CABLEGRAMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2215, 9 February 1886, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

(BY BriBOWOTKIiBJItAI'Ii -Ool'V LIGHT)

Rioter's Tewavs.

_ Melbonmk, February 8. ' A fatal boiler explosion is reported from Ballarat. An ammonia boiler at the Ballarot Ice Works hurst and totally wrecked the building, A man and a boy were killed and the proprietor of the factory now lies in an extremely critical condition, . A telegram from Mr Murray Smith, Agent-General for Victoria has been received to-day by tho Government, Mr Smith states that, accompanied by Sir Francis Pillon Bel!, Agont-General of New Zealand, and Mr Garriok, AgentGeneral of Queensland, he waited upon the Secretary for colonies with reference to tlfe reported Francisco-German arrangement, respecting''occupation of the New Hebrides, Sir Robert Herbert assured tlfe tifat |lei: Majesty's, Government would nqt consent'to. anything in connection with the djspgsal qf those islands without consulting • tlfe colonies. Sir Saul Samuel, AgentGeneral of Now South Wales, and Sir Arthur Blyth, Agqnfc-Genenl of South Australia, were not proßo'nt at the interview, Both abstain from taking notion pending receipt of authority from their respective Governments. London, Februery 8. Sir Join; Fairer Hersohell, Lord Chancellor in the new administration assumes the title of Baron Herschell, on his elevation to the Upper House. Mr E, Hcjjeage has been appointed Chancellor pi: the Duchy (if Lancaster, and Mr Osborne Morgan Under Seoretary for the Polonies Sir (7. liay'Shuttlewprtlf, Under-Secretary fqr Home affairs, and Mf Horhert Gladstone, Financial Score: tary of the War Office, Rangoon-, February 8, His Excellency Lord Dufferln arrived hero to-day from Calcutta,