CABLE SUMMARY

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2980, 20 August 1891, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY

* (l!V KI.KI.TKIO TKI.KCUAI'II. —I'IM'VKH HIT.) LItNIKIN, August IS. Mi; I'alnkli, ha.q refused Mr Dillon's ovcrtniTH to divcit the funds ill the hands of tin; Paris hankers to Hip ni-T of the c:vi''tril tenants. Ve tivit.H Mr Dillion with not linvini; practised wli.it he preached wh-ii lie counselled the tradcnicn of Tipperaiy to withdraw from Mr Smith- Harry's houses, inasmuch as Mr Dillon asked him to advance £1000 From the Pari-i fundd to prevent lii.i house mid furniture being sold. Mr M.ixim. inventor of the wellknown lapid-liriiif? gun, is reported to have invented a Hying machine whie.li will carry two tons at the rate of ninety miles au hour. The church officials urn in a quandary regarding the remain.', of I.KJO persona found in' the vaults of the City Church. The doctors object to them being replaced on the score of health. In the county cricket match Middlesex defeated Surrey !>y one innings and 20 runs. English (lour during the past week has advanced ',U. Pauls, August 17. Sir Morell Mackenzie, in the course of nn interview with a representative froin the Caulois newspaper, stated that tin: disease of the ear from which the Emperor of Germany U suffurinsr is serious, but it was possible that His Majesty would live tn old age. He predicts that the reported accident to tin; Emperor h merely a stifl' knee. Three thousand workmen arc parading the street in Fournierea singing revolutionary souiis. As serious trouble j is expected, the troops have been despatched to disperse the men. The Congregation of Kites has de eided that the Holy Coat at Arfjentnuil belong to different periods. Nearly two million pilgrim* are arranging to visit. Treves. Thirty four thousand pass through the cathedral where the holy relic is exhibited every day. Ne.vs of til" nia'isaerc of M. Oampel's expedition, near L:iko Tchad, is confirmed. Vikxna, August 18. Six hundred gendarmes and foresters, with bloodhounds, are searching the wootla for the victims of the man and woman .Schneider, in custody on a charge of murdering servant girls. In five days they ai'cceeded in recovering the murdered bodies of three of the missing girls, an:l in consequence of tho discovery, the sensation is growing. Sofia, August 17. Prince Ferdinand has arrived at Riistehuk. He declares that Bulgaria has risen in the estimation of the rest of the world, and asserts that, he has the full sympathy and friendship of the Empsror of Austria Nkw York, August 17. Mr Fora tor, secretary to the Treasury, in an interview with a representative of the New Vork Herald, said the Government had a reserve amounting to one hundred million dollars in gold, besides another amount, of some million dollars which is only to be drawn upon in case of grave emergency. Without the gold reserve, 107 millions were av.iil.ible. The olli.iiai ti.-s'a of tiic S;ms-Edisrm torpedo at New York were completely successful. The missile was discharged, driven, and guided by electricity, and was kept under perfect control from a, keyboard on shore. A speed of twenty miles an hour wivi attained. The English Admiralty has invited tho inventors to give an exhibition. August 18 A syndicate has lodged the sum of thirty-seven million dollars to assist the Union Pacific Railway Company. C'O.V.STANTINOI'LK, August 17. ■Six brigands have been shot at Adrainople, Ottawa, August 17. M. Pacaud, financial manager for tho Hon. 11. Meiv'uT, Premier of Quebec, and who is alleged to have received a sum of 100,000 dullais in connection with the Baic Clulcur railway scandal, has left Canada.