NEWS BY GABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2725, 14 October 1887, Page 2

NEWS BY GABLE

London, Octobor 11, Russia has seized a British Ameri-. •'can sealer in Behrring Soa. The 'Marquis of -Salisbury is ill, •and his medical adviser has ordered repose, ' ; -. Obituary—Eev William Futters, Wesleyau clergyman, formerly of Victoria. • • ■ ' Tho University pf Cambridge confers the honorary,d6gree of Master of Arts on Erofessor Liversidge. The Marquis of Ailesbury is about to apply to the. Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice for an injunction to restrain tho Jockey Club' from enforcing their recent' disqualifi-' cation. . • October 12. It is reported that' Ayoub'Khari has been killed. " News from Boutli Africa' states that parleying is proceeding wiih a view to uniting tho Transvaal and Ottonge Free State, in order to form a new : Boer-Republic. The Government attempts to implicate Generals Boulanger, Milson, and Thibaudiri in the War Office scandal have failed.

■ /Twenty-eight persons have been killed p,nd 85 injured during the Bulgarian elections, owing to M. Zankoff s party provoking disorder in the rural' districts. ' M. De Lesseps is ill.

A reconciliation has been effected between King Milan, of Servia, and Nathalie, his wife. ■ A European Conference to consider affairs in Morocco will be'held at Madrid shortly. London, October 18th. Tenders for the Borough of Richmond (Victoria) loan of £65,000, bearing 5 per cent interest, the minimum being fixed at £lO7, were opened to day when the total amount offered was found to be £176,000. Tenders at £IOB Is 6d will receive 15 per cent, of the allotment, and tenders above that in full. Adelaide, October 12. A completo deadlock has taken place in the shipping trade in consequence of the wharf hands having gone on strike. The shipping trade is, as a result, entirely stopped, Hobart, October 12. The health authorities announce that 25 cases of smallpox exist in this colony. FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCID- . ENT IN AMERICA. ' New York, October 12, A collision occurred in Indiana yesterday between an express and a freight train. Four cars of the former; including a sleeping car, were telescoped, and, becoming ignited, seven-' teen of the unfortunate occupants perished in the burning debris. Twenty-five others were rescued more or less injured. DEATH OF LADY BRASSEY. London, October 12.. Intelligence.has been received here of the death of Lady Brassey, on 14th September, on board the yacht Sun--; beam. The cause of death is stated to be fever, whioh was contracted whilst on tho Australia^;coast, Her remains were buried at sea. • ; • TflE STATE OBURELAND. Londox, October 12. Mr Chamberlain was received with great enthusiasm on his arrival at Belfast, and was entertained at a banquet in that town last evening. In responding to' a toast Mr Chamberlain urged upon those present the necessity/of Ulstermen making their voice heard upon the question of separation, and that he considered them quite justified in asserting their right to consideration in any settlement of the question. Mr Chamberlain, speaking on the

same occasion said, referring to Home i Rule, that it was.impossible to force Ulster, to accept - what she distrusted and. detested. ■ • The Daily News states that the Government will likely try to suppress Leagues throughout Ireland. ALLEQEti SEAL POACHING. - P,,;.: ,MfiieotrtofE,' October 12. • . The ' received: a communication fr6ih' the • New Zealand. Marine; eni3[uiting : ;wliether the scjioijfn'er' !Awa-' ,r.ua had. landed any- sealskins from, the v Aucklatid Islailds/ as,.the .present sss■ the close for ' the- seal-'fiah'eryi. TBe Oustotbs Pepartiiieat. in reply, informed the -New Zealand .authorities • that. 176.skina.appeared on the-.A.wa-rua's manifest, b.utjno' entry" hsd.'bfejjapassed for them. It is believed that the skills are intended for shipment- to London, / ; ;:•■ ' FLOOD AT BLENHEIM. / (United Pbess Association.) . Blenheim, October. 18. * Only the low-lying portions of the town weii flpoded on lues lay night. There, was considerable depth of water in some of the streets, and in a few instances it found its way through the houses. Tho business people in the centre of the town lifted their, goods from the ground floors, and very little damage was done m tho shops. ;The streets and footpaths in some portions of the borough have suffered considerably by the current. There was an immense body of water running down the Omaka, and- the-.telegraph poles on tho middle road crossing were washed. No damago' worth speaking about has been done either to the river embankments or to the property of settlers, The flood-water has entirely disappeared from the town. It is now (noon), raining heavily, and the Wairau and Opawa rivers : are rising. The flood yesterday was caused by the overflow of the Taylor and Omaka rivers.