GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2547, 27 June 1895, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Tress Association. — Copyright . Received June 30, 10.30 p.m. AN AGENT-GENERAL WITHOUT SALARY. London, Juno 25. Surprise has been expressed at Urn rumoured refusal of Sir J. Forrest to appoint Sir W. Robinson Agent - General for Western Australia without salary, on Uio ground that an objectionable precedent would be created if uo salary were accepted tor such an office. It is understood that Sir IV. Robinson was prepared to accept bare expenses iu the same way as Sir R. Herbert does. A NEW P. & O. LINER. London, .Time 25. Tho P. and O. liner Sumatra was launched to-day. Received June 27, I a.m. JAPAN AND COREA. London, Juno 20. It is rumoured in Tientsin that Japan is fortifying the Corean frontier. THE MACEDONIAN REVOLT. Constantinople, Juuo 20. As Turkey resents the desire of Bulgaria to interfere in Macedonia, tho latter lias recalled her Envoy from Constantinople. The position is critical. MARRIAGE OP THE DUKE OP AOSTA. London, Juno 25. The marriage of Prince Emanuolo Piliberto, Duke of Aosta, nephew of tho King of Italy, to Princess Helene, daughter of the lute Comte do Paris, and sister of tho Due d’Orleaus, head of tho house of Bourbon, was celebrated to-day at Kingston in the presence of a largo gathering of Royalties. THE LATE PRESIDENT CARNOT. Raws. Juno 25. Memorial services ns a mark of respect to the late President Carnot,' bn the occasion of the anniversary of his death, li’nve been held throughout France. President Fauro placed a wreath on tho deceased statesman’s tomb in the Pantheon, and attended, the service at La Madeleine. MURDER OF AN' AUSTRIAN SERGEANT. Vienna, Juno 25. Three non-commissioned officers and ton Hussars have boon shot at Przemysl, in Galicia, for having murdered an Austrian sergeant. Eleven others concerned in the crime have been sentenced to penal servitude for life. THE SO-CALLED BUFFER STATE IN SIAM. London, Juno 20. China has concluded a convention defining tho northern boundary of the French possessions in tho Indo-Chinese Peninsula, making tho French and Chinese territory contiguous from tho Mekong to Laokai. Franco thus absorbs tho territory required to constitute tho buffer State supposed to bo sot up between tho French and English possessions. Special,—Received Juno 27, 1.15 a.m. London, Juno 26.

The Pranco-Chiuoso treaty, permits the unlimited extension of the Tonquiu railways. Great Britain was not consulted upon the treaty. Special. — Received. June 26, 7.50 p.m. NELSON BROTHERS’ NEW COMPANY. London, Juno 26. Nelson Bros.’ now company will be cooperative, and work entirely on the consignment system. The consignors will receive a share iti the profits. The success of the floating is assured. Received June 27, 1.15 a.m, THE CHECKS UPON THE SLAVE TRAFFIC. Gaiko, Juno 26. The Egyptian Government has agreed to a convention inflicting the same penalties upon the buyers of slaves as upon sellers. Press Association.—Received June 27,1.15 a.m. THE WAKATIPU’S SHEEP. Sydney, Juno 26. All the sheep by the Wakatipu have been landed in good condition. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Melbourne, Juno 26. The boiler attached to a sawmill at Haywood’s burst. Two men named Barclay and Bannan rvere killed, and two others seriously injured. Capetown, June 26. The Act passed by the Cape Parliament levying increased duties on frozen moat, does not come Into operation until the Ist of August. Received June 27, 1.15 a.m. Pams, Juno 28. Franco and Switzerland have arranged a commercial agreement. Washington, Juno 26. An American schooner has loft Seattle on the Puget Sound with a cargo of arms to assist the Royalist rising in Hawaii.