TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 60, 27 August 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

[B-^ ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [I^ER. rpESS ASSOCIATION.] AtjgKifAND, August 23*. The, war. continues at Samoa. The rebels during last month entrenched themselves round Apia, in a strong, position and re» mained for. some time without striking a bjow;. On the 12th, a, strong force, of the kings.party assa.aited, on thp offensive. and marched up to thp rebel entrenqbraepts which they quietly surrounded;. A, parley was then held, between, thtp cbipfs nop, ' either side, and while, it was gping QUi a •sudden fife wa,s opened, op tho. ipsurgonts of whom hefcw,een, 50. and 100, were kiljed. They resisted for some hours, and the two forces kept on firing all night. In thp morning the rebels surrendered, and, the King merely taking away their arms set them at liberty. Among tho arms, giv^en

qp were seycral needle guns. Almost all the dead bodies wero subjected to mutila* tion by cutting o{F their heads. The victors bore these about on stick? for some days now and then performing war dances round them. It is said a good many more enthusiastic drank the blood of their victims. Europeans werp not tou,ched, many white men weqt up on pqrppsp to see the fighting. There is great demand for stores and powder, teinberger and party a,re the dominant faction. W^llingw, August 23». Mr Clayton, late Colonial Architept, died qt Dunedin at four this morning. His foot had been amputated a few days ago, and he gradually saqk sinoe the operation. Geetmouth, August 25. An explosion of gas took place yesterday, ip the shaft pf the Greymouth Cpal Company, when three men. were seriously injurpd. There three men at the bottom of the shaft and the first intimatipn p,f thp qcpident was a sheet pf flame coming from thp shaft, which severely burnt the map on top and charred the poppet-head. Immediately means wpre taken to rescue those below, who it was feared were killed. On descending they found alive one man comparatively uninjured. The other two were severely burnt, One had both arms broken. They were taken to the hospital. The names of the men injured are Crawford, Kerr and Hass.al. There were four men injured in the Qreymouto Opal Company's pit b,y the gas explosion. All were taken tp the hospital whe^e one man. Kerr, died this morning. The others qre in a very dangerous state ; tho explosion was paused by a slight flamo from the fuse, on which a ragged edge had been loft. Tho -dipt also exploded,. Westp.o.rt, August 25. An outbreak of fire at the Empire Ho.tel, parly this morning, was promptly suppressed. Ay. inf^uejithl meeting of Catholics passed resolutions condemning the religious and cqmpulsory clauses of the Edu* cation Bill ; and assarted the opinion that , the only fair and equitable settlement of the difficulty, is in giving Catholic schools payment by results and on numerical attendance.