NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6688, 23 September 1882, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. GREAT FIRE IN SYDNEY. DESTRUCTION OF THE GARDEN PALACE. SERIOUS LOSS OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. DAMAGES HALF A MILLION. beuteb’s telegrams. {Received September 28, 11.30 a.m.) Sydney, September 22, 9 a.m. The Garden Palace, situated in the Inner Domain, the building in which the New South Wales International Exhibition o£ 1879 was held, has been totally destroyed by fire. The conflagration broke out at 5 o’clock this morning, and is still raging. The sight of the burning building is most grand, and thousands of people are now on the spot. All efforts to save the Paloco have been without avail, and nothing can prevent its complete destruction. The offices of the Occupation Branch of the Lands Department, the Census Offices, and the Harbor Offices were in the building, and it is feared that there will be a serious loss of official documents and other Government property.

(Received September 22, 1.30 p.m.) Sydney, September 22. All the archives of the Mining Department, the Census Office, and the* Linnsean Society, together with the national collection of minerals in the Technological Museum, have been destroyed at the Garden Palace. The estimated loss in all amounts to half a million sterling. The dome of the building fell with a crash twenty minutes after the fire broke out. The destruction is complete. (Received September 22, 7.40 p.m.) Sydney, September 22. The whole of the Garden Palace was completely destroyed this morning within an hour after the commencement of the fire. A few portions of tha brickwork are all that now remain standing. There was no insurance upon the building or upon the contents, except the Art Collection. The loss is incalculable on account of the great destruction of Government documents, many of which cannot be replaced. All the papers relating to the last census, and plans and records of railway surveys perished in the flames, and the collections in the Technological Museum will be difficult to replace. The flames spread with great rapidity, and rose to an immense Height, being visible for miles around. The origin of the fire is entirely unknown, but it is hinted that it is due to incendiarism. (Received September 23, 1 a.m.) Sydney, September 22. The art collection in the Garden Palace was insured for £3OOO. This, as already stated, was the only insurance on tha building or its contents. (Received September 22, 1.15 p.m.) Melbourne, September 22. Arrived, this morning—Steamship Botomahana, from the Bluff.

(Received September 22, 7.40 p.m.) Sydney, September 22. Arrived, this . afternoon City of Sydney, from San Francisco, via Auckland. Brisbane, September 22. The steamship Ganges', from Melbourne to Calcutta with a caigo of horses, has been wrecked on the coast near here. No lives were lost. (Received September 22, 10 p.m.) Melbourne, September 22. Messrs C. S. Boss and Go., of this city, report having sold the cargo of kauri timber ex Robin Hood at the following average prices par 100 ft superficial:— Sawn boards, lin, 22s ; dressed boards, Jin, 235. Per 100 ft lineal—T. and G. flooring, Gin by Jin, 9s 9d ; do, din by IJin, 8s 9d. A report is current here this evening that O’Farrell, who was recently sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the Melbourne gaol for his attack upon Archbishop Gould, has attempted to commit suicide. (Received September 23, 1 a.m.) Adelaide, September 22. Wheat is rather firm at 7s. Town flour, per ton, £l4 15s; country brands, £l3los. There is nothing doing in the market for freights. AGE SPECIAL PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN HONORS SIR GARNET WOLSELEY.

(Received September 22. 5.10 p.ra.) London, September 21, 5.30 aim. The Corporation of the City of Dublin has voted the freedom of the city and a sword to General Sir Garnet Wolaeley. Prince JNiketa, of Montenegro, has been invited to attend the Czar’s coronation, and will be present. The Austrian Government, having in mind the action of Russia and Montenegro in regard to the late insurrection in the Danubian Principalities, seems inclined to bitterly resent this invitation.'

A large Radical meeting in London ha* strongly deprecated the introduction of Chinese. AEQDS SPECIAL PEB UNITED P 8833 ASSOCIATION. ANTI-CHINESE AGITATION IN LONDON. (Received September 22, 5.3 p.m.) London, September 21. A mass meeting of extreme Radicals has been held in Westminster, when resolutions were passed calling on the Government to prevent the introduction of Chinese labor. The Czar has been received with the utmost enthusiasm en route to Moscow, and it is believed that his coronation will take place there almost immediately. (Received September 23, I a.m.) London, September 21, 6.30 p.m.

A consignment of ostrich, feathers, per s.s. Liguria, have sold at excellent prices. The Press commends Lord Dufferin’s diplomacy in excluding the Turks from. Egypt The jurors at the Bordeaux Exhibition report that the New South Wales wines are very satisfactory. It is reported that the rebels looting at Tantah have taken £200,000 from the Treasury. The public journals on the Continent express a more favorable opinion as regards England and her Egyptian policy, and express satisfaction with the moderation displayed. Bismarck is reported as having expressed a friendly feeling towards England. The War Office has consented to Lieut. Jervois accepting the Adjutancy of the Defence Force at Adelaide.