THE LATEST.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 19 September 1888, Page 2

THE LATEST.

Per Elecinc Telegraph. —Copyright

United Press Association

Received Sept 18, at 10.10 p.m. 13 r i shank, Sept 18

An extensive fire occurred today iu Eagle street, by which damage to the extent of £300,000 was caused. The lire broke out in a large warehouse occupied by D. L. Brown and Co, wholesale importers of general drapery, wines, spirits, etc, and spread rapidly to the adjacent premises, occupied M Barker and Co, general merchants. Both buildings wme c miplomly gutted, but owing to the exertion.of the brigade, the fire was stopped from spreading further. Brown and Co had their stock aiu building well covered, their insurances amounting to £IOI,OOO. The risks were dist Abated through nearly all the offices. UoUAP.T, Sept 18. Arrived: P.wic from. Plymouth (August 11, at 11 (/clock this morning, one sails lor No v a *aland at noon to-morrow. There are 194 passengers. Received Sept la. at 1.3 d a.m. London. Scut 18.

The Times in the course of in article on the min :s strike approves of the actum ta..-,n by the men, and says, that in Australia the working men are vr-.v much masters of tlie situation. Tue same paper referring to the re u e ;-

tion of the American treaty by China attributes the action of tho latter power in this connection to the high handed proceedings of N.B.W. Government in refusing to allow tlie Chinese to land, and that Australia had better exclude all paupers from her territory. Berlin, Sept 18. The Emperor William leaves on a visit to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria on October o. Constantinople, Sept IS. It is reported here that tho Greek fleet will shortly manoeuvre in tho Algerian Sea as a protest against the tyranny of the Turkish Governors over the Greeks. Washington, Sept 18. Senator Sherman has given notice in Congress to move that it be an instruction to the Foreign Comt mittee to report as to the besmeans of promoting friendly relations on the part of the United States with Great Britain and the dominion of Canada. Sydney, Sept 18. His Excellency the Governor, Lord Carrington, was this evening installed by Chief Justice Way, of Adelaide, as First Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in New South Wales in the presence of a large and brilliant assemblage of Masons from all parts of Australia.