LATE CABLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11919, 20 January 1894, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

[Ik Electric Telkorapii— Copyright.] (Per Press Association ) (Received, January 20lh, 1 am.) Sydney, January 19. Sailed— Wakatipu for Wellington. The crow of the Eillan Donan havo arrivod hero. The captain attributes tho loss of tho vesßol to' tho altorod appearances of the islands of tho Chesterfield Group, evidently tho result of a hurricane, and to a north-east current where the chart shows a south-oast current. Meluoiirne, January 19. Afc the inquest on the young man Crawcour, shot by a burglar who was attempting to rob his father's shop at Williamstown last week, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murdor against Knox and found that Kont was guilty as an accessory before the fact, Paris, January 19. Tho Government has appointed a Com mission to inquire into tlio condition of tho Fronch navy: Rio dk Janeiro, January 19. The insurgents bovo capturod Paranagua, a maritime town of 7000 inhabitants. llonu Kong, January 19. Thoro is a silvor crisis in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore, owing to Uio scarcity of Mexican dollars: Berlin, Jannary 10. There aro 80,030 unemployed in the city, and street riots aro of froquent occurence. New York, January 19. The Committee of the Duval Athletic Club in Jacksonville declaro that in tlio event of interference by tho militia to provent the prize fight bel.wcon Mitchell and Corbett, the Club will bo prepared to rosist, and can raly on tho support of 6000 men, Washington, January 19. There aro 2,000,000 unemployed ill tho United States, many of whom aro in want.