CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1049, 20 June 1883, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN. fRtUTER —COPYRIGHT.) (Received June 19, 1 a.m.) LONDON, June 18. Latest accounts of the catastrophe at Sunderland state that 190 children lost their lives, their ages being from four to fourteen years. It has been ascertained that. the disaster was., caused by the closing of a swing door leading from the bnilding. Telegrams have been . received here reporting that the natives have butchered the whole staff of the North Borneo Trading stationed on the island. - :/ - It is rumoured that Richard O’ShaUghhrssy, M.P. for Limerick,’ has been appointed to the vacant Governorship of Queensland, but the report has not received any official confirmation. Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association Arrived; Ships Thorne, from Najner, 14th Feb; Firth of Forth, from Lyttelton, 14ih March Westland, from Port Chalmers, 26th March ; Gurli, from Lyttelton, 24th March. CAPETOWN, June 18. v Intelligence is to hand of further difficulty between the Transvaal Boers and Border tribes. Telegrams have been received stating that the Usuta natives made a successful invasion in force into Transvaal territory, carrying off a large number of cattle.

AUSTRALIAN. [REUTER—COPYRIGHT.] (Received June 19, 1 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 18. ; It is understood that •. Sir Henry Parkes leaves Sydney per R.M.S. Australia on July 12th for America, ■where he will remain some lime before proceeding to England, and that he will be absent from the colony about eighteen months. It is understood that Sir Henry’s visit to England is on account of private affairs. (Received June 19, 1 p.m.) MELBOURNE, June 19.

Mauritius advices to 2nd instant report the following clearances of sugar cargoes to New Zealand ports:—Dunedin, 250 tons; Lyttelton, 310 tons. The Argus publishes a forecast of the Ministerial measures for the approaching session. These are stated to include a Bill for the appointment of three Commissioners for the management of railways, and a Bill to abolish official patronage in public departments. The Argus states that party questions will be avoided by the Government. Mr Service, Premier, has received a telegram from the Government of New Zealand intimating the latter’s intention to test in Parliament the question of sharing with the other colonies the expenses of the annexation of, the New Hebrides and other groups in the Pacific.