CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2765, 3 April 1890, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

i (81, BLEOTBIO -TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT.) . ~ '■ _ iJoNpoN, April I'g' The question of emigration to Australia l-emains unsettled!,-pending,; the consent iqf tbJe colonial Government to the proposed'scheme. i , In the House of Cqmmous to-daj,, Mr Cecil. Eaikes, Postmaste'r-| j&ene'ral, replying.: to a Question, said that preferential rates with the colonies was possible'without tho consent of the Postal Union, but not to , the extent of initiating a penny postage. : ' :': i

! The Right Rev.' Edward Parry, i D.D., Suffragan Bishop ot Dover, is in a critical state of 'health. The rev.,geutleman ? who is 60 years of age, was injured by the upsetting , of a Bath, chair, and in St. Paul's .Cathedral on &unday the Archbishop of Canterbury, who con-;, ducted service; offered prayers for his recovery. - . : ■ '. Sir i James Ferguason,' Political Secretary at the Foreign Office, replying to a question in .the House of Commons) stated that the (fo> yernment were parleying with the Chinese (Government over the Sikkim difficulty. • : ■ ; The. Victorian loan of two millions is announced! Tenders will be opened on Wednesday. ?. Sir Graham Berry denies the statement that the Victorian loan of two millions will be placed on the market shortly. 1 Paris, April 1. Private letters received here indicate that 5000 Kanakas are suftering from leprosy in New Caledonia. The press are' Complaining; of the delay which has taken place in isolating' those suffering from the malady. , Buknos Ayrks, March 31. It is estimated that the Argentine wool clip will be 50,000 bales short, but the quality is superior. , , MA.nntn, March 31. ' A Bill conferring universal suffrage, in .Spain has been finally passed. Warsaw;, April 1. The result of enquiries 1 into the recent baby farming scandal is that the murderess' of 75 infants lias been,sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Sofia, March 31. ■Bulgaria is arming-for; the expected fray with Servia. The official press is defiant, and boasts they will thrasli 'theirenemy again. ' '' ! ■: . • Washington, March 31. It is estimated tliat the loss of life by the recent cyclone will' amount to about 200. ,! ■■■• New York, March 31. The Bisha country, in the State of Arkansas, is inundated to a depth of 15 feet, and 3000 of the residents, who sought refuge on; the house tops, are in a famishing con : dition. Brussels, March 31. The working of excavating a ship canal from here to Antwerp has been begun.