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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2923, 9 April 1891, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

(BT ELKCTUIO TELEGRAPH.—COI'VKIOHT.) London, April (i. Mr Paknku,, speaking at Dublin, said that the Liberals were notorious for making political prisoners and the Tories for liberating them. The Victorian loan is quoted at a premium of five-eighths per cent. Investors are making inquiries with regard to the loan, and Sir Graham Berry, Agent-General, expects that it will realise between £98 and £99. It is now reported that no petition will be lodged against the return of Alderman Colbury for Sligo. Tho Colonising Committee set up by the House of Commons has re • ported that the condition of the United Kingdom does not warrant a general scheme of emigration. March 7. Isonomy, the well-known racehorse, is dead.

A preliminary report will be issued by the Census Department in July. Dalgotty unci 'Jo. have declared a dividend of 8 per cent. Wool is very lirm and there id brisk competition at the sale. Telephonic communication has been established between London and Marseilles, and has proved a great success. Mr P. T. Barnum, the woll known showman, is dyiug. r.vnis, April 5. The police have taken steps to prevent General Booth erecting refuge houses in the city. March 7. An International Colonial Exhibition will bo held in Pans in 1892. Bkhli>', April G. General Von Caprivi, Chancellor, states that the German south-west African colonies will be ceded to Great Britain unless the AngloHamburg Syndicate obtains the necessary capital. Major Wisstnann has loft tho German colonial service. Madrid, April 6. The Government is taking steps to regulate tho hours of labour for women and children, and will also legislate in the direction of restricting Sunday work. New York, April 5. The efforts which have been made to induce some two thousand Indians to enrol in the infantry of the United States army have proved unsuccessful. Tho Indians prefer to join the cavalry regiments. Influenza is raging in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Six hunlred miners have struck work at Nevada. Serious floods have taken place at Ohio, and numbers of families are homeless. Twenty - two miles of railway have been submerged. Buenos Ayues, April 0. The police have prohibited the ►Salvation Army from assembling for worship within the city, and tho authorities have refused to recognise their religion.