LATEST CABLES.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 2502, 6 September 1890, Page 3

LATEST CABLES.

(Pib Press Association. —Copyright.)

(by BUBMABINE CABLE.) (Received September, 6, 10.40 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. The Senate has reduced the duties on flux (undressed) to 20 dollars per ton ; hacked, 52 dollars 10 cents. The carpenters’ strike at Chicago has "°The American Treasury has decided to ■nrchase 4)- million ozs. of silver monthly instead of fifty-fonr millions annually. ZANZIBAR, Sept. 5. Emin Bey is asserting that England has determined to seize TippooTib if he comes to the coast, end messengers have started inland to warn the Arab chief. DURBAN, Sept. 4. The cholera scare in Natal is over. PRAGUE, Sept. 6. Floods are prevalent in Bohemia. The river Moldan is sixteen feet above its usual, height, and two-thirds of Prague are Under water. Many lives have been lost, including a party of twenty soldiers, who were engaged in rescue work. LONDON. Sept. 5. The formation of a Chemical Union h: i been postponed. The Queen of Roumania was present at the National Welsh Eistedfodd, and personally decorated tbe successful bard with the badge of victory. The Standard says the Leiohardt search expedition will be nseless, and whatever may bo done the fate of the explorer will remain a myßtery. "7 A national memorial to Cardinal New man is projected. (Received September 6, II a.m.) Lord Londesborough’s team were all ont for 39, and the Australians, in their second innings, lost two wickets for 10 Tbe wicket was extremely treacherous, and the bowlers had it all their own way. PARIS, Sept. 5. Obitnary—M. Chartrain, a well-known author, collaborateur with M. Erckmann.