CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2615, 16 April 1889, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(BY KLRCTMO TELEGRAPH.— COI'I'RIGHT). London, April 13 Axotiikr attempt ha-i boon made on the Cznr's life, a bomb thrown by an officer of the Guards exploding and wounding him. Sir Chas. Russell, in his opening speech in the Parnell case said \w did not believe the Times knew the letters were forged, but had been careless and reckless in publishing them.

Lord Lonsdale, who is walking to the North Pole, has arrived with his party at Alaska, greatly exhausted. Sir Jas. Ferguson states the Imperial Government are sensible of the importance of Imperial interests at Samoa. The charges against Boulanger were heard with closed doors. The Empress of Austria threatens to commit suicide to enable the Emperor to re-marry and secure an heir. A mother atLimoges has strangled her five children and then attempted suicide, It is reported that the Ahyssinnian General Ras Aloula has been captured and beheaded by Mahdists. The Sultan of Morocco lias sent troops io oppose a European landing at Salee. The Senate has appointed a committee to report if there are grounds of action against the Boulangists. Kell and Co., of Bradford, have failed for £90,000. Mrs Langtry's house in New York has been burned. The Queen's Bench have decided that women are ineligible for seats on County Councils. Mr Bradlaugh's Bill against the Blasphemy Laws has been rejected. The British Parliament has adjourned for Easter.