CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3075, 31 March 1892, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

(BY ELECTRIC TKLEORAI'II.— C'OI'YRKiHT). London", March 128. The collieries are sustaining grave damage owing to the miners' strike, and several of tlicni have flooded to an extent that work cannot be resumed. The West Durham miners have empowered the Miners' Federation to enter into negotiations with the owners. Mrs Hargreave's jewels, in connection with the robbery of which Mrs Osborne was sent to goal, have been sold by auction, and realised £1100. Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, de« clines to reduce Mrs Osborne's sentence. The eldest son of the Duke of Edinburgh is lying ill at Darmstadt, and the Duchess and her daughters are hastening to his bedside. Lieutenant Clayton, of the Scots Guard, has been appointed Aide-de-Cainp to Lord Glasgow. March 20. Two thousand tons of German coal have arrived for the London South Metropolitan Gas Company. St Petersburg, March 20. Two Russians living in Bielostock have been charged with the murder of forty emigrants, from whom they obtained money under pretenceof smuggling them across the frontier. San Francisco, March 28. Advices received here from China state that in a recent engagement 8000 Mongolian rebels wore killed, besides 500 being "taken alive. The rebels captured 1300 of the Imperial troops, of .vhoin they killed 800, and ; burnt the remainder. New York, March 28. A crucible of molten steel capsized . in Pittsburg Foundry. Several men were killed, and five horribly inL jured. The Chinese are obtaining British [ naturalisation papers in Canada and [ then crossing into the United States. , Under the circumstances the American f Government is unable to prevent