TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), 25 July 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

[BY ELECTRIC TELBQHAPH-COPI BIGHT/] [Special to Pbbss Association.] LONDON, July 24. The Hop Crop, It ia estimated that the English hop crop will be one-third below last year's yield. Naval Casualties. While the naval manoeuvres were proceeding off the Irish coast, a torpedo boat, in attempting to cross the bows of a schooner, came into collision with her, and nearly sank. Other casualties are reported. The Victoria Court-martial, Vice-Admiral Sir Culme Seymour has intimated to Rear-Admiral Markham that, being incriminated in connection with the loss of H.M.S. Victoria, he might watch the evidence adduced at the Court-martial. 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 is believed that the package contained dynamite. Rescued 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 Coningham jumped in with their clothes on and rescued the drowning man. The latter had a very narrow escape. PARIS, July 24. The French President. President Carnot is ill. SINGAPORE, July 24. Chinese Pirates. Information has been received here < that a number of Chinese passengers ; !on board a Dutch trader pirated the i 1 vessel, killing the English officers and twenty-two of the crew. Fifteen • other members of the crew were ■ injured. i CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24. Turkish Atrocities in Armenia. , Painful details are published of the torture to which Armenian j prisoners were subjected by the ( Turkish authorities. Numbers of , them were beaten almost to a jelly, j while others were scarred with hot irons. • SYDNEY, July 25. The Argo Explosion. ' The Government analyst stated at the j inquest yesterday that the coal from the mine which loaded the barque Argo is of a fiery character and contained fire damp It would, he says, probably be more likely to explode than other coal. A Captain Condemned. The Marine Board has found that the ( steamer Hilda, which struck the reef off Port Hacking, was lost through the default of Captain Phillipson, who has been requested to show cause why his certificate should not be suspended. MELBOURNE, July 25. Victorian Taxation— A Protest. The Chamber of Commerce has resolved against the imposition of primage duties S and income tax as proposed by the Government, and has decided that the course de- : manded by public policy is a reduction of I expenditure to the level of the national income. THURSDAY ISLAND, July 25. Small-pox. The steamer Ohinghu has arrived from , Hong Kong with two cases of small-pox on board.