CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2994, 22 September 1891, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

(by ELECTRIC TKLKtiKAPH. —COPYRIGHT.) Lo.ni.ion, September IS. Tiik dockers engaged at the Victoria Docks have struck for an increase of a penny an hour. Honukom;, September 19. It is understood that the ultimatum to the Chinese Government re the recent atrocities will bo delayed uniil the decisof the Great Powers is received as to which shall be the commanding fleet. It ia believed that a rebellion in the Yang-Tsi-Kiang districts is imminent. Many seizures of arms and dynamite have been made. Further outbreaks in China are believed to be imminent, and the secret societies are arming. Paris, September 18. M. Ribot, in a note to the Chinese Government, insists on the urgent necessity of upholding life and pioperty ia Cbiua. Zanzibar, September 19. Survivors of Zalewski's expedition, which suffered defeat at the of natives at Ruaho river, have reached here. Vienna, September 18. A tunnel on the Styrian Railway near Trieste collapsed, and fifty-two workmen were entombed, all of whom, it is feared, have perished. Twenty dead bodies have been recovered September 20. The men entombed in the tunnel near Trieste have been rescued. St. Petersburg, September 18. Enormous numbers of peasantry in Southern Russian suffering from famine have committed suicide. Rome, September 20. The I'ope has counselled workmen to avoid Socialism, and not to seek to solve social problems apart from the church. San Francisco, September 18. A plot lias been discovered to dynamite San Quiuton prison, California. Ottawa, September 19. The Dominion Government havo decided to stop the immigration of paupers into the country, aud it is generally understood that this action lihb been takeu with the view to prevent Knssian Jews coming here. September 20. The acceptance by Mr Mercier of a judicial Commission of Enquiry has averted a crisis. Calcutta, September 20. The reports of the couflict between the Afghans anil Russians on the frontier are not yet confirmed. Valparaiso, September 29. A hurricane at lijuiqui greatly damaged the shipping. Berne, September 20. A coach fell over a precipice in the Ingadine, 250 feet. Two English ladies were killed and four injured.