CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2820, 9 August 1890, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

« (lIV ELKCTKIC IKLKfiUAPH.— COPYRIGHT. London, August 5. Tins Governor of Heligoland, the Hon. Arthur C.S. Barklay, C.M.G., and the other ollicials. retire on Saturday next. The Anglo-French agreement has been signed. August 6. The Emperor William of Germany, in conversation with Mr Chas. Millan, of Melbourne, acknowledged the many courtesies received by the olicers and men of the German navy in Australia. He also expressed great interest in the German Lloyd's line of steamers running to the. colonies. The House of Lords has made an amendment in the Directors Liability Bill, excluding the clause rendering directors liable for the statements of experts embodied in the prospectus of a company. A ferry boat carrying Her Majesty the Queen at Cowes was partly submerged owing to the premature lowering of the landing stage from the royal yacht. The mishap, which occasioned great alarm, was quickly rectified. The Ameer of Afghanistan is about to despatch an embassy to Russia to arrange for a commercial treaty. A "battery of artillery, stationed at Exeter, destroyed the harness of a gun carriage, and the parade was abandoned. The men adopted this plan to air certain grievances. Surrey beat Notts in the county match by seven wickets. This virtually secures for them the county championship for this season. Admiral Lang, an Englishman employed in the Chinese navy, has been dismissed by the Chinese Government. The Bank of New Zealand shares, new issue, are £7 10s, and old £5 10s. Mnjor Wissman states that he will return to Africa in October. He hopes to launch a steamer on the Victoria Nyanza. before the English can do so, and thus prevent the commerce of that district from passing entirely into their hands. He believes a railway into the interior of the country an impossibility at present. a In his opinion Bagamayois inferior to Tunis as a caravan centre. Aligns 8. Two first-class torpedo boats will be sent to strengthen the British fleet on the American station. The statement that the appeal to the Privy Council in the action between the Tasmaniitn Government and Tasmaniau Main Line itailway Company has been rejected was premature, as no application has yet been made; if, however, it is decided to prosecute an appeal, argument will probably be heard in November.

The official liquidators of the Panama Canal Company estimate the value of the assets at £640,000. Pakis, August 6. The sentence of six months imprisonment passed on M. Secretan, manager of the. Societe ties Metaux, who was found guilty of declaring (icticious dividends, has been confinned, but a tine of 10,000 francs which lie was ordered to pay has been reduced. Caui">, August 6. A strict quarantine is being enforced at all the ports to exclude the cholera from Egypt. M.umiJi, August 7. Thousands of people are flying from Toledo, owing to the outbreak of cholera. Meiva, August 7 At Jedctah 100 persons are dying daily from cholera.