CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2645, 25 June 1889, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(IJY ELKCTIIIC TKLKfi ISA PII—COPYRIGHT.) LontiOX, Juno 20. LvoitAX, a town in Ghin,i, has been desti oyed by iire. Twelve hundred lives wore lost and 10,000 people rendered homeless. The Catholic bishops in America condemn the Clan-na-Gae! Society. Prince George of Wales is to join the Australia! , , squadron. M. de F/eycinet sxys Franco is level and perhaps ahead of Germany in military preparations. Sir H. Morier, British Ambassador at St Petersburg, !i:>s been recalled to consult with Lord Salisbury o\\ Russia's intentions rogardino- the l?allcans. At the iiinnuil dinner of tho linperial Federation League, Sir Charles Tupper suggi'sted that a convention lie held in London of delegates from all parts of the Kitnpire. Sir Win, Jcrvois said the colonial defences were an enormous accession to the power of the Empire. He favoured holding a Convention. Monsignor Persico, the Pope's delegate to Ireland, asserts he would be murdered if he returned to Ireland. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against six railway oflicials concerned in the Armagh accident. The Lord Chief Justice has granted an order compelling the magistrate, to hear the charge of assault against the. Duke of Cambridge. The Standard calls Mr Dillon's mission fraudulent, as his cause is breaking- down. Tho Freeman's Journal says it is an enormous success. Now Zealand hemp is ranging from £03 15s to £31. The town of Astrog, in Southern Russia, has been completely destroyed by fire. Thousands have been rendered homeless, The Prince of Wales admits tliat the leper whom he stated was ernplo3 T ed in tho London moat market, is now in a London hospital. London, June 23. The summons issued against Lord Mandevilie by the public Prosecutor on a charge of fraud has been dismissed.