TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 6, Issue 65, 16 August 1895, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

ENGLISH and FOREIGN. WAR MATERIAL. London, August 13. The Government proposes to expend sixty thousand pounds for an additional supply of cordite. POSITION IN SIAM. London, August 13. In Mekong the Joint Commission respectin Great Britain and France has been negotiating for a buffer State, and the dispute has been referred to head-quarters. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. London, August 13. The British imports and exports for the past six months exceeded those for the corresponding quarter of 1894 by fully ten per cent. MURDER OF M. STAMBOULOFF. Sofia, August 13. It is reported that Tufekescheff, who was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of M. Stambouloff, has been released. FATAL COLLISION. New York, August 13. Six of the crew of the Prince Oscar, which sank in the Atlantic after collision with an unknown vessel were drowned. The others were rescued by the ship Capak, after having been in an open boat for three days without food. It is believed that the steamer which collided with her had a crew of between thirty and forty hands, all of whom were drowned. MURDER AND SUICIDE. London. August 13. A dreadful tragedy is reported from Masefield, where a woman named Reynolds, with her two sons and a grandson, were brutally murdered by a man named Wright, a lodger. The woman was horribly mutilated. The murderer set fire to the cottage and then attempted to commit suicide. So far no motive can be assigned for the crime. N.Z. MIDLAND RAILWAY. London, August 14. Mr Blake, M.P., will visit New Zealand in connection with the arbitration in the Midland Railway Company’s case. U.S.A. WARSHIPS. Washington, August 14. The United States is sending warships to Syria to enquire intb the attack on the American Consul at Tarsus, TROUBLE IN AFRICA. Zanzibar, August 14. Five hundred hostile natives invaded Zanzibar, and were met and chased off with the loss of fifty men by British and Native regulars. RETENTION OF CHITRAL. London, August 14. The proposal of the Indian Government to hold Chitral has been agreed to by the Imperial Government. The British will garrison the country between Chitral and ICala Darosfi, and a garrison will be stationed at Chakdarra. The Panjorka route will be kept open for postal and relief purposes. ENGLISH ELECTIONS. London, August 14. The Orkney return completes the general election The strength of parties is—Conservatives, 339; Unionists, 72; Liberals, J 79; Anti-Parnellites, 70; Parnellites, 12. AUSTRALIAN. SUSPECTED MURDER. Melbourne, August 14. A sensational discovery has been made at Port Melbourne lagoon, where the body of a two-year-old boy, named Williams, was found with a stone round his neck. Later The mother of the child found in the lagoon has been arrested. She denied causing death, and said she gave the child to a Salvation Army woman on Sunday night, and bad npt seen it since. BOOTMAKERS’ STRIKE. Brisbane, August 14. The places of bootmakers on strike are being filled up from the southern colonies. The strikers are quiet, FRAUD. Perth, August 14. A sensation has been caused at Coolgardie by the arrest of Pettigrew, late manager of the Maritana Company, on a charge of obtaining £2,000 from the Gold Exploration Company, with intent to cheat and defraud. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of three others said to be implicated. S.A. BUDGET. Adelaide, August 14, > The Budget will show that the expenditure for the Colony exceeded tbs revenue by £89,500, making the accrued deficit close on a million, irrespective of liability on behalf of the northern territory. GOOD SURPLUS. Perth, August 14. The railway accounts for the past year show a surplus of one hundred thousand pounds ov?r working expenses,

SHOCKING TRAGEDY. Sydney, August 14. A melancholy double suicide has occurred near Cordabalin. A young married woman, aged 19, hanged herself, and her husband, on hearing of the occurrence, utilised the same rope and killed himself. The affair took place during the temporary absence of relatives.