CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1738, 26 September 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph. — Reoter's Copyright.

MELBOURNE, September 24.

A fund is being raised here for tbe survivors of tbe ship Derry Castle, and to recoup the captain and crew ot the schooner Awaroa, which rescued them from the Aucland Islands, for loss of time.

LONDON, September 25.

Fifteen hundred cases of scarlet fever are now being treated in tbe London hospitals, which were filled to their fullest limits. The epidemic is increasing daily.

The Northampton has been ordered to relieve tbe Nelson as flagship on the Australian station.

BERLIN, September 24.

It is officially announced that Dr. Mackenzie has again examined the Crown Prince's throat, and has found that a gratifying improvement has taken place in its condition.

Prince Frederick William has left lor Italy, where be will remain for the winter-

BRISBANE, September 25.

The barque Westeria, with a valuable cargo, has been stranded on the Queensland coast, and is expected to go to pieces.

LAUNCESTON, September 25.

An outbreak of small -pox has occurred here. Nine cases have been already reported, and one death has resulted.

(SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

LONDON, September 20.

Further particulars of the HutcheusGent affair show that those two wellknown sprinters had decided to run 120 yards for £200 a-side and the championship of the world. Considerable interest had been taken in the event for some time pist, and Gent was a hot favorite until to-day, when it became known that in a private trial he had failed to make championship time, and consequently the betting went round in Hutchen's favor. Several thousand people assembled in anticipation of seeing the match, and were iutensely disappointed. Gent and Hutchens, after showing themselves on the track, retired, and at first the spectators could not understand what had happened ; but it speedily became known that the race had heen declared off, Gent forfeiting the stakes obviously to save bib backers. The expressions of disappointment from the crowd were of a most angry nature, and were intensified by the refusal of those who had control of the grounds to retarn the admission money. A scene of wildest excitement was witnessed, which is unparalleled in the history of sporting disturbances in England. The greater number of the bookmakers took advantage of the confusion, and bolted without settling. The enraged spectators, in satisfaction of the nonreturn of their money and disappointment over the match, proceeded to wreck everything on the ground. Outbuildings, two grandstands and a dancing hall were soon demolished, and a large bonfire was formed of the debris. All the liquor saloons were looted, and an attempt was made to burn down the Brompton Station. The infuriated body of people were recruited by hundreds of roughs when ouside the grounds, and proved too strong to be held in check by the police stationed in the vicinity. The mob remained masters of Liilie Bridge for fully three hours, when reinforcements of police were brought from all parts of London and suburbs, and the place was eventually cleared of rioters. During the time the riot lasted many persons were eeriouely injured in the fights with the police, who were endeavoring to prevent the wholosale wrecking cf buildings. One man dropped dead from excitement. Hutchens and Gent, alarmed at the threats of a number of betting roughs, escaped from the grounds at the commencement of the disturbance to avoid personal injury to themselves. LONDON, September 22. The Bulgarian Government apologised to Germany for the insult offered to their Consul at Rustchuok. The apology has | been accepted, and the warships have been recalled. ■ The liabilities of Lord Loftus are set down at £50.000, of which £30,000 ia secured. He states that when Governor of New South Wales he spent £3000 per j annum in excess of his salary, and that ever since 1858 his salnry bai always been below his expenditure. His pension of £1700 per annum is the only free asset. H.M.S. Egeria, surveying sloop, has been ordered to Australia. Arab slaves have refused to evacuate Stanley Falls. Mr. Kilbride has been elected to the House of Commons, in place of Mr. John O'Connor, for South Kerry. Obituary. — The ex-King of Oude, or Oudh (British India. LONDON, September 23. Obituary — Senator Washburne. Mezzeroff is appealing for funds in New York, in order to resume an active dynamite campaign. The Times states that Newbnry Vautier has remedied defects in the chlorination process of god extraction. The Standard suggests that under the will of the late Sir Joseph Banks, the collection of relics recently discovered in his museum, and purchased by Sir Saul Samuel, belong to the British Museum. Mr. Tisza, the President of the Hungarian Council of Ministers, is hopeful that peace will not goon be disturbed. Lord Randolph Churchill, in addressing a meeting, referred to the agricultural depression, and said it was possible to relieve the farmers only by increasing the Government allowance to local bodies to three millions. The Irish manufacturers have applied for a special annexe at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. The Daily Chronicle states that the report of Monsignor Persico on the condition of Ireland has convinced the Pope that the Irish national movement is of a revolutionary character. His Holiness is annoyed at the fact that the Phoenix Park murderers were prayed for in churches, and has cautioned the bishops against allowing such prayers to be offered in future.