NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 121, 30 August 1895, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

HOME ANH FOREIGN. AN ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF BOTHSCHILD. Paris, August 27. A letter addressed to Baron Alphonse Bothschild here exploded when opened by Jacobsky, the Baron's secretary. The latter had one of his eyes injured by the explosion, and also one hand. Several by-stauders had a narrow escape. The outrage is believed to be the work of Anarchists. London, August-27. The letter contained fulminate* of mercury between two pieces of cardboard, with a small detonator. The explosion took place directly. Little force was used to withdraw the cardboard from the envelope. Bothschild was away at the time. Paris, August 28. M. Jacobsky states that he thought the packet contained race tickets, otherwise he would have forwarded the letter to Baron Bothschild. The police are convinced that anarchists planned the outrage against Bothschild. Thirty persons were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the affair, and each were compelled to submit a specimen of .his handwriting with a view to comparing it with the address on the envelope. The examination, however, proved favorable to the prisoners, who were all released. Jacobsky is improving.

COMMEBCIAL. London, August 27

The Bank of England returns published to-day show the total reserve to be £30,764,000, the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 59*18 per cent.

Three months' bills are discounted at f per cent. New Zealand long berried wheat, ex warehouse, nominally 265; South Australian do, flat, 26s 6d ; Victorian do, 29s 6d. For a South Australian wheat cargo now due,, sellers are asking 265. New Zealand hemp—The market is quiet. .At auction 316 bales were bought in. New Zealaud mutton—First quality, 4|d per lb ; second quality, 4d. Lamb, B|d. Butter —Danish, 102 s per cwt. The N.Z. L. and M. Agency Co. report under date of August 24 :—Frozen Meats—Canterbury mutton is worth per lb. Wellington mutton, 3gd per lb. Prime N.Z. lambs worth per carcase 4§d per lb.

THE DEBBAWONG TBAGEDY, Melbourne, August 27.

A strange tragedy is reported from Derrawong, about 20 miles from Condobolio, a man named Gimblett and his wife hanging themselves. On Saturday morning the husband went to his father-in-law's place, two miles distant, and in his absence his wife committed suicide by hanging. A sister of the deceased woman some two or three hours later went to Gimblett's house, and found Gimblett back, when the woman was cut down. Bassett (the father-in-law) and Gimblett remained with the dead body till 4 in the afternoon, and then Bassett proceeded to a neighbor's named Parsons. Gimblett was found hangiug to the same rope that his wife had used, with his hands strapped behind his back. A magisterial enquiry was held, but no fresh light was thrown on the tragedy. The husband was aged 22 and the wife 18. There is a child four months old, which was at its grandmother's.

Paris, August 27. Lourdes presents some remarkable spectacles. The town is besieged by sufferers waiting to be dipped in tbe waters of the spring. Father Dailly, organiser of the pilgrimage, declares that a hundred miraculous cures have been recorded. Madrid, August 27. The Republicans in Spain are becoming very restless owing to the presence of wealthy Cnba:i agitators who are trying to stir up rebellion in the hope of preventing the despatch of further reinforcements to Cuba. • Melbourne, August 28. A severe storm was experienced in the Ballarat district. Many buildings were destroyed, and several others unroofed. The telegraph lines are down in all directions. The town is in darkness. A mixed train from Maryborough crashed into a heavy iron semaphore, which had been blown across the Hue, but luckily smashed through it. The passengers were considerably shaken.