HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9522, 15 September 1896, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Pi'.es-.Associatip!*.—By Telegraph—Copyright. THE TRADES CONGRESS. London, September 12. The Trades Congress demands that Government contracts shall reserve employment for British workmen only, that the Union rate of wages shall be paid in the dockyards, and the abolition of child labour under fifteen years. Mr Trenwith, the leader of the Victorian labour party, received a welcome from the delegates, and said it was necessary to extend the scope and strength of the unions to meet altered conditions. EXPLOSION ON A GUNBOAT. A boiler explosion destroyed a portion of a gun-boat on the Nile at Kosheh. The engines were ruined. SUPPOSED DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY. September 14. An English detective arrested Lynan, who was connected with the Pho_nix Park tragedy, in a hotel at Boulogne, on a charge of making bombs for use in England. He admitted his identity, and expressed great surprise at being traced. Incriminating documents and a large quantity of money were found in his luggage. A man named Bell was arrested at Glasgow, aud another named Wallace at Rotterdam, on suspicion in connection with the dynamite conspiracy. They are believed to be associates of Lynan. THE CYCLONE IN PARIS. Paius, September 12. The cyclone originated in the Square of St. Sulpice. The wind blew with a force of 360 kilometres per hour. Seven of those injured have died. FATAL ACCIDENT. Professor Gruraert and two guides were killed in the ascent of Lyskam, near Monte Rosa, in the Alps. The weather was inclement at the time. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE KAISER. Berlin, September 14. The Dresden express collided with the Kaiser's train at Loeban. The engine was smashed, but no one was hurt. The Kaiser showed great coolness. RAILWAY STATION DESTROYED. Vienna, September 12. Owing to a subsidence of the ground at Brux, in Bohemia, the railway station and all around for a radius of five hundred yards, including many houses, were destroyed. CAPTAIN LUGARD MISSING. Capetown, September 12. It is reported at Palapye that Capt. Lugard is missing. He was known to have reached Lapeeugani, but nothing has been heard of him since then. SOUTH AFRICAN CUSTOMS CONFERENCE. The South African Customs Conference declined to accept the tariff proposed by Natal, and the delegates from that colony withdrew.