THE TONGAN DIFFICULTY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2681, 23 August 1887, Page 2

THE TONGAN DIFFICULTY.

: "'". "" London, August 21... * The Government have decided not jto deport the Eev. Mr Baker from; Tonga, but in future to olosely watch hisaotions. ■Sir R.' N; Fowler, Sir W. MoArthur,' and Mr Baden Powell have requested Sir Henry' Holland, to. watch'events in Tonga, and. if necessary to deport the disturbers of the,peaoe. . .A JOCKEY KILLED, .;;;:,. Melbourne, August 22. A jockey who was riding in W; steeplechase at Caulfield on Saturday, died last, night from the effects of the fall. ~.«.'.. .•'TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA. , ; LOSS OF THIRTEEN LIVES. [By Electric Telegraph.] • London,-.Augußt 19. News haß been received that the Inmah Line Steamship City of Montreal has been burned at sea. : '• : ■ ■■ < Tho crew and passengers, with 'the

exception of thirteen, whpV:wefe'.'foßt, have been landed at Quoenstowii.' ' \'' Later, F.urther details of the loss of the steamship Otty of. Montreal state that she mis burnt on theJlth'instant. One-of the boats,-, containing seven passengers, arid. Bix- of' tfte 'otew, was sivamped, the occupant, .henig drowned. .-■• '''■<■■;,■■' '''.August 20. Several tires o&urred simultaneously, among a.cargo of. cotton ••stowed.. : in ' the •hold of. the City of Montreal,'when the vessel was 400 miles ffonj. Newfoundland . There was no sign of a* panic, : -and-both\ the crew and passengers worked, rioliy for'Kqurs in blinding auwkej'.b'utalSaybreak'they wore compelled totak'e'to the' boats,' and in their hurry to do'so, nine-. toenof : thopassengers were", nearly:.lef£ behind. . A p'aasingbarque rescued all those that were on board, with the exception of the I occupants of ono boat. LATEST, ' August 21. Tho Rev. Donaldson, of Adelaide, is among the survivors of the City of Montreal' . . . _ [Tho 6ity of Montreal was. a barque--rigged icon screw steamer of 2841 -tons net register and 4392 tons gross, her ;Under-deok carrying capacity Doing 4392 tons.' She was built at Glasgow' by Messrs Todd aud M'Gregor in 1872. Her dimensions were as follow :—Length 419 ft lin ;• breadth of beam, 44ft; depth of hold, 34fb2in;j :