CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2967, 21 July 1891, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

.. (liv l-'.I.Kf I'HIC TKM-;.. KAI'II. — COI'YId'HIT.) Lom.on', July IS. Till-: House of Lords to-day agreed to the Marquis of Salisbury's motion l.ot to hear Lord Detinian for the remaind. i id the sitting, because of Ids recent absuid speeches and motions in committee on the Irish Land Purchase Hill. Mr Tillet, in giving evidence before the Labour Commission, said he did not approve of unions being converted into close corporations. 11l the House of Commons to-dav. Sir James Ft- n_ f u-<M>h stiitcfl ih ;t: the I'mieh sugar bounty was now Is 10 1 per cut., and that the German bounty, wiiich after July next, would be from 0J to Is, would lie further reduced in Itit •>, and cease altogether in IS!)". 11l reply to n. question in the House of Lords to-day, the jMaiapiis of SalUbuiy denied the truth of the statement that the French had occupied Luang Prahang, one of the States of Siam, the rumour of which had ereateil a good deal of excitement in China. Sir William des Y<euy, Governor of Hong Kona, having resigned owing to ill health, Sir William Robinson, Governor of Trinidad has been appointed to succeed him. Sir Frederick Napier Broome, formerly Governor of Western Australia, has been appointed to Trinidad. , , T At a meeting of the Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Company to-day, the chairman in his address explained flint the losses made by the Company were to a iargn extent due to the gross ami culpable mismanagement of the late Hoard in Brisbane, who had neglected the most obvious precautions in" connection wit h investments-. He mentioned that legal advice, had been Bought in the matter, and the London directors weiai ieh iscd that the Brisbane directors could be held responsible for losses, owing to their meddling with the constitution. Truth, commenting on the statement in the Sunday Time? of Sydney, regarding the petty tyranny on warships 111 Alls tralia, and especially on the Ringdove, urges that the allegations should receive prompt and emphatic dental, or that the vessel should be re-ealled, an enquiry held, and an example made of those guilty of the misuse of their positions, if necessary, to save the honour of the navy. Unless the disclosures as to what took place on the Egeria and Ringdove can >e denied, the days of the British squa'' 011 in Australia are numbered. Cli, '.h, a Socialist, has been committcn for trial 011 a charge of inciting opcrat, " ' - ' ''"^men. The Ediicanxu "... 1 Hissed its second reading in the House of Lords without a division. A train, consisting of several waggons, has been ovei turned at the enibaukmeet of the Manchester Ship Canal. Eleven persons were killed and many injured. Mr Spurgcon is less delirious and a little better to day. Lord C.in ington starts immediately 011 a South Afiiean .July Mr Spurgcon is decidedly imnroving. H.R.H. Prinee George, of Wales will leave for India 011 a semi state visit in November. Capt. Kfiu(\ late of H.M.s, Calliope, has been appointed in command of the training squadron. The' Marquis of Salisluiiv's denial of the Statement in the House of Commons that the French had occupied one of the states of Siam was couched in language warning France not to interfere with the autonomy of Siam. Postmaster-General itaikes has established an express letter delivery throughout the United Kingdom. The Government is asking the House of Commons to sanction preliminary surveys of the propose.! railway from Mombassa to Lake Yiet.iri i Nyutzi. Paihh, .Inly 17The Chamber of Deputies has increased the duty 011 bacon to '20 francs with a view to rescind the decree excluding American pork. There are signs of the French railway strike fizzling out. President Carnot has signed a decree creating large French colonizing companies. Jii-.ULIN, duly IS. l)r. Heiginann litis forwarded to the Government his answer to the charges brought against him re the treatment ot caucer patients in the Berlin Hospital, .liedenies that the inoculation of patients with cancer lymph is attended with any pa i u, The editor of the Grashdauin ridicules the alliance between France anil Russia. Germany iias decided to encourage tiie growing of cotton in her colonial protectorates. St. Pktkksiu ko, July 1(5. The Russian Government has protested against tho Sultan's reception of the Bulgarian representative. Yiksna, .Inly Hi. It is rumoured that it is iritouded to transform the Austrian navy from a defensive to a combatant licet at a cost of thirty-six million llorins. Soma, July 10. The Bulgarian Government has dis* covered the real murderers of M. Satabaachiff. Minister of Finance, who was shot by mistake for M. Stamboulotl, 011 March 2S. Washington, July IG. Mr Blaine has recovered sutlicieutly to be interviewed. He expressed his intention of resuming his otlicial duties on September The international cricket match between Canada aud the United States, resulted in a victory for the latter, who scored 17(5 to 149. Mr John Wanamaker, Postmaster Oeneral is inviting tenders for fast steamers, American owned and manned, to carry the mails between the United States, England, and Belgium. Nkw Yoisk, July 1(5. The ofliciat report on the method of execution by electricity at Sing Sing prison is that it is tho best yet devised. Ottawa, July 17A Canadian cruiser has confiscated seven American lishiug boats, which weie fishing in Canadian waters. The crews were taken oil the boats and landed 011 Dog Island. The incident has caused great excitemeut in Maine Suite. Mexico, July 17. An epidemic of yellow fever is raging at Vera Cruz, and the populace are fleeing from the city. At Mr \V. J. Hunter's Te Awamutu sale 011 Saturday next, a quantity of nursery yteck fi'.ni Mr .I. Sharp's nursery will be offered. ... All persons having claims against the estate of the late Sylvester Macquire ate requested to render them in duplicate to Mr Lewis O'Neill, solicitor, on or before the 31st unit.