NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 130, 1 October 1895, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

HOME AND FOREIGN

THE FEDERATION QUESTION Sydney, September 29.

The Premie-. Mr Reid, has telegraphed to the I’., inters of the other ■ colonies intimating that he intends to ' introduce the Federal Enabling Bill during the present session. He proposes, under the measure, to ! treat the colony as one electorate, and ' ask the voters to elect 10 representatives to the Federal Constitution and , then adjourn for not less than 60 nor more than 90 days, during which the public will be given an opportunity to criticise the proposed'constitution, and l any defects pointed out could be'rectii fied -when the Convention reassembled s to ratify the measure, the measure adopted at the second convention to be the Federal Constitution Act. The Premier of Victoria, Mr Turner, has replied that he will be glad to follow the Premier of New South Wales, and wishes the scheme every success. The Premier of South Australia, i Mr Kingston, is also favorable to the i proposal. , He adds that, of course’, 1 each colony will have the power of ■ modification, excepting as regards the i chief objects of the Bill. THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY Sydney, September 29. | The inquest on the unfortunate girl Jessie Nichols was concluded to-day. i A verdict of murder was returned , against Sheridan, and that Thomas and Mrs Campbell were accessories . before the fact. , Seawell, the fourth person arrested, t has been released. The medical witnesses were of i opinion that the wound on„the body was caused shortly before death, but they were unable to say whether death resulted from shock or blood-poisoning though the woman could not have 1 lived more than a few hours after the incision was made. To the medical officers it appeared ' as if the injuries were inflicted with a | reckless disregard of life, and there were no signs of the use of antes- | thetics. If none were used, they say, ’ the operation must have been agonis- ! iQgi A MAN FATALLY STABBED. Sydney, September 28. A youth named Thos. McLean, an i assistant steward on the steamer Australasian, went on board early this i morning, quarrelled with a steward named Thos. Coulson, and stabbed him in the breast, Coulson dying in a few minutes. When arrested McLean stated that he was drunk, and that Coulson pulled him out of Jiis and nearly smothered., him. He then used the knife in self-defence not intending to kill the man. London, September 28. The thermometer registers 88 degrees in the shade in the city. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, M.P., for Aylesbury, has bought the Duke of York’s collection of stamps, valued at £56,000. Colonel Gerard Smith, formerly member of the House of Commons, representing Bucks, has been appointed Governor of Western Australia. He belongs to the old banking firm of Smith, Payne and Smith, and is a cousin to .the Earl of Wendover (formerly Lord Carrington). The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says that the next Pope will be selected at Avignon, in France, for a time the residence of the Popes. A sum of £IBO,OOO is being expended the restoration of the old Papal Palace, in order to fit it as a permanent place of residence. Paris, September 28. The French troops operating in Madagascar are dying at Majunga, on the northwest coast, at the rate of 40 daily. Shanghai, September 28. The Japanese have captured Changhua and Taijamfu after severe fighting. Sixty thousand Japanese are operating in Formosa. It is reported that the Chinese Government has refused to accede to the demand of England for the banishment of the* Viceroy of Szechuen on the ground that he is responsible for the recent attacks on missionaries. Six British warships have been ordered to Nanking, which is the centre-of the anti-foreign movement. Havannah, September 28. The Cubans claim to have defeated the Spanish troops in a recent engagement killing 400 of the latter and losing only 40 themselves. New York, September 28. The marriage settlement of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of Mr William Vanderbilt, and whose engagement to the young Duke of Marlborough has been announced, is ten million dollars, and the Duke receives three million dollars additional. London, September 28. A lunatic just released from Lichfield Asylum murdered three men, and then committed suicide. Constantinople, September 28. Turkey has consented to pay the indemnity demanded by Russia and Great Britain for an assault on Consuls at Jeddah in June. Paris, September 29. Obituary—M. Pasteur, from paralysis. Shanghai, September 29. An anti-foreign lunatic attempted to murder Ito, the Japanese Admiral. Melbourne September 2G. The young woman Williams, who drowned her child in the lagoon at Port Melbourne, a few weeks ago, has been sentenced to death.