CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2757, 15 March 1890, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(by electric telegraph.— copyright.) London, March 13. Tiie Irish. Members' expenses before the Parnell Commission amounted to £37,000. The Irish Land Tenure Bill was rejected on the second reading by a majority of 52. Sir J.Gorst, Messrs Holdsworth, Burnett and Dale will represent England at the Berlin Labour Conference. The Yorkshire colliers are willing to accept an increase of 5 per cent, if given promptly. The freedom of London has been" conferred on Sir J.nhn Fowler, engineer of the Forth Bridge. The Kev. Tucker, curate of Durham, succeeds the late Rev. Hannington, Bishop of East Equatorial Africa, who was murdered by natives several years ago. The Marylebone Club condemns the action of Mr G. Giffen, the Adelaide cricketer, in first agreeing and then refusing to join the Australian Eleven. The ship Sophocles, from Sydney, which has been overdue for some weeks, has arrived. _ • Dr. Westcott, canon of Westminster.. has been appointed Bishop of Dui^faiii. The dock labourers advocate the establishment of a Committee of Conciliation on which each side should be equally represented. Berlin, March 13. Germany has appointed ten delegates to the Labour Conference, including the Prussian Minister of Commerce. Vienna, March 13. The persons connected with the emigration frauds in Galicia have been sentenced to light terms of imprisonment. The Public Prosecutor has appealed against the decision. St. Petersburg, March 12. Shebrikora, a correspondent of the Czar, was arrested on his return to Russia for writing a letter containing an impassioned

appeal for reforms in Russia. Zanzibar, March 12. The news of the victory of Captain Wissmaun with a force of 500 men in the capture of Bwhoneries, with a force 15,000 men, has been confirmed. The enemy lost; heavily ; German casualties were light. Bvvhonmes cscaped into the interior. New York. March 13. Ex-Consul Webber has been appointed a member of the Emigration Coiu mission.