NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3141, 28 February 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, b'ehruary 26,

The Times ridicules Mr Gladstone'! statement with regard to the evictions at Hawarden.

Pigott did not appear in Court to-day and it was ascertained that he had been missing from the hotel where be waa staying since 11 o'clock last night,. A warrant has been issued for bis arrest, , • . . ' Sir C. Bnssell'states that on Saturday' Figott, in the presence of Messrs Labouehere and G. A.Sala, signed a written confession that ho forged the letters himself, Mr Shannon oneof the solicitors employed by the Times, produced a letter written by Pigott stating that the confession was untrue, In the latter Pigott stated that he got the first batch from Pat Gasoy, and 'believed them to be genuine, He himself wrote the body and Casey forged the signatures to two of the second butch of the Parnell letters, and also one of Davitt's and one of O'Kelly's. Hu asserts that note of Bgan's were forged, *■

Australian.

Melbourne, February 27. Tha barque James Harkness reports that she met the barque Martena Johanna, bound from New York to Hull, and; laden with kerosene, In a sinking condition. The crew were rescued from the perilous position, and the captain set fire to the Martena Johanna to prevent, her becoming a derelict and endangering navigation.' She blew up in three hours.

The chemicals in the drying room of a hat factory at Richmond exploded, wreoking the buildings and seriously injuring two of the employe's, ;

Adelaide,. February 27. During the storm at Eudunda, 60 miles north of this city, two children named Brooks were killed by lightning. . '

• Hobabt, February 27. The loss of the steamer Southern Cross is attributed to negligence, the coastal lights being clearly visible, and not, as alleged, obsonred by smokfrom bush fires. It is stated that the orew got drunk after the aseident, otherwise the passengers luggage would have been saved.