LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume V, Issue 521, 12 July 1897, Page 3

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Per Press Association. Deceived July 10, at 8.80 p.m. Fire at Buckingham Palace. London, July 9. Din ing the progress of a ball given by the Qu3en at Buckingham Palace an outbreak of fire caused great excitement. A rrivtng carriages were stopped and firemen quickly extinguished the flames. Tired of Life. Paris, July 9. A sensational tragedy has occurred at Paris. Four workwomen dined together, drinking and smoking c piously. They then suffocated themselves by means ol fumes of charcoal stoves, and left messages stating they died without regret. Received July 11, at 4.445 p.m. A Colonial Commander. London, July 10. A force of Niger police, under the command of Lieutenant Carol), a Queenslander, defeated five hundred of the King of Benin’s force and captured the town where the king had taken refuge, but the latter twice effected his escape. Lieutenant Fitzgerald, of the attacking force, was killed. Burying Alive. St. Petersburg, July 0. Corahff, one of the leaders of tho living burial movement in Russia, has been interred in a convent. Received 10 a.m. A Magnificent Gift to the Empire. London, July 11. The Government of Cape Colony has offered to present a first-class battle-ship as a free gift to the Empire. Mr Gosclien’s reply gratefully accepts the offer and remarks that the gift is even more valuable, because it is unfettered with conditions. Mr Sprigg, addressing a meeting of the Defence Committee of the Imperial Federation League, said the Cape's naval subsidy to the British Navy was absolutely unconditional. They did not believe in fettering the Admiralty, preferring to trust to England. The Engineers’ Strike. London, This Day. The amalgamated engineers on strike demand not only a day’s work of eight hours, but that the wages shall not be reduced, and that all work done beyond 48 hours per week be paid at extra overtime rates.