goals and a try to a try. The Anaconda Copper Smelting Works, Montana, have been partly destroyed by tire, and the output of the mines has consequently been reduced by one-third. An election took place to-day for the Kennington seat, rendered vacant by Mr E. Gent-Davis, who having applied for the Chiltem Hundreds, eloped with a lady on March 4, leaving his wife behind him. Mr Mark H. Beaufoy, a Gladstone Liberal, who was defeated at the last general election, was elected for the seat, defeating Mr Beresford Hope, a Tory, by 630. TheMahdi has abandoned Omdurman owing to the advance of El Senouissi on that post. Berlin, March 17. The Emperor William declares that his recent visits to the capitals of Europe have assured the maintenance of peace for many years.