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[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT SILKSTONE. TWENTY-NINE PERSONS KILLED. DEPUTATION FROM CORK TO MR. GLADSTONE. OFFER OF FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF CORK. MORE TROOPS FOR BURMAH. THE MILITARY REVOLT in SPAIN. SENTENCE OF DEATH. (Received October 5, 1.5 a.m.) London, October 4. A terrible colliery explosion occurred yesteiday at Silkstone Colliery, Yorkshire, whereby twenty-nine persons lost their lives. (Received October 6, la.m.) October 5. Mr Gladstone, in receiving a deputation from Coik offering him the Fteedorn of that city, declared that he continued in public life in order t 0 settle the question of Home Rule for Ireland. That cause, he averred, woul-l ultimately triumph. He hoped that this would come to pass shortly. The steamship Aoraugi, f om Wellington August 26, arrivw] at Plymnu-h this morning. Her cargo of m-at is in good condition. (Received October f>, 2.50 p.m.) Calcutta, October 4. The force of 15.000 troops which was being despatched to Bunnah to quell the rebellion, has siaited for Rangoon. (Received October G, 1 a.m.) Madrid, October 5. The military who were arrested for having risen in revolt in favour of a Republic have been sentenced to death. The Cabinet, however, advised the Queen to pardon them. ;Sr£Cl.-iL TO PUKiS ASSOCIATION". I London, Octobet 2. The Due d'Aumale has bequeathed
his palnce and grounds at Chantilly to ihf French Institute. Fourteen rebela in Madrid have been sentenced to death. Iu a native quarrel in the Goodavery district in Hindoostan 100 uatives were killed. October 3. Lord Randolph Churchill has promined to legislate in the direction of allotments on tithe and glebe lands, railway rates, cheap land transfer, popular local government in the United Kingdom, licensing reform, amending the land laws of Ireland, elementary education, and public economy. He favours the cloture proposals, and doei not believe in wholesale evictions.
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Kumara Times, Issue 3097, 6 October 1886, Page 2
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