NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3116, 30 January 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

■ London, 28th January. Twenty tons of mol ten metal exploded in a factory at Ore wo, owing to cold water coming into contact with the glowing mass. Twenty workmen received dreadful injuries, It is reported that America is purchasing a large Pacific cruiser for service at Samoa/:

The Times expresses a doubt whether England has approved tho German action in Samoa,, but believes

she bus meiely abstained from making any official protest.

•• A policeman was savagely attacked, and murdered in a street off Gates-head-on-Tylie. Owing to the weapon used being a butcher's knife, a butcher has hoeu arrested who is known to have hod a grudgo against the unfortunate man. :

The .Corporation of . tho City of I Glasgow have determined to erect a public crematory,, . - ■ > Parir,:27th January. The election for the-Department of tho Seine : took place to-jlay, when General Boulnngei'. was returned, He polled. 244,000 and; M. . Jacques 162,000, .Yesterday - rioting took place in thi3 city, Tl|e■ aristocrat's quarters wero tranquil,- hpt the French students made ft demonstration of hostility, and it was found necessary to mass the troops in • order to quell any disturbances . , • - 28th Jauuaryr • The result of the Seine election was rwd. by an immense crQwd

with great: enthusiasm.-' ;Tho .Repub: licans aro - mynlified . nnd'ainazed at: General Bonlanger's Buccesa. .-. His sticco§3 ie ,attributed to quairels between, theßepublican, and Opportunist (initios. .-Eloquet's: resignation i is expected,"; 'A Republican wllunco has again been patched up for thai purpose of keoping Boulnngor out of office. ? The French : Government have i decided to agree to the proposal of the Egyptian Government extending the operations of tho mixed tribunals for a period offlve years on a larger basis.

Berlin, January 28.' i- There is no sign ■- of Bismarck yielding to the protest of the American Government against the action of the Germans in 5am0a.;....; January 28. ■ It : is considered certain that tho A frioan - Company Bill will bo carried by the Roiehstag. Prince Bismarok, ill; the-course of a debate on the measuro,.. said that 'the' Company would have to- be paramount in.the matter, as it was impossible for the Gorman Emperor to become a tenant farmer in Zanzibar. > , Soakim, January 28. •El "Senouissi, the rival of the Mahdi, is marching on to Kordofan. - : 'Alexandria,• January 27. : The Egyptian Budget for the year shows a surplus." "

Australian. . - : Melbourne, January 29, : Further details of the burning of the Mississippi; steamer John Hanna show that the catastrophe was tragic in the extreme. .The-vessel was wrapped in a sheet of flames three minutes after the first outbreak. . Many were, scalded todeatli by the bursting of the steam pipes. When the steamer rebounded from the sand-bank on to which she was steered, a great deed of heroism was performed by . a deck hand named Giren. He sprang to the. pilot house, and stuck to his post till'he had brought the vessel back to the bank.' By this time, however, he was imprisoned in the house, Jigainst which the flames were dashing in a wall by .fire. Eveutually Giren succeeded in reaching the shore, but he was terribly burned; and filially died in 'indescribable agony/ i Many -of | those who jumped overboard stuck fast in the mud, ind as the vessel burned down to the water's edge were slonly roasted to death, in full view of the crowds assembled on the shore.

The awards in tho exhibits of textile exhibits, clothing and accessories, were made to-day. The Mosgiel Woollen Factory, of" Dunedin, secure first prize and special mention for yarns and tweeds; L. Maxwell, of Opuuake, takes first , prize for a collection of dried ferns, J, Malcolm of Papakura, aud W. 0, Wells of Hokitika, third. The Commissioners also awarded them'.' honourable mention for a .collection'ot Native ferns. Brewin, of Auckland was awarded honourable mention for bush seeds, and Carduch for dried apples. Ward secured first prize for enamelled leather. The Auckland Boiler Mills and J. C. Firth, Auckland, took first awards in Hour,- also the Timaru Milling Company, and Chamberlain Bros Mastorton, E. Allen & Co., Timaru, and J. and T. Meek, of Oamaru, take second prize in the same class. -Mary'Ryley of Leppertou, and S., Eirkpatrick & Co, Nelson, second prizes for jams. The Phcenix Confectionary Comoany, of Dunedin, take secoud for coufectiouaryi and J. L. Crumpe, of Devenport lourtli for biscuits. Messrs Dowlings & Sons, of Victoria, won the international champion prize for wool at the Melbourne Exhibition.

Sydney, January 29. - Welcome rains are falling over the colony generally. A water supply has' been struck on the Dunlop station, South,-, which will savd 80,000 sheep from 1 perishing. Five '..business premises.at Dubbo were burned. The damage is estimated at £20,000, The National and New Zealand Insurance. Companies have lines of £4BOO ou the premises destroyed.