LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3824, 21 August 1899, Page 6

LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

■ (Received August 20, 5 p.ra.) . HON E. BARTON. ■ '' SYDNEY, Sunday. ■3b is understood that- the Hon E. Barton is unable at present to accept the invitation of the Auckland Federation League to visit New Zealand, as his .time is fully occupied for the next two months. EXCBLSIOR~EmNA COLLISION.,; ' i MELBOURNE, Saturday, The Marine Board lias decided to cite the masters of the harbour steamers Excelsior.. anfl Ediua-*-(Jkp(aius Mooro and" Forbes—to appear before it on a charge pf careless navigation in'-con-*' ncction with, the collision by which the Excelsior was sunk orrthc ilth July. CARLISLE CASTLE WRECK. PERTH, Saturday. Tho complete list of the crew of the ship Carlisle Castle, which lately sank with all hands near Fremantle, shows that she carried twenty-four hands all told. NEW SOUTH WALES WEATHER. SYDNEY, Saturday. Extremely heavy rain has fallen in the coastal districts. The weather there is boisterous, with heavy seas. YACHT "sHAiuROCK. , • NEW LORE. Friday. ’ Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht Shamrock, which is to, represent Great Britain in the . coming races’for the America Cup, has arrived .here. , WQMANHOOD~SUFFI(AGE. PERTH; Saturday. Both Homes of (he Legislature of - West Australia have passed resolutions iu‘4 favour of the adoption of womanhood suffrage. MOSQUITOES IN LONDON, LONDON, Friday. A mosquito plague-is affecting Hackney, one of the suburbs of London. It is alleged that the eggs from which the swarms have been hatched were brought from Western Australia with a cargo 1 of jarrah timber imported for use as paving blocks. ARCTIC EXPEDITION. ‘ CHRISTIANIA, Friday. The Arctic - expedition under Mr Wellman, which left Norway last year, for Franz Josef Land, has returned to Tromsb. Mr Wellman reports that his party found no trace of tho missing aeronaut Andree, who made his ascent , with Dr Strindberg and Herr Fraenkel in July, 1897. '