"AGE" SPECIALS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1431, 16 July 1883, Page 2

"AGE" SPECIALS.

'::.: ;' LONDON,.; ;;;'.".,';...,,.-■ , ,' July 4th.. The' accident; which; occurred on Tuesday in launching the steamer P auphin is "attributed to the fact; that the machinery was inserted before launching J the vessel, and another reason.assigned is /,thn,tfftlie,'chains by Which the, steamer i; was eased into (the water worked unsatisfactorily,: and with unequal action.' Forty bodies have already been,, recovered. Efforts are,being made'itph-aiso the Dauphin, but so far they hav.e not succeeded. The jfttest reports fhpw |kt.ils| i '|ei , sons lost their livesHhrougHlKelccideht, ; ; The for the Australasian colonies yesterday waited upon the members of the London Chamber of Commerce with reference to the

lotion ;takeiv' by |:,the' } Postal Conference at "Sydney; % obtain];' the admission of the Postal Unions It; , was resblyed.'that the' Wellington and i { Brisbane Giiamhers of .Commerce ' should be urged to press tlie.imp'oiv i tance of joining the Union upon their "; respective Governments. Sir F, D. Bell,- Agent-General for New Zealand, 1 : and, ..Mr Archer • for: 'Queensland promised that 1 thV suggestion''should be acted upon, and that they would do ; all ]n their power r to secure compliance ; on the part of their Governments,'' "'' : Areinforcement of French troopshaye; arrived at 1 Leanoi to ; strengthen tlip] garrison established there. ,;,;Upon their arrival, hostilities'were at once recommenced, andraßeyere engagement; took place between theforcesof Frahce and Anam, which resulted in th,e,defeat of the Anamese who great suffered loss, The French commander'theh;sWfire;t6\; the town,-;whicbivasrsdon .completely'< destroyed. ;:j'!'.! .. r \f '/()?: Sir Julius Vogel in a letter" in the Times this morning discusses,the,,ques-, tion of colonial defences. In the course' of his remarks he advocated'that the colonies should pay an annual subsidy to England in return for the protection afforded ;them b'y ; War vessels belonging to'.the Imperial Navy;.';'; ',} ■]{•■ ,'|f. ■;/ ;. ,;At.a : recent meeting of the Dy'nanuteParty held atNewYork,Sheridari, whose '< (extradition ; was lay ■- : Engla^dy ; v v a.. shot t ; :; and; Jno,, Irish Land jLeague,' addresses. sieyj Staj;e| Mtlthe porters of the,iynamits pbl|c| hadlng| J ' abradp'nea theii* jnteiqitiott of sn|osir|j: their demands; and that ma|e. to recommence 'op^raMMrg|on; ; a| mprj, 'extensive scale th^fpjrmerly.- '..'.'. A select committeei r app'o]hted bj,|h| House :of Lords "■ to; cbhsidebfcpp posal for a ship canal from Mersey |o' Manchester have sent their which''emphatically approves of the scheme.: ■■ ••■','■' ■/•; ; .-; ;■■ A difficulty has.arisen between the, Governments of Austria and Roumania in connection with the decisions arrived at by the Danubian conference some months ago, The relations between the two countries are very strained. ; ; Discussing the proposal'for the federation of the Australasian colonies the Standard this morningexpressed the opinion that the soheme was utterly impracticable, and suggests that in place of federation, the' colonies should adopt a commercial league similar to the German Zelloerin. The news that Gladstone had refused to endorse the action of the Queensland Government as regards the annexation of New: Guinea, has caused a general feeling of surprise, and in some quarters indignation is. expressed at what is regarded as an arbitary and somewhat tyrannical exovoise of power, The leading Australians in London are especially severe in, their demuncia* tions of the Gladstone' Ministry, and ihe Premier has received numerous letters from representative men formally protesting against tho course adopted by the Government.