CABLEGRAMS

Colonist, Volume XXXII, Issue 5523, 18 June 1889, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

By Electric Telegraph—Per.Press Association LONDON, i Jane 16. In consequence of the refusal of the Provost of Edinburgh to attend the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the city on Mr Paraell, the senior Magistrate will perform the ceremony. The Vulcan, screw torpedo depot, 8 guns, 6,620 tons was successfully launched at Portsmouth.

A vessel just arrived reports passing the barque Sfcaffa on fire and abandon* j od in the Atlantic Ocean. BERLIN, June 16. The native rulers of Samoa will shortly be invited to declare their adhesion to the treaty jaat concluded by the delegates to the Samoan Conference. Several provisions of the treaty will come into operation before the formal ratification by the Powers concerned is concluded. x ' PAEIS, June 16. The race for the Grand Prix of Paris, which was run to-day, resulted as follows ; — Vasistas, 1; Pourtant, 2; Aerolite, 3. Madame Melba scored a brilliant success io the character of Juliet, and in the balcony scene was thrice recalled. MELBOURNE, June 17. Many families are flooded out at Casterion, a town on the main road from Adelaide to Melbourne, distant from tha last named place 270 miles, and two men named Swanney and Grew were drowned.

The premises of Schreiber and Schafer, German importers, were destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £30,000. The insurances amount to £21,000.