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• _ Capetown, July 18. _The accident in the De Beer mine, Kimberley; was caused by ignition in the shaftproventiug the men working in the mine from getting out, and many were suffocated by the smoke. Forty three white men and 500 natives, wore rescued.. The damage is estimated at £20,000. A quantity of dynamite was exploded hi the mine in order to dear the galleries from damp. The fire in the De Beermine is still burning, and all hopes of any others being rescued has been abandoned. It is believed that fatalities by fire at the De Beer mine will amount to 224, of which 24 are white men.
London, 'July 17. The, papal letter was read in the Irish Churches yesterday. It declared that the Plan of Campaign is altogether an unlawful method of action and is therefore forbidden. The 're-, script rebukes tho opposition of the former to the decision of His Holiness the Pope,
~ ; July 17. The Bill providing for the appoint-" ment of a commission to enquire into the Times' charges against Parnelf, was read the first time 'in the House of Commons' to-day. ? : Mr.. Parnell angrily refused to say whether he would accept or reject the appointment of a commission, lintil the Bill had been circulated . among the; members of the House. Continuing, he said no Government ought to, nomiuate a tribunal and then fix ternis with reference to it.: He accused the Government of being an accomplice of the Times,and comparedjh'em to butchers, tho Parnellites being the sheep for slaughter. '
Sydney, July 19. ' A horrible murder has been committed at Wanaring, A man named Reid struck his wife on the head with a tomahawk, smashing in her skull. Reid, who is evidently insaue, was. immediately arrested, whereupon lie cooly remarked that" he had chopped her until ho was tire'd. 1 '
Melbourne, July 19. Millet, a mining speculator, has been robbed of £BOOO worth of scrip. A man at Esland to-day was cut in half owing to a circular saw breaking. Tho New Zealand greyhound, Bliodanthe 11. has been sold for £125,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2956, 21 July 1888, Page 2
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