SEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 107, 12 July 1895, Page 2

SEWS BY CABLE.

HOME AN!) FOREIGN.

London, July 10. The House oi Commons has passed a Bill providing for.tho appointment of Colonial Judges to the Judical Committee of the Privy Council. The Spectator considers that the referendum proposals of the Premier of New South Wales are statesmanlike, and may prove a practical step of reform affecting the entire Empire. Lord Salisbury, in his speech in the House of Lords, said the Government intended'to arrange for the retention of small holdings, cheapen the carriage of produce, and revise the incidents of taxation. Mr Chamberlain, explaining in his London speech the Employers' Liability Bill which the Government intend to bring in', said it would be proposed to compensate workmen for injuries received through no fault of their own. The cost, he added, would be charged to the particular industry in which the accident arose, and ultimately it would be the purchasers who would have to pay. New York, July 10. A cyclone has devastated 200- miles of country in Missouri. ' Thirty-four persons have been killed, and several million dollars of damage done. *> A number of buildings had the roofs torn off in Chicago. Albany, July 9.' • Arrived—Lusitania, from London. A case of small-pox having occurred before she reached Colombo, the vesel has been placed in quarantine. Sydney,, July 8.

Arrangements are proceeding to send the cricket team Home in March. So far as at present arranged, it will be as follows :—G. Giffen, Turner, Iredale, Gregory, Graham, McKibbin, Trott Bros, Johns, Lyons, Hill, Darling and Eady* 'Developenients of the coming cricket season may, however, alter the personnel. Melbourne, July 10. A fire, which was supposed to be subdued on the ship Hilaria a month ago, after doing considerable damage, has broken out again, and is still burning. Supt. Gee, of the Fire Brigade, was killed while working on her. The ship is being fired into to sink her. Later. The fire on board the Hilaria started in the morning in the afterhatch. Two thousand five hundred cases of kerosene and 200 tons of resin were on board. The s.s. Carleton, with 50,000 cases on board, was close astern, and ran great danger of catching fire, but she was towed out in, time. The flames spread with great rapidity, and as it was found impossible to cope with them, it was decided to tow the vessel into the stream. Mr Gee, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, fell into the burning hold. Another Brigade officer, O'Brien, clad in a smoke jacket, twice descended amidst the flames, but was almost overcome, and with the greatest diffi- ; culty rescued Gee, who was fearfully burned, and succumbed to his injuries. Meanwhile, the flames had obtained such a hold that the masts fell, and it became impossible to tow her away. The man-of-war Nelson, fired eight shots into the bull in order to sink the vessel, but without effect. Eventually she was pumped full of water and sank. An immense crowd collected upon the the scene, and there was great excitement. The origin of the fire, which was not connected with the previous one, is a mystery. Since the ship has been discharging the crew has been sleeping on board, and some of them had a narrow escape.