BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 8149, 21 April 1887, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

IST XLECCRia TELEGRAPH. — COPTEJQBT.'i [Reuter’s Telegrams,] (Received April 20, at 11.25 a.m.) THE WRECK OP THE TASMANIA. LONDON, Aran. 19. The latest telegrams regarding thestranding of the Peninsular and’ Oriental Company’s steamship Tasmania, state that the captain and the fifth officer, the quarter-master and twenty of the crew (Lascars) are drowned, but the rest of the ship’s company and all the passengers are saved. It is feared that the vessel will become a total wreck. Arrived —This morning, at Plymouth, K M.S. Ruapehu, with her cargo of meat in good condition. (Received April 20. at 10.5 pjn.l • MORE KNIGHTS. It is announced that Mr James* Lorimer, the Victorian Minister o£ Defence, a delegate to the Imperial Conference, has been created a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. Mr Robert Wisdom, one of the New South Wales delegates to the Conference, has been created a Knight Commander of St Michael and St George. The same honour was offered to Mr Deakin, of Victoria, b»t was declined. WOOL SALES. (Received April 20, at 10.5 p.m. J i At the wool sales to-day good co petition was manifested for all lots 10,100 bales were offered. /■' SHIPPING. Arrived —Barque Cingalese, fro- I

Timaru. Ship Canterbury, from Napier. [Received April 20, at 10.5 p.m.l CALCUTTA, A pbil 19. News has been received from Afghanistan that an engagement took place south of Ghuznee between the Ghilzai rebels and the Ameer’s troops. x The* latter, who numbered 5000 men, were defeated. {Special to Press Association.] I Received April 20, at 13.30 p.m.l LONDON, April 19. By the wreck of tha Tasmania, two officers and twenty-two Lascars have been drowned. The Marquis of Hartington challenges Mr Parnell to prosecute the Times for the publication of tbe letter alleged to be signed hy him concerning the Phoenix Park outrage, in order that the matter may be subjected to judicial test. Mr Gladstone at every opportunity denounces tbe Crimes Bill, and declares that it will create crime throughout Ireland, and prove ineffective in dealing with the existing crime. Marshal Bazaine was stabbed out of revenge for injuries inflicted on France by him during the FrancoGerman war. [Received April 20, at 1.59 p.m.l Two American, three European, and seventeen English firms have tendered fer the New South Wales railway engines contract. An English tender was the lowest. A South Australian loan is believed to be imminent. (.Received April 20, at 9.55 p.m.J LONDON. April 20. The Duke of Devonshire has recovered from his recent illness. The American and French Press assume that Mr Parnell, after his indignant denial, will arraign tbe Times in a court of law. Mr Gladstone, in an address to the ■organisation known as the Eighty -Club, declares be never associated the Pamellites with the crime, and it is -quite sufficient for Mr Parnell to deny the authenticity of the letter. The Times challenges an enquiry. The newly dubbed knights are gazetted. V' The New Zealand Loan and Mrcantiie Agency Company, Limited, -has received the following cablegram:— LONDON, April 19. Wheat. —The market is quiet. New Zealand wheat, average and long berried, are worth 35a and 365, per 4961 b, respectively. Victorian wheat to x -®o6ve per steamer, is worth, c.i.f., 34s jper*4Bolb, in London, March-April bill of lading. Victorian wheat, to arrive iron ship, is worth 35s per 4801 b, April bill of lading.