CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1407, 18 June 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

;■■ .;;,;:, v : ; REIJTfiKS:TEI,EaitA)IS.;' ; . : .' : ; by. ;.niiKCTiiic::-TEr.'EGit'\i'li— copy-iiiti'irr l :']-'y. •/LONDON,■/:':"■■ ' : % ;.';': ■.■■'■■; June 1T..;. V ; Oiie of'thsV nibst fvppalliiig :cat:\H--troplics for hiaiiy years-past occurred, at Sunderland last night, A children's fete was held during the evening; in the Victoria 'Hallj, -fully 2000: beipg present, : and the entertainment having .ended,-, the children .were leaving the iiuildiiigt\vJifen.:"n"ifulse alarin of: fire v/as rased.■;• A- panic ensued, and;it fprthe staircase, in; desceiiiling ;\ylitcli. : ■ liiany;.fell,ani:l were.; trainpled upon- liy-.tljose following. .The. outlet became blocked, and':before the : bariic.cpuld bo 'allayed,/and the staiiv 'caseclctVred, one hundred'and ; eighty hatl heeii ct'ijshgd to death, arid many ethers'serfoiisly injured,.;; Th'ocaluniity has caused, profound gloom and distress over the district, and sympathy is universally expressed for- the sufferers u'ikV tlieir* relatives. . : '' X: \ ; ; '^The lli'glit''Hon;;John Bright, in the ■coursb-of..'iin address to the people of Birhiingliami lilst evening,;: strongly advocated the foriiiatibnof the Channel Tunnel,,and also urged the advisability .of, co-operating. with France iu the formation of tho projected second Suez Canal.'^''','\ ;: ; r ' V •■."■' .- ;

It has transpired that Sir. 'Hercules Robinson, will shortly return to the Cjip'p, pd ; will remain there until the completion Qfhia-tprin'ofbllice, . '-'. : ;#F.^ Agent-General, has /had : an,: interview with' M-; :Coche'iy,;the French Minister for posts'and; telegraphs, with referleupp to;flfe+gs,tablishment of; a ; line ..of. jiiaij steamers/ betivedu •■'Jfojjr Zealand and Fronch;jiortsX. : Xrifo ilesult pf the interview has hot, however, transpired,

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J 'At''today's, wool, sale,'' 9100 bales j.\yoro ; ;but:the,demandiin-not active, ', .;./:; ; .

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