LATE CABLES

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5354, 19 October 1888, Page 3

LATE CABLES

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(Received Oclobei- h). 1.'20 p.m.) WILL ABDICATE IN' FAVOR OF HIS SO2N. AtjiM> ; S, October lb. ■ li, is generally believed Unit King George will abdicate tit. throne in favor ot his son, Prince Constantino, Luke of Sparta, on the hitter's marriage with Princess Sophie, third daughter of the late Emperor Frederick of Gc.vtiany. THE TIMES AND THE CHINESE. Loxi'ON, October IS. The Times this morning has an article ou the case of Ah Toy rri-.w'- the Collector of Customs, recently decided in MelU-.in.o. Tho paper congratulates the Au-lialian-.i on I the judgment of the Appeal Court, which | j was iv favor of the plaintiff, and declare.'. I that all lovers of international fair play will j rejoice at the result, as it is c-jiclosive cviI (l-j.ce that the unreasonable excitement of some Australian politicians is not shaied by' the people The article recommends America to imitate the colonies, and mete out justice- to the Chinese. THE GORDON STATUE. The unveiling of the siatuo or. c'ei 1 ii. honor of General Gordon wa.-. attended with very little ceremony, an I the pressgi n'-rally eharuct, rise the conduct of the committee us shabby in ie! i.e. i: ing a popular clemonst:-!it"i..ii. Mr. I>. \l. I'lunkett, in defending tin- i.ctioa of the committee, declares tb.at silence was necessary in view of the fact that the Socialists would undoubtedly have aviiihid t'oeiruulves of the

opportunity to hold a demonstration, and unpleasant complications might havo arisen. RUSSIA AND PERSIA. Teiieban, October 18. It is expected that the Czar of Russia and the Shah of Persia will shortly meet at Baku, a town in the Lieutenancy of Caucasus, on the Caspian Sea. STEAMER WRECKED. Sax Francisco, October 18. The steamer Respigadera, an Australian trader, has been totally wrecked near San Pedio, Southern California.