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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2958, 30 June 1891, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

+ (BT HI.KCTRIC TKLKORANI.— COrVKNiIIT.) London, .Inue 27. Infixkn/.a is subsiding in the metropolis. During the last eight weeks 400 deaths, mainly attributable tn the epidemic, have been reported. The Victorian grain trophy at the Doncaster Agricultural Sho\r is a great success. Universal surprise is ex pressed at the quality of the grain. The Westminster Aquarium Company has recovered £2.">0 damages from Mr Parkinson, member of the London County Council, for libel in alhyin;.' that the marionette performance was indecent. The Radical opposition to the free education proposals of the Government is increasing. Captain Vcrney, who was convicted for attempting to procure a young woman under th« aire of 21 years, for immoral purposes, has been removed from the position held by him as deputy-lienteu-ant of Buckinghamshire. At the Crystal Palace yesterday tho Handel Festi >al of 1801, in commemoration of the eminent composer, wa* brought to i close. On June 22nd "Tho Messiah" was given, on the 21th selectiona, and, for the final production, •' Israel in Egypt." Twenty-four thoussand people attended yesterday. Mr Pamell was today quietly married before the registrar to Mrs O'Shea; and it is understood that it is his intention to be married in a church later on. Mr Pamell and Mrs O'Shea will be remarried in church towards the end of July. They propose to visit America in the autumn. Pari:*, June 26. The French Chamber of Deputies have by a largo majority rejected the proposal that France should be officially represented at the Anti-Slavery Convention in The butchers, bakers, and grocers' assistants ar; out on strike, and conflicts have taken place between them and the police, resulting iu several of the strikers being arrested. The Municipal authorities have arranged to supply 2,000,000 pounds of bread daily during the strike of bakers. The ollicials at the prison of St Quentin discovered arms and ammunition within the precincts of the prison. 1400 of the prisoners had plotted a revolt. Owing to electricity in the air, the telegraph lines are unworkable, and telephone connection between Paris and London is interrupted. Viknna, June 26. The visit of the Empress of Austria to Vienna is considered to indicate the eventual co-operation of Austria, England, and Italy for the defence of Constantinople. Bkiu.in, June 27. The agitation for the repeal of the corn duties is increasing. The armies of the Powers forming the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Italy) will shortly be provided with steel cuirasses, impenetrable by rifle bullets. St. I'BTKR.siinßf;, June 2/. The Ciarina and the Czarewiteh have arranged to visit Paris in August next, and subsequently the C/.arina will visit England to sec her sister, the Princess of Wales. An agent of Baron Ilirsch is travelling in Southern Russia with the view of atudying the established Jewish colonies. Lisbon, June,.27. The Bill submitted to the Corte3 authorising the sale of the Portuguese colonies in East Africa has been rejected. Madrid, June 27. The treaty of commerce between Spain and the United States has been signed, and comes into operation iu September next. Nkw Voijk, June, 27. The fear of a Navago rising is increasing. The Navogoes are a tribe of Indians of the famous Shoshones and Apaches, occupying a reservation in New Mexico and Ari/.oua. They number nearly ten thousand. Washington, June 2b\ Tho Government has ordered three United States cruisers to rendezvous at Shanghai to prevent the persecution of Christians by the Chinese mob. The Government are prepared to consider any cases of direct loss iullicted on British traders by the prohibition of sealing in the Kchring Sea. The United States Cabinet has decided to coin live millions worth of dollars from bullion, and twenty million dollars worth of fractional silver into standard dollars. Meanwhile all other silver coinage is to be suspended. Ottawa, .June 20. The estate of the late Sir J. Macdonald has been proved jt under £17,000. The House of Commons has appointed a Commission to take into consideration the liquor train", and ascertain what effect prohibition would have on the revenue and people of the Dominion. BfßNos Aykks, June 213. Spanish emigrants to the Argentine are destitute. Ten thousand arc leaving for Cuba. _^______^