TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 6, Issue 60, 30 July 1895, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

ENGLISH and FOREIGN. JAPAN AND CHINA. London, July 26. Reports from Shanghai state that Japan demands an additional seven and a-half million sterling indemnity for withdrawing from the Liatong Peninsula. SEIZURE OF ARMS. Rome, July 26. A number of Italian newspapers have published a report that the British authorities in Egypt seized twenty thousand rifles intended for the use of the Italian troops in Abyssinia. INDEMNITY PAID. Tangier, July 26. The Morocco Government has paid the indemnity demanded by Germany in connection with the murder of a German, and consequently the squadron has been withdrawn. THE RECENT COLLISION. Rome, July 26. Further particulars of the collision in the Gulf of Spezzia show that the captains of both vessels were asleep at the time of the occurrence. The Ortigia was going eleven knots, when the Maria, travelling at ten knots, crossed her bows. The Ortigia's engines were reversed, but it was too late to avoid the collision. FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. Paris, July 26. Letters give lamentable stories of gross mismanagement, by French officers, in connection with the stores of the Madagascar expedition. The troops are being decimated by disease. PRISONERS LIBERATED. Constantinople, July 26. The Sultan has liberated all the Armenian political prisoners, except those who were sentenced under the common law, STUDENTS MISSING. Washington, July 26. Thirteen students of the Princetown College, New Jersey, who were proceeding to the Yellowstone National Park to study geology are missing. It is believed that they have been captured by Indians at Union Pass, Wyoming, the red-skins being enraged at the restrictions placed by the Government on their hunting. ENGLAND AND BRAZIL. Rio Janiero, July 26. Great excitement has been caused in Brazil owing to the annexation of the Island of Trinidad, in the South Atlantic, by Great Britain. The Brazilian Government has made a warm prospest on the subject, declaring that the island is part of the Brazilian Republic territory. LARGE ORDER. London, July 27. Japan intends to spend eight millions sterling in the construction of ironclads in England. , OSCAR WILDE, London, July 27. Oscar Wilde has been made bankrupt at the instance of the Marquis of Qaeensbury; who claims /600 costs in the libel action. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Paris,} uly 27. A train which was conveying French pilgrims to a shirne, left the rails at Saint Briene. Some of the carriages were telescoped and smashed almost to splinters. Twelve persons were killed outright, and fifty seriously injured. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. London, July 27. The Appeal Court has confirmed the decision of Justice Sir James C. Mathew, of the Queen’s Bench Division, re the case of the steamer Maori King, that a bill of lading did not exempt ship-owners from liability in : he event of the break-down of a vessel’s refrigerating machinery. AUSTRALIAN. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Melbourne, July 27. Benson and Lindsay have been committed for trial for setting fire to the ship Hilaria. N.S.W. ELECTIONS. Sydney, July 27. The returns for the elections give 79 Ministerialists, 43 Oppositionists, and two Independents. Sir Henry Parkes and Sir G. Dibbs were among the defeated candidates. THREAT OF POISON. Brisbane, July 27. The Government recently received intim ition from one of the western stations that threats had been made to poison the shearers’ food if they went to work. BAD WEATHER. Melbourne, July 27, There are heavy snowstorms in all parts of the Colony except the Meloourne district. In some places there is snow where it has never been seen before, and in others it is the heaviest known for years. At Norwell it ranged from one to two feet. At Getho it was eighteen inches deep. Telegraph lines were weighted down The trains in most instances cut their way through. At Loch, however, a train was blocked by drifts, and the tracks had to be taken off before it could proceed

EL DORADO ACCIDENT,

Melbourne, July 28. Strenuous efforts are being made to reach the victims of the El Dorado accident. Relief drives are nearly completed. Boring rods, however, show that the sludge is still in a dangerously fluid state, though the pressure is not strong, but there is a possible danger, and if the water accumulates the relief party may require to flee lor their lives at a moment’s warning.

DEMAND FOR STOCK. Adelaide, July 28. There is a great demand for cattle, sheep, and horses for the Western Australian goldfields. Large shipments are being forwarded almost every week.

NEW ZEALAND.

INQUEST. Napier, July 27. The inquest on the body of Gerald Dowling, who died in the Hospital suddenly after a severe drinking bout, was resumed yesterday. Mr Skey, Government Analyst, reported that mercury was found in the stomach of the deceased, but it was administered in the Hospital. The inquest was farther adjourned on the application of the police, who desire to make investigation as to where the deceased obtained liquor, being a prohibited person. DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR. Christchurch, July 27. Five men who had been employed on relief work in the city were brought up at the Magistrate’s Court and charged with drunkenness. The men were among those who were given employment on condition that they left the city at the end of the week. They were paid off on Thursday morning, and received £1 each. When they were arrested they had small sums, of money in their posssssion. The Magistrate fined two of them 10/- each, another was fined 5/-, and two were convicted and ordered to be discharged on payment of Court costs. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT. Wanganui, July 28. The police received information from Karioi on Saturday night that a man named Whitmore, who had been keeping a private school at Oakune, cleared out on Friday night with all he could lay his hands on, and also taking two boys named Jewett, aged xi and 14 respectively. He has been traced towards Taupo, through the snow, and it is believed that the boys have perished with cold. No reason is forthcoming for the man’s action. A constable was sent from here at once, and search parties are out from Karioi. ALLEGED ASSAULT 1 Wellington, July 27. A young man named Howard McCluskie was admitted to the Hospital about midnight suffering from serious injuries alleged to have been inflicted by a man named H. Rigg, who has taken into custody. The men had quaralled, and Rigg, being worsted, took up a piece of road metal, with which he felled McCluskie, and when on the ground a further assault was committed. McCluskie’s condition was so serious to-day that it would not permit of his depositions being taken.