FIRE ON A SHIP.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2151, 17 January 1891, Page 1

FIRE ON A SHIP.

Sydney, J»d. 14. A fire broke oat in the four-masted ship Talavera (Captain Robinson) which arrived from London, Dec. 31st, after an eighty-fivedays'paßssage. The fire commenced under the fore batch, bat owing to the dense smoke the firemen were unable to descend into the bold to grapple with the flames. The whole of the lower hold, was a mass of flames, and the fire was not extinguished until 700 tons of oargo had been damaged and the hull injured to the extent of £3OOO. The vessel was insured in London, and the remaining portion of the wbb cargo valued at £3,5000. She is owned by Messrs John Hardie <fc Co., of Glasgow, and is an exceptionally fine specimen of marine architecture.

The fire is supposed to have originated in a shipment of wax matches.

• LABOR| QUESTIONS. London, Jan. 13. The strikers are on the increase. The traffic on the Northern railway lines is in a congested state. There are miles of trucks at the various stations waiting to be unloaded. I'he Railway Companies have refused to accept the Lord Provost as a mediator. Jan, 15. Ihe strikers have plenty of funds. Brisbane, Jan. 15.

The difficulty with the shearers is growing less serious, and a large number of men have signed the agreement drawn up by the Paatoralists' Union. «. .. IRISH AFFAIRS. London, Jan. 11. Sir W. V, Harcourt, in the course of a letter which has been just published, declares that he prefers the peace and comfort of his fireside to political activity at present. In the course of an address at Newcastle Mr Jcbn Morley, M.P., said that no proposal of a binding nature was made to Mr Parnell at the Hawarden interview. The question of the control of the Irish police and appointment of magistrates in Ireland was not mentioned, nor was any proposal whatever made to concede the appointment of Judges in Ireland, The statement that the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland was offered to one of the Parnellites was also untrue. In conclusion he declared that the Liberal party would etill press Home Rule. Mr J. Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, taunted Mr Gladstone with having disclosed bis plans to Mr Parnel', and of being afraid to trust the people of England. Sir O. Russell in the course of a speech said the principles that the Home Rulers were fighting for would survive the shock caused by the Parnell episode.

DR, KOCH'S CURES. London, Jan. 14. Professor Anderson Stuart, who has been studying Dr Koch's specific on behalf of Ne * &outh Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand, baa obtained additional lymph, and possesses an ample supply of materials for experimenting. He has arranged for a continuous supply of lymph aod is convinced that it is a moßt powerful agent. He is of opinion that the exact value of it as a remedy against consumption will not ba arrived at till after long and numerous trials. Professor H. B. Allen, who has been ihyeetigatiug the cure on behalf of Victoria, has sailed for Australia. Berlin, Jan. 14.

Dr Kock will divulge his geeoret tomorrow. The lymph produces albrnndSiß aod makes damaged protoplasm necrobic, thus cauing bacilli to die.