LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 52, 18 October 1892, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION ! A DESTRUCTIVE BLIZZABD (PRR PRESS ASSOCIATION). New Yokk, October 17. Thirteen miners hare been entombed by a colliery explosion at Shamokon in Pennsylvania, and the chauces of their being rescued are considered hopeless. A blizzard has been raging in Colorado for two days, and many people have been frozen to death, London, October 17. Lord ft. Churchill, in a letter to the Press, opposes the formation of a distinct labour party in the Tory ranks, and declares the Tories will give practical legislative effect to much which the labor element demands. It is reported that cholera has ceased in Persia. The total mortality did not amount to more than 6000. Mr Gladstone has written to Sir Gavin Duffy, that he is unaware of any distinction between vetos of the crown and Parliament over the colonies, legislation. Earl Roseberry writes that the only veto Parliament has consists in passing an Act to over ride colonial acts. A power rather abstract than concrete. The Lifeguards have been ordered to Shorncliffe, in Kent. Mr R. L. Stevenson, forwards a complaint to the Times that the Chief Justice of Samoa is interfering with the jurisdiction of the magistrate, Mr Cooper. Bishop Selwyn has undergone another operation in his leg, and he is progressing favourably. The Freeman's Journal said the other Divisional Magistrates deserve similar treatment to Colonel Turner, who was dismissed by Mr Morley. There is great depression in the Glasgow iron trade, due to the acceptance of contracts at low rates. Jackson, who the friends of Mackay (the man arrested for the Nethorp murder) declared was the woman's murderer, is proved to have sailed for New Zealand on August 28th, some days after the discovery of the murder. The funds which have been held by the Parisian bankers since the death of Parnell hare been placed in the hands of a joint committee, The floods have ruined the crops in Yorksnire and North Wales. It is reported that General Li Hung Chang, Prime Minister of China, has be come insane. Mr Arnold Morley, Postmaster-Gen-eral, has promised Mr Percivai to submit the question of the Frisco Service to the Treasury again. He hinted that if the service were fortnightly instead of monthly, as at present, it would be of much more importance, and would demand greater consideration. Beblin, October 17. In consequence of an assertion by French officers engaged in Dahomey that the Germans are assisting the natives by building earthworks and supplying arms, the Emperor has ordered an enquiry, Calcutta, October 17. Envoys from seyeral of the tribes in Burmah are suing for peace. No anxiety is felt for the safety of the garrison at fort White. The steamer Bokhard was wrecked on a sand island in the Pescadous group, near Formosa. The commander and a majority of the crew were lost, and twentythree saved. Ottawa, October 17. Hosmer and Gaudor, beat Hanlon and O'Connor, by seven lengths in the double sculling race at Ontario. Washington, October 17Mrs Harrison, wife of the President, is dying ot consumption. The wheat companies of the United States refuse to give statistics to the Government officials on the grounds then* publication assists in bearing the markets. Athens, October 17. Relations between Greece and Roumania are strained owing to a dispute over the will of a Greecian subject who died in Roumania. Brussels, October 17. The strike of the Borinage miners is collapsing.