YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1028, 11 October 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

[per press agency.] Late European and American, Wreck of a Pacific Company’s Steamer Loss of 100 Lives. Pearful Sufferings of the Survivors. Russian Atrocities in Bulgaria. The English Turf Frauds. Bluff, October 10. The following items of news were received in Melbourne by tlie recently arrived steamship Chimborazo:— Advices from Panama of August 2nd state that the Pacific Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Exen was lost on July 15th, seventy miles north of Valparaiso. It is estimated that 100 persons were on board, forty-three of whom had reached the shore up to July 18th. Twenty others took refuge on a rock, and the British war ship Amethyst went to their assistance, but the bad weather prevented their rescue from being accomplished. The survivors on the rock, after experiencing horrible suffering

from exposure and want of food, threw themselves into the sea to end their misery. Only three of them were saved. Altogether it is believed that 100 perished. Sulieman Pasha telegraphs that 10,000 Mussulmen, women, and children, escaped the massacre by Bulgarians and Russians at Kczarebek, the remainder of the men being killed, and the women being carried away prisoners by the Russians to the Balkans. In August last it seems that the Russians had only had 150,000 men on the Danube, and the army of invasion in Armenia did not exceed 50,000. The difficulties of transport and commissariat had been found very great, while the army suffered horribly from sickness. The three police inspectors, Druscovitch, Palmer, and Meiklejohn, and the solicitor Froggart, were again brought up at Bow street, charged with conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice in connection with turf frauds. The convict Carr was further examined, and in his evidence he stated that directly or indirectly ho had given money to eleven members of the police force. He also mentioned several inferior members of the police and prison warders to whom bribes had been given. The Queen and members of the Royal Family paid a visit of inspection to the Thunderer on August 11th.

AUSTRALIAN,

[Per Claud Hamilton, via Bluff.] Melbourne, October 3. Sir William Jcrvois has gone to Adelaide, where ho will be sworn in as Governor. The committee of the Blind Asylum have exonerated the master and matron from charges of cruelty preferred against them. The Corporation intend borrowing £IOO,OOO on debentures for market buildings, and for new bridges shortly to be erected over the Tarra to meet increasing traffic. Lee, proprietor of the “ Police News,” was acquitted of the charge of endeavoring to extort money. An amount of property stolen from Goldstein's, jeweller, Bourke street, has been recovered. One of the prisoners in custody made a full confession.

INTERPROYINCIAL

The Napier Sheep Show. Earthquake from Timaru SouthwardImmigrants Expected. Auckland, October 10. Barnsley, under remand from Sydney to Wellington, dunged with obtaining £lO by a forged telegraph order from Mills, manager of the Union Steam Company, came by the Rotorua. Napier, October 10. This was the first day of the Hastings Show, the exhibits being sheep only. The weather was inclement, but the attendance was fair. Several members of both Mouses of Assembly were present, including Messrs Stafford, Fitzroy, Teschemaker, Lusk, Cox, Sutton, Wigley, Whitmore, and Ernest Gray. The awards were In Merino —Champion rams, H. R. Russell; champion ewe, Purvis and Russell. Cup for best provincial-bred ram, Donald Gollan. First prize takers by sheep from flocks of Douglas McLean (late Sir Donald’s), Gollan, H. R. Russell (also second and third in the same class), Purvis and Russell. In long wools the judging was not concluded, and the champions were not awarded. The first prizes in Lincolns were taken by IT. R. Russell (also second and third in the same class), Colonel Whitmore, Doebil, Coleman, and McHardy. Ootswolds, A. Buckland. New Plymouth, October 10. The Mayor has called a meeting as to the Indian Famine Fund. The clergymen have actively taken the matter up, committees been appointed, and the district is to be actively canvassed for subscriptions. Nelson, October 10. The Queen jßee Wreck Recovery Company have declared a second dividend of £SO per share, with a large reserve in hand. [from the correspondent of the press ] Timaru, October 10. Single girls who arrived by the Waitangi have been engaged at £25 to £3O per year j single men at £52 and found. A smart shock of earthquake was experienced in Timaru and Waimate last night. The direction was from south-west to northeast. The Geraldine races promise to be a great success.