Tuesday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 23, 2 October 1885, Page 11

Tuesday.

The correspondent of the Daily Times wires as follows con* corning Criffel : Do the best to stop the impending rush. Miles of country have been riddled, and no gold struck. There is great disappointment, and numbers are leaving.

One of tbe heaviest shocks of earthquake experienced for years occurred throughout South Canterbury at 9.55 o'clock on Sunday night, the direction being from nortb-west to suuth-east. A slighter shock was felt about a quarter of an honr afterwards, and there are some who aver two more occurred early yesterday morning. No damage of importance whs done. Tbe weather was very close at the time.

It transpired in evidence at the Auckland Police Court yesterday that G. P. Hogan, master of the Kohimarama Industrial School, handcuffed absconding boys. Two boys swore they had been manacled together for a week, six days, and 14 days. Tbe bench of justices expressed great dissatibfaction at such brutality, and said an inquiry should be held.

Mr. Chamberlain's attitude towards the Liberal party is much condemned. Mr. Gladstone, he says, unites within himself Tory sympathies and Court influence. He strongly favours Prince Alexander of Bulgaria

M. Rochefort's journal, V lntransigeant, lately published a letter from a person named Selcoviicb, formerly interpreter to rhe British army in the Soudan, declaring that M. Olivier Pain was arrested in the Soudan and shot by order of the British military authorities. Since then M. Rocbefort has written a series of articles of the most outrageous character, grossly insulting to tbe British Government and Lord Lyon, besides threatening the latter, and endeavouring to hound on the Paris mob to attack tbe embassy. The Marqnis of Salisbury has joined the Powers in accepting tbe position of affairs in Routnelia, and it is untrue that he has demanded that matters be restored to the statvs quo. In view of the serious position it has been decided to hold a conference of ambassadors of the various Powers accredited to the Porte, and they are expected to meet at an early date in Constantinople. At the battle of the Drin (not previously reported here), the Turks lost 200 men killed and wounded, while tbe loss of the Albanians was 1600 killed and wounded. Tbe meeting of the Czar and Emperor of Auetria at Kremsir. following close upon the conference between Prince Bismarck and Count Kalnoky at Varzin, gives rise to much political speculation. The apparent object of Germany and Austria is to keep tbe peace M Europe by encouraging Russia to develop and aggrandise herself in Central Asia ; but a sincere agreement between Kngland and Turkey might introduce a disturbing element in the calculations, and rend» r Russia less disposed to be contented with an expansion eastward if it had to be purchased at the cost of relinquishing for Austria's or England's benefit her long-coveted share in the eventual partition of tbe Turkish Empire.