A Warship Foundered.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5904, 24 October 1890, Page 2

A Warship Foundered.

oLOSS OF MANY LIVES. (Received October 24. 10.40 a.m.) Sydney, Oct. 24. Japanese news states that the Turkish warship Ertogroul with 500 souls on board, foundered in a terrific gale between Kobe and Yokohama. Her boilers exploded while she was sinking. Six officers and 57 of the crew weie saved. Admiral Osman Pasha and Captain Ali Bey were drowned. The Ertogroul was an old andunseaworthy vessel. -

At Wanganui election matters are not creating much atir, though both parties are working hard. The general opinion in that MY Ballanco will havo hard work to pull up the difference caused by the accession of the new portion of the electorate, and the support lost in the tonn. It is agreed that if ho gets in it will be one of the toughest fights yeb seen in Wanganui. During the hearing in an action in the Supremo Court, Wellington, the other day, a witness stated that lie considered .sheep farming the best paying game going on now. He gave aa his opinion that 1200 sheep should bring an income of between LSOO and L6OO per annum. Mr Jackman, the Customs detective, has been in the Hawke't; Bay district for some little time, and, as usual, a wako of prosecutions is following him. No fewer than six informations for breaches of the Boer Duty Act have Wen laid against Mr R«bj<>hm.