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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 66, 12 September 1890, Page 3

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I The Prospectors' Reward. i Walking across the Niagra | ■ if ,£ : ;r FaHs..-u._y ; ; j Elective 'Governdri ; - I Funcke,:tlie ; Murderer. I i A Ship on Fire. ! '' ‘ [By Telegraph.] . I (From, Our Own Correspondent.) ■ WELLINGTON,

, i x< '-September l ll. i The dafeof prorogation of Parliament is still uncertain. ; The Supplementary E stimates brough t down by Government

povered a total additional expenditure of about /SCO,OOO, included in that sum is many of the votes already vetoed by Parliament,' and Government has brought quite a hornet’s nest about,its ears inconsequence/ " * | Mr Goldie gave notice to move on going into Gpmrffitjiee of Supply that in the opinion-of the- House ' tbe Government.- deserye. jgraye - censure; for haying in defiance of the repeated votes |of me House reinstated on’the 'Supplementary Estimates items dealt with in ‘Committee of Supply this notice was read with Opposition chehfs. ~,.. i / 'j^dtbef r ‘m&ltef\wliich‘ has uhexipecfedly arisen to-day, and will delay the profoguation, is the difficulty with railway men in Christchurch, which has been taken up by the House. lam therefore safe in saying that the session will not; terminate until at any ,rate the I middle $f hexivfeek, aM pfbhahly not ■ then if the Government are stubborn in pushing -their estimates. Messrs ; Winter, Owen, Elvines, and Newton, railway employees of Christchurch; who are promihent members of the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society of /Railway Servants, and who liave been'taking an'active 1 part in inciting l their ■fellow-workmen to* refuse duty* were’"yesterday brought 'before their superior officers in Christchurch, when portions of certain speeches made by them af d/’pfihlie ! mefefihg last week were.feadioYer toThem; 'ffih'6iniln refused, after consideration, to enter into; any» to frqmf in-, citing Sfreff ! 'fMhW-6mpldy6es obey orders, ancfialso refused to resign,. aifdf'they werdSedirdih'gly disbhalgea.i

Amongst the Supplementary Esti. mates ! is s i£2so - for tile Mahakipawa prospectors. ; • 1 matters things are bom- i paratively quiet, and the general; opinion ia that the Uhionists will have to give in. ; LONDON,’ ;

September 9. : During the homeward voyage of the; Oceana from Australia, frequent quar-; f ei's :; occurred - among ‘the Lascar : ere W,: these terminated in a desperate _en- ; counter/dn)4ravalsat;tlie Albbrtltocks, and several of them were severely injured before they could be separated.

.goj.NsWs;yqi® -s f,, ~, . . . t September, 9. ; ' A man named Dixbii Walked across Niagra below the falls bn a wire rope; Thousands of people were present, and the man was loudly cheered.;; ••i w *- I BELGRADE, ’ -M. . : • ■ . September 9. The elections have resulted in a crushing for M. Stambuloff, the Premier. - : ■ C LISBON, September 9. : King' Carlos, of Portugal; has recovered from his attack of typhoid fever.ll/ / . ; .s ; | , .OTTAWA, ' ' ""September : ■ Sej)lyih'g to a defeqtaipioh fepiq the Canadian. Trades Congress,- Sir J. Macdonald, Premier,;said the Government would refuse to legislate in the direction of excluding Chinese from Canada. The Canadian Trades Congress has carried a resolution in favour of amelective Governor-General.

£ABIS, : September 9. The Comte De Paris holds a letter from General Boulanger offering to restore him him as Monarch, on condition that a dpkedpm was conferred 1 him with! an income of /£6|p()o. -*■ AUCKLAND, ~ i ~ ,■ September 10. Henry Funcke was indicted to-day at the 1 Supreme' Court for the ihurder of Constable Neill McLeod, at Mangatvare, !; on 'ithe; 30th of July. '■'■TJie prison's ! counsel Objected • pnthe grOhhd 1 tW : . Funcke 'irwi‘ iitsaiie, 1 and unable to plead or comprehend the proceedings, the jury;were acordingly sworri : in’ 'front the byestanders to try the question of the prisoner’s sanity at the' present time. Drs King and Mqia dqpdlM yas insane, but Hr Wilson, oh the other hand, swore thtit'.he "was perfectly sane, and a man of more than ordinary intelligence.: Mr Weston, the chief gaoler at Mount Eden Prison, and Warder Russel, gave evidence to the effect that accused had appeared to Sim jwy

were for a long time unable to agree, but at length, returned a verdict that the accused was sane. The trial : will therefore proceed, to-morrowv ■ : LYTTELTON," ' j ' ' September'lo. | At a quafter to six this, evening the cargo 'df the American brigantine Nettie, dying at No. 9 wharf, was discovered to : be on fire. Smoke was issuing from ; the main hatch. The crew/ with a gang from the Doric and the Lyttelton firemen poured Water into the hold from four jets, the fife being subdued , and in half an hour the tug began pumping water into the vessel/ which was hauled off from, the wharf with a view to'smkihg her. At 9.80 p.m. the fire appeared to be subdued. The vessel has three feet nine inches of water in her. There appears to be no doubt that spontaneous combustion caused the fire. The vessel is owned in Boston, United States, and is unihsured. The second mate (Mr Blynett) was stupified .in his cabin by the smoke, i hut was .got out and restored. A fireman named Graham by jthe smoke issuing from; the hatch, but was restored. At a later hour the fire broke out again, and a chemical engine was sent down,