CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8861, 19 July 1890, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

INTERCOLONIAL.

[By Blkotbto Tbleobaph.—Oopttbhjht.] (P£lt PEESS ASSOCIAStON.).

SUICIDE OF A CONVICT. Melbourne, July 18. (Received July id, at 12.26 p.m.) Pierre Dourre, a French oonvict undergoing solitary confinement in Pentridge, became despondent and hanged himself in :m's cell.;: .■'■'■■•

- THE CENTENNIAL OEOA.Ni ■::■-,.. Subnet, July 18. (Heoalvod July 18rftt ii&p.m.) ■>•■' the illness or Mr T. W. Best, the organist, has delayed the official opening of the grand organ in the Centennial Hall. Tho ceremony will probably take place. during the second week in August. overdue sailing Vessels. Several sailing vessels from New Zealand to Sydney are reported as overdue. CITIZENSHIP., ADELAIDE, July 18. (Bscelved July 18, at 12.40 p.m.) The outcome of the agitation of the Ministers' Association for the rights of citizenship has been that a motion has been carried in the House of Assembly allowing ministers of religion to hold seats on municipal councils. The proposal to allow women to become members of the same bodies was rejected. - , .. -~■-. THE EIGHT HOURS SYSTEM. fHecelved July 19, at 1.20 a.m.) Communications are passing between the Premier and the Railway Commissioners upon the question of extending the eight hours system to the railways of the colony. A DEBATING TOURNAMENT. . The Literary Society is putting forward proposals for an international debating tournament in Melbourne next year. THE WRECK OF THE ZODIAC. Beisbane, July 18. (Received July 18, at 12.25 p.m.) The captain of the barque Zodiac, his wife and two daughters, Miss Brown, a passenger, and six of the ill-fated vessel's crew, have,landed here from the rescuing steamer. The captain reports the Zodiac tc have bad, a terrible passage, and states there were 9£t of water iv the hold when the vessel was abandoned, notwithstanding that the crew were pumping for 2i hours. On the night before she commenced to settle down she was running before a heavy gale, and Camden Haven hove in sight at daylight. - The deck cargo was jettisoned, and the decks swept of everything before the vessel was abandoned. TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENTS. In the House of Assembly a bill, introduced by a private member, providing for triennial Parliaments, has been read a second time.