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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2753, 6 March 1890, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(BY ELKOTKIO TRMJOB'aPH.— COPTRIOHTi) Beki.in, March 3. Ttt#Eab' rifrr*' Oofifefencewill discusa the regulations of the:collieries, piohifeitioftc iof the r employment of women' ahri children 'in -Unhealthy work underground, fShoMemng the tiine ; of ajiifts, aud jisaurauce of regular output. The (juestiqn of regulating Sunday labour," and the work of women, and lads, and ehil-di-pn, will also bo taken into consideration. '_. _ s tfh'e.resulbof a hunflreaf Second b.illots gives 33 Cartells, 35 Royals, 12 Centres, 13 Sovialists, and ,7 Drmocrats.. ~...- ...

'■ ; - "• PAnis, March 3. ~. M. Ollivier, the French states#n, t-ulogises the Em peror of Geriimny for adopting Napoleon's socialist v.;,-: ■■;!;* :•■■■ j Sofia, M.irch 3. Bulgaria has informed the Powers .that- Russia dispatched , General Dumnotovick to assume the dictntprship in the event of the recent conspiracy being sudcessful.' A Bulgarian 'loan of 80 million francs is announced, for the purpose of constructing railways. J '''Zanzibar, March 3. Einin Bey has returned hms.<f Washington, March ,3. Cincinnati has been flooded by the overflow of the Ohio. The temporary arrangement respecting the disputed fisheries is being extended. r , . , Ottawa, March. 3. Separation! .leagues have been started in Canada. London, March 3. ! Thirty-two thousand cement wor■kers'and -lightOririen quay ! havo struck for an advance of 10 per cent. • A hundred thousand colliers in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the I Midland. Counties will strike on [ March 15, for an advance ot 10 per cent. Mr Laoouchere, speaking at Kentish Town, said he was determined to persevere with his action regarding the West End scandals. Hβ stigmatised tho majority of the members of the House of Commons as a disreputable crew.

Mr Chamberlain is in favour of a conference on free education before the dissolution of Parliament.

Prince George of Wales will receive the command of the Thrush on the Canadian Station..

The Duke of Connaught will succeed tho Duke'of Cambridge "as Commander-in-Chief at an early date.

Tennyson is steadily recovering. Betting on the University boat race is 5 to 4 on Oxford.

It is reported that France annexes the Kingdom of Dahomey, West A frica, in order to prevent the sacrifice, of five thousand slaves on the occasion of the accession of the King to the throne.

The colliers of Staffordshire and Wales are satisfied with the masters' concessions, and are expediting a compromise in; Yorkshire.;; }*

Ten thousand of the North Wales colliers have resumed work" on the old terms.

There;is. an impression ufloit that the committee appointed to inquire into the question of trustees being allowed to invest in colonial stocks, propose that trustees be alloweu to invest in any stock paying not more than 1 per cent above consols. It is understood that Mr Groschen prefers to leave the matter to the rule of the Court, but the committee pivfer the passing of a Bill dealing with the matter.