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Waikato Times, Volume 2620, Issue XXXII, 27 April 1889, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(ISY ELECTIUC TELEGllAl'lt.—COl'YiilGH'i'). London, April 25. Several conflicts have taken place in Vienna between the tramway strikers and military. The strike has now terminated. General Boulanger was received at Dover with royal honours. It is rumoured that the ex-King Milan will enter a monastery at Jerusalem to qualify for election as Patriarch of Servia. A conference is being held in Nottingham representing 250,000 colliers. The Yandcleur tenants in Ireland have resolved to pay their overdue rents at once. The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to convert the balance of the national debt. The Queen will be a large exhibitor at the Windsor Agricultural Show. April 23. A meeting between Queen Natalie and her son, the young King, will take place in a fortnight. Baron de Worms is at present visiting Paris, with the object of inducing the French Government to accept the Sugar Bounties Convention. Colonial students have secured high positions on the honour lists at the University and at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The Right Hon. John Morley speaking at Newastle-on-Tyne, said the Opposition would oppose the Sugar Bounties Convention Bill tooth and nail. Referring to the electoral laws, Mr Morley said the next Liberal Government would appoint an oilicer to enroll all qualified voters. Of the students on the honour lists at Edinburgh, two hail from South Australia, three from Tasmania, six from Victoria, ten from New South Wales, and fifteen from New Zealand. Copper is quoted at .£36. A number of holders are arranging to sell their stocks gradually. The wool-market is spirited with an upward tendency. The price of frozen mutton and beef remains unchanged.

The address of the Federal Council on Colonial Trust securities lias been forwarded to Mr Goscben and Lord Knutsford, and liopps are entert lined that the- result will be favourable. N.u'fj s, April Mr Ash worth, .British ViceConsul in this city was found dead at the foot of a prweipiee, near Vico, five miies fro'n the Buy of Naples. It is supposed to be a case of suicide.