Cablegrams.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 89, 9 December 1890, Page 2

Cablegrams.

LONDON, December 4. Obituary - Eight Hon Sir Barnes Peacock. Hemp is in poor demand. 250 bales were sold by auction to-day. Good average quality realised £23. Wool is firm, and prices have hardened slightly. The present series of sales close on the 12th. Frozen meat is unchanged. The Hon E. Stanhope, Minister of War, is warmly in favour of the separation 1 of Queensland, and the the movement wfll spcoeet]. 1 ’ 1 ; 1 “December 5. Ik was Colonel Andrade' and a detachment of three hundred armed Portuguese who lowered the British flag at at Matacos. On intimation of the affair reaching the agent of the British and South African Company, a party of .police was despatched, to the scent and disarmed the Partugpese. Cplone!

Andrade is still held in custody, but it is said he is desirous of coming to terms with the Company. Obituary:—The wife of the Eight Hon. A. W. Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Baron Huddleston. December 6. The Countess of Jersey h&vvM recovered from typhoid Earl has left for Sydney. SYDNEY, December 5. The coal lumpers who were out on strike resumed work. An important discovery of coal has been made near Corand. The report of the medical gentlemen attending Ibbot, the Swedish faster, states that it is possible to feel his spinal column by pressing against his stomach. MELBOURNE, December 6. The Amalgamated Association of Miners has remitted the sum of £BOO to aid the miners who went out on strike. BRISBANE, December 6. A disastrous fire broke out in the city early this morning. Benjamin Brothers’ warehouse was destroyed, and the premises of Macarthur and Co. adjoining were considerably damaged. Benjamin’s stock which was valued at £60,000 was insured for £41,000. The damage to Macarthur’s premises and stock is estimated at £15,000, but this is covered by insurance.