CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2815, 29 July 1890, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

(RY KLKCTUIC rELKOiIIAPK—C'OI'YUIfitIT). r.oNiio.v, May 2(1. In- tho House of Commons Mr Dillon has given notice of a comniittoo to inquire into tho address of •Tuilgo Harris to tlio Gahvay jury, whorcin lie stated lie was astonished that tho victims of lawlessness had not had recourse to lynch law. Experiments havo been mnrlo by tho British authorities with smokeless powder. Tlio tests have boon satisfactory, but doubts prevail as to its durability and its power to resist climatic changes. July 27. It is predicted that Viscount Dunlo will not socuro a divorce, as the adultery is not proved oxcopt by inferonco. The caso has been adjourned until Monday. Pauls July 2G. In tho French naval manoeuvres tho ironclads forced an entrance to Chorbourg, and bombarded the town after defoating tho torpedo flotilla. Ma drip, July 25. A strike has taken placo in Catalonia for tho purpose of compelling employers to re-engage workmen who had been dismissed. Gonoral Maratinez do Campos has been sent to preserve order. Nkw YniiK, July 20. Tho shipment of gold to the Argentine Republic has caused a hardening of the money market. A severo cyclone visited Law- i ronco, Massachusetts, shattering 90 houses. Twenty porsons woro killed and 100 injured.