LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1890, 23 April 1892, Page 3

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

The leading Powers of: the Continent have refused to allow street processions or demonstrations on May Day.

The editor of the Anarchist paper " Commonweal th" has been arrested and the offices in London raided by the police.

It is deuied that Great Britain and France have come to any genera^ agreement on colonial qnestious. The negotiations were merely coufmed to the prevention of traffic in arms with the Natives in Africa.

The Berlin Press declare the statesmen of Europe shudder at the weapons employed by Russia in Bulgaria.

The Turkish police have detained a young Bulgarian student named Kushelerf, who wus seized by the Russian dragoman la3t week, on pretext that they wish to examine him in connection with the murder of Dr Vulcovitch.

The passing of the vote by the French Chamber of Deputies to carry on operations in Dahomey has aroused the King of that country, and ia return ne threatens to destroy Porta Nova.

The Norway Steel Company of Boston, United States, has been closed down owing to the taxation of materials.

A madman, armed with a revolver, managed to gain an interview with Senator Oarvalito in Madrid, aud demanded the sum of LIOO. The latter paid portion and promised the remainder, but in the meantime the perpetrator of the outrage was taken into custody.

During the March quarter 7000 settlers were placed on the North-west Canada.

The elections ia Denmark have resulted in the decisive defeat of the Radicals.

Nearly one million people have been thrown out of work owing to the strike of the Durham miners.

Jaeger, an employe in Messrs RofchchUds' Bank at Frankfort, has absconded with 2,000,000 marks of the firm's money which he embezzled.

In a little over four years, 84,790 Wafcerbury Watches have been sold in New Zealand, the entire population of which was, afc last census, 626,359 souls.

If 626,359 people buy 84,790 Waterbury's in four years, how many will the buy during