CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2828, 28 August 1890, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

(BY ELECTRIC TELKGRAI'It.— COPYRIGHT ) London, August 2(5. In addressing a meeting at Liverpool, Mr Hnnry Ueorge, in referring to federation, said the only obstacle in the way of welding together the English-speaking peoples was the absence of free trade in several of the Australian colonies. New ISouth Wales was an exctption, and with free trade was rapidly becoming prosperous. Kefcrring to the unemployed difficulty in Australia, Mr George said he was convinced the cause was due to the locking up ot land. The harvest of the United Kingdom is not generally prosperous. The hay crop is a failure, and wheat partially so. The barley crop is heavier than last year, but the quality is poor. The oat yield is satisfactory. The potato blight lias spread over the whole of the South of Ireland. The rain has injured the hay crop, and the stnut the wheat. The formation of the Chemical Union has not been completed. It is predicted it will collapse. It is reported that a revolt has occurred in Honolulu, and that King Kalakau has been driven into exile. The sale of the Tasmanian line of railways to the Government has been confirmed by the Company's shareholders. The children attending the Convent School in Dublin have been withdrawn because the nuns bought non-union coal. Silver has fallen one farthing. Berlin, August 20. The Emperor of Germany has arrived at Memel. He is strongly impressed with liussia's desire for peace. Dv Peters has arrived. Dense crowds welcomed him home from Africa. Constantinople, August 25. Yielding to the strong representations made l>y other European Powers, the Sultan has banished Mous3a Bey (the Kurdish chief, whose followers were guilty of outrages in Armenia) to Mecca. Rome, August 1». During the Italian army manoeuvres batteries of artillery were tiring for half-an-hour with smokeless powder without their position being observed.