CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.
London. The Admiralty, in a minute referring to the loss of PI. M.S. Victoria, declares that the principle governing the construction of the vessel was good, and that she would not have gone down if the bulkheads had been closed. The fact of the ship turning turtle was due to the inrush of water to the forward battery. The Admiralty has censured Captain oharle3 Johnstone, of H.M.S. Camperdown, for his slowness in executing the orders during the collision with H.M.S. Victoria. At the Municipal elections in England the Unionists have gained 97 seats, the Liberals 84. and the
Labour Party 10. \ The aukmin session of Parliament opened on Noveniber 3. The Parish 1 Councils Bills was favourably received. ;Th'e provisions of ttie measure 'do Hot affect ciiurcli pro party, and it is believed that it will b&. speedily passed. The City of Alexandria has been burnt at sea on a voyage across the Atlantic through an explosion among her cargo of spirits. Thirty-four of those oil board were dl'owrie'd. i
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Manawatu Herald, 7 November 1893, Page 2
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172CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS. Manawatu Herald, 7 November 1893, Page 2
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