CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2795, 12 June 1890, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

(by electric tulkoraph—copyright.) London, June 7. Me. F. Abigail received a hearty reception in Ulstnr, ;ind funds arc being readily subscribed for the purpose of sending delegates to Australia to neutralise the effects of the Irish Houiej Rulers' visit. There is some difficulty among the Liberal Unionists in agreeing ' upon the selection ' of : representatives. Probably three will be chosen, Dr. Kane being one, and the others residents of Dublin and Cork. Lord Wolseley ha 3 refused the position of Commander-in-Chief of India. He retires from the position of Adjutant-General in July. Tho Economist considers the colonial bffttbjng |eturtis;for "• March aro of South Australia. Commerce pears to be sounder in Sydney than in Melbourne, where speculation has outrun moderation. Mr Monro, the Commissioner of Police, was hooted at the Hyde Park meeting, ? The/ chairman received a letter from Cardinal Manning, saying if the principle proposed Hy-the 1 Government of- compensating publicans was adopted it would spread throughout the Empire, and injure the cause of temperance in the colonies. Sir W. Lawson, Mr W. S. Caine, and Mr Burns were among the speakers. AMr Gustafson dilated on the failure of compensation in Geelong. Resolutions against the payment of compensation were carried unanimously at twelve platforms/ • > 4 June 9. The attitude assumed by Lord Salisbury destroys all hope for the present of an Anglo-German agreement being effected on the East African question. The Conference, which was begun on May 5 between Mr Anderson, of the British East African Company, and Dr. Krauel, for the purpose of delimiting the spheres of the English and German Companies in East Africa, will not be resumed. It is now considered unlikely that an autumn session will be held, as the Gbverniii'jnfc lias decided to apply the'closure toSrnendnients that may be proposed o£, a purely-obstructive character. - Si Pbiersuuro, June 9. The Nihilists have robked tors at Goujski of a large quantity of dynamite, tfrid considerable alarm is felt throughout Russia, 'as it is feared further attempts on the life of the Czar are contemplated. Vienna, Juno 9. Tho Emperor Francis lias an-1 nounced to the Delegations, that the strength of the army is being increased. Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, declares that, .owing lo 3 the influence of the Emperor of Germany, the Triple Alliance was never plainer nor firmer than at the present time. Athens, June 9. A band of Albanian Arnauts surrounded 300 Servians in Macedonia, and massacred 40 of their number, and took the rest prisoners.