CABLE SUMMARY

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2927, 18 April 1891, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY

(HY KUOTTUO TBI.KOUAI'H.— copyright.) London*. April 11. Iris stilted that Mr JI. M. Stanley will bs appointed Governor of the. Congo after his visit to Australia in September. April 1 Tt is stated that Mr Stanley will not be appointed Govenor of the Congo, but that he will make a tour of exploration through that region on his return from Australia. Earl Kinibet'lev, who was Secretary for India under the last Gladstone administration, will take the leadership of tli3 Liberal Party in the House of Lords until the elections, in place of the late Earl Granville. Mr Justin McCarthy lias written to Mr Parnell, asking liini to release £'11,000 of the Irish evicted tenants relief fund deposited in Parisian bunks. Sir John Pender refuses to make any alteration in the cable rates to Xew Zealand and Queensland. It, is considered that if India abolishes the exportation of opium she will impose cotton duties. The motion carried in tlie House of Commons condemning the opi*m traffic is causing great dismay in India. Ten thousand Anglo-Indian troops are massed at Ivohat on the Afghan frontier. April 10, The bank rate of discount is per cent. April 17. The Government Gazette notifies that Lieut. Guthrie, of the Fife Artillery, has been attached to the stall' of Lord Onslow, Governor of New Zealand. The S.S. I)ukc of Sutherland has arrived. The refrigerator has worked well and the meat is in tine condition. Ottawa, April l(i.

Tin; refusal of Newfoundland to snj-ply i, ' t ( " iiml( l'- au vessels and three thousand iishennen. Tt is believed that Geimany suspends the :luty on (rivals in August, and that France is likely to follow a similar course. The Canadian Government lias requested Lord Salisbury to legislate in the direction of rendering the Newfoundland liait Act inoperative in the ease of Canadian iisbinjj vessels. St. IVn:u.sm:K<;, April hi. The Jews are being treated with increasing severity, and are being expelled from the provinces wholesale. liKl,(il!AI)E, April hi. Queen Natalie, who has been or. dercd to leave S;>rvia during the minority of her sou A'exauder, the present. King states that she will not <jnit the country unless she is compelled by force to do so. T. isiiox, April hi. The Anglo-African treaties are being discussed in the Oortes. The Portuguese Ministry has resigned.