TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4765, 4 October 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

LBF ELBCTBIO TBLBQRAPR.-COP7RIGaT.\ [Special to Pbess Association^ LONDON, Oct. 3. Obituary. Sir Arthur Blackwood, Secretary to the General Post Office ; setat sixty-one. MADRID, Oct. 3. A Moorish Attack— Defeat of the Spaniards. News has heen received that five thousand Moors attacked the Spanish garrison, three hundred strong, at Melilla, a seaport town on the nor th coast of Morocco belongingto the Spaniards. The engagement lasted all day and the Spanish were defeated with many killed. Arrangements are being made to despatch reinforcements from Malaga, a province of Southern Spain. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. A Fatal Storm— Twenty-five Killed By a storm at New Orleans, twentyfive persons were killed and many injured. CAPETOWN, Oct. 3. The Matabeles— A Collision Imminent. A collision between a Matabele impi and the Chartered Company's forces is imminent. SYDNEY, Oct. 4. Woman Suffrage. In the Legislative Assembly Mr Bae gave notice of a motion affirming the principle of Woman Suffrage; The New South Wales Debt. The Premier laid on the table of the House papers showing the public debt, on August 31, to be £56,385,000. ADELAIDE, Oct. 4. A Wreck. News has been received that the barquentine Jane Sedwell, 188 tous, Cap tain Tullock, ha 3 been totally wrecked ai Algoa Bay, South Africa. She left Port Pirie on July 26, with a cargo o£ flour, and was engaged discharging it when a gale sprung up and, dragging her anchor, she waa driven ashore.