TOWN EDITION.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7270, 26 July 1893, Page 2

TOWN EDITION.

' " m The following cable messages have been taken from the Christchurch papers : (Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) j (Special to Press Association.) I | 1 A STOLEN PICTURE. Brussels, July 24. Adam Wirth, a noted thief, at present undergoing a term of imprisonment in Louvain gaol, has confessed to the theft of Gainsborough’s portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire. Wirth is now believed to have been concerned in the late Hatton Garden and Post Office robberies in London, and is also credited with having committed many audacious bank, jewellery , and other robberies on the Continent, in America and at Capetown, which have baffled the efforts of the police to bring the offender to justice. The picture was stolen for the sake of ransom money, which, however, the thief was unable to claim. The whereabouts of the picture is unknown. RESIGNED. London, July 24. Mr Wilson Lloyd, Conservative member for Wednesbury, has resigned. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. The Globe thinks it will be interesting to watch New South Wales abolishing payment of members, and considers it surprising that the system was ever adopted. RESCUE BY AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. During an excursion on the Thames, at which the Australian cricketers were guests, a boatman fell overboard and was sinking in deep water, when Tom Ware and Coniogham jumped in with their clothes on and rescued the drowning man. The latter had a very narrow escape. A DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. A parcel delivered by post at Broad Stairs, in Kent, exploded, killing a resident named Richards in the presence of his wife and child. .It ia believed that the package contained dynamite. CARDINAL MORAN. Cardinal Moran’s illness has been caused by overwork ia connection with his history of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia. AN AWARD. The Court awarded the Hawwdea Castle £7OOO for assisting the lonic when she broke her shaft off Capetown. Of this amount £5600 goes to the owners, and the rest to the captain and crew. SCULLING. July 25. Gaudaur beat Banian by seven lengths. A HEAVY FAILURE. Lord Sudley has called a meeting of his creditors. His liabilities amount to £BOO,OOO and his assets to £43,000. SAN SALVADOR. New York, July 24. News from San Salvador, Central America, states that the President has executed twenty-three leaders of the recent, revolt.