CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2879, 25 December 1890, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(UY KIiEOTUIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.) Loxnox; December 22. At the inquest on the bodies of seven of the crew of, the British India Com - pauy's steamer Jumna, who died from the effects of scalding when the steampipes exploded, the jury returned'a verdict of ;• Death by misadventure." The Australian cruisers Boomerang and Karrakatta are completed. They will rendezvous at Malta, and await the arrival of the Kotoombo, Mildura and Wallaroo. The worst fog experienced for years is hanging over London, and the traffic is paralysed. The Bishop Of' Lincoln has given notice of his, intention to appeal against the decision of .the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Privy Council. Dr. Kui'genven, an English surgeon, claims to have discovered a method of treating scarlet fever with eucalyptus odDeoember 23. The Imperial and Colonial Finance Agency Jompany has declared ~a dividend of five per cent. ', -• The Lord Mayor will entertain a number of leading Colonials at a banquet, also Lord Cnrrington and the Right Hon. Rev. Wm. Thompson. The Archbishop of Cork is seriously ill and his medical attendant reports that he is sinking. A quantity of the Aorangi's butter enly realised from 70s to 94s per cwt. Beulix, December 23. Twelve girls returning home from a confirmation service have been drowned in a lake in Eastern Holstein, owing to the ice breaking. The Pope ha? instructed the Roman Catholic clergy of Germany to combat Socialism by lectures from the pulpit. ■ .■• . • Thirty thousand Russian Je ,vs aro shortly expected - at Hamburg, and unless they are assisted to Brazil they will go on to London. It is reported that ; the Emperor William visits Paris and Cannes liicognito shortly, St. Petersburg, December 22. Fourteen thousand Poles, employed on Russian railways, havo boon! disi missed. ~,, : ~ ~. ",.. WAsniXGTOX, December 22. It. is reported that President Harrison will ask Congress for .warships to capture marauders in the Bohring Sea. Mr Blaine, Secretary of State, and Sir Julian Panncefote, British Ambassador, aro quarrelling over the matter. ■ '' \ ) Hoxgkoxg, December 22. By an explosion at Taiping three hundred Chinese were killed and a thousand houses destroyed. Calcutta, December. 23..' Thp Czarewitch met with 6 brilliant reception on his arrival in India. Suez, December 23. S.S. Balmoral Castle has put in here with her propeller brokej