THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION En LANCASHIRE. — SIXTY LIVES LOST.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3851, 20 November 1883, Page 3

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION En LANCASHIRE. — SIXTY LIVES LOST.

» THE FUNERAL OF SIR WILLIAM 3 MORGAN. ■ THE FRENCH PREMIER AND Till ANNEXATION QUESTION. > THE LABOR TRAFFIC IN Till t WESTERN PACIFIC. I ■ ■ , LONDON. , November 8. I The report that the French force in Toncpiin had occupied the towns of Soutay anc r Riicknich without opposition has provod t( I be unfounded. j An explosion of fire damp, which oceurrec i yesterday at the Monkfield collieries, Ac 3 crington, Lancashire, resulted in the deatl I of sixty miners. ,„.„. The remains of tho late Sir Wilhau 1 Morgan were interred to-day at Bedford shire. The cortege was a very largo one, i ■ number of colonial representative men beinj present

A banquet was given last iiiu-ht in the Lnngham Hotel to Mr James Meßain, one of the Victorian executive commissioners at tho Amsterdam Exhibition, and a member : of the Victorian Legislative Council. The host was Mr Simon Eraser, late member of the Legislative Assembly for Rodney. Ihe ait'air was most successful, several wellknown gentlemen from the Australian - colonies beimr ainonyst tho guests. Tho correspondent of the Standard yes- > tordav had an interview with M. Jules Ferry, the French Premier, with a view of obtaining an authorativo statement as to - the course which France intends to pursue [ relative to New Guinea and the Now j Hebrides. M. Ferry denied that the French • Government had any intention of interfer- • ing with New Guinea. In reference to the New Hebridies he asserted that Franco was determined to maintain the neutrality of i those islands in accordance with the understanding arrival at with England some time ago. November 11. The committee appointed to enquire into and report upon the hot means for tho regulation of the labor traffic in the Western Pacific.have sent in their report. Thoresult of their enquiries, and the nature of their recommendations, have not, however, transpired. By Elt:ctinc Tklkgkaih. —Copyp.ight. [Reuters Telkgiums.]