CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2949, 9 June 1891, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

(liv lai'iTine rici.K.oiiArn—cur', kioiii.) Lonpo.v. .1 une 7. [\ the House of I'onmions today Sir Michael Hick' lie.ich, resident of the Board of Trade, stated that the que.-tion of furthi r 1< uM-.tive ) oue:.- hi in'.; oiven to restrict the inMnx of fon ion emigrants into England li ol i ngd the sei ;oiih attention of the I lovei nineijt, tint it was doubtful il any prae'ieal L'ood would result from the aeti in being taken. At a mil ti:.i.' of 1 an I; ei s it was i osu!\ i d that at present it is not imperative to lix a minimum rale of discount, tho:'idi it is expedient, to combine with the llmk of England in dealing with the matter. The Times eon-iders that, some diHka;!;y will I e ex|.ei ieuced in satistaetoi ily set tling the question. Nearly tlx- whole of the employes of the London General Omnibus Company ain'i Royal ('ar Company struck at mid. night, on Saturday for twelve hours per day and an increase of wage- 1 . Strong pickets have been posted, to endeavour to prevjnt others Tilling the [daces of the men on sti ike. Sir S. Giitlith has cabled to Lord Knutsford that he intends to ask the Queensland I'ai liainent to sanction the liaval defence scheme. An Indian per cent loan of two and a half millions, at a minimum of !)2, is announced. The Behring Sea Fisheries Suspension Bill has passed the House of Commons. BiiKUN, June .">. The Prussian Lower Hou c e has restored the Romanish stipends which were sequestrated during the Kulturkampf struggle. Vienna, June 0. A violent thunderstorm lias been experienced here, during which twelve persons and many animals were killed. The crops sustained great damage, as well as fruit trees. N kw York June, 4. The capitalists and bankers of NewYork combine to maintain the price of interest on loans. Fifteen batiks and six trust companies have federated with the idea of preventing the flow of capital to Eu rope. Mi C. M. Depew and other directors of the New Yoik Central Railway Company have been censured by the coroner's jury in connection with the, accident which took place in the tunnel on their line in February last by which several lives were lost. NhwOiu.kans, June 4. A number of negro navvies have lynched a gang of three gamblers whom they discovered cheating Ottawa, June ">. The House of Commons by a majority of 32 has rejected a proposal to introduce