NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3232, 17 June 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

ENGLISH. London, Juno 14. Tlw Pi'ovo3t of ISdinburgli will not attend the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the city 011 Mr Parnell, A thousand dock labourers patrolled at Glasgow yesterday and intimidated the men who sought to lill the. Btrikers place. Seventy-four deaths resulted from the Armagh railway accident, Wholo families were destroyed, Tho Queen has sent a message of condolence to the sufferers. Mr Sherard, Sir G. Chetwynd's trainer, is uoy being oxanjined by tlie Jockey Club, FOREIGN. Suakim, June 14. A virulent form of small-pox is raging among tho Dervishes encamped near here, Beruh, June 14 The Nord Doutscho Zeitung and Yossisebe Zeitung liolh agree that a struggle between liussia and Germany is inevitable, Lisbon, June 14, The Portuguese Government has decided to give bounties upon' exported wines, in order to checkmate the growing sale of Australian and American brands, Paris, June 14, Deputies Laguerre, Derqulede, and Laiffsant, have been arrested, The Due U'Angouleme arrived in Paris yesterday, aqd received a public ovation, The following is the result of the race for tho Grand Steeplechase de Paris, run at .the Autonil Meeting Torpeilleur, 1; Sitch, 2; Fairfax, 3, AMERICAN. New Yobk, June 14, St. Jimes' Cathedral at Brooklyn has been destroyed bj lightning. 1 Washington, June 14. Mr J. G. Blaine, Secretary of State, disapproves of the agreement arrived at by the Sarooan Conference, and has requested it to reconsider it. Australian. Melbourne, June 15, The floods still continue. Two .men, named M'Gratb and Russel, have been swept away in the Rodney district and drowned, 'As the outcome of the measures talteii by Government to prevent the entrance'of .foreign warships into Port Phijlip, .)n Ofder-in-Councilhas been is'sue.d in tho,Gazette, appointing 4 special anchorage for foreign njon-of-war in rear of the western entrance, South Channel. None of the foreign

vessels will be permitted to ' laud a armed parties, 0 S The Indian Government have (1 informed the Government'that they I are prepared to purchase 2000 horses 'j in Australia for army service. ■ ii Hobart, Juno 15, g The lower portion of the .city is ut under water, and the residents have \ been removed to a place of safety. 0 All commuication by railway, and 0 telegraph is interupted, There are t signs of the weather moderating. I Brisbane, June 15. c Mr Wragge, the Government r Meteorologist, predicts that the severe j storiii centre now over Tasmania will y probably pass a hundred miles south j of Foveaux Straits.' c Sydney, June 15. f Tho bulk of the cargo of wheat, ex ] Bothwell Castle, has been sold to a t country mill. New Zealand wheat £ now in the market is selling princi- i pally to country millers, j Telegraphic. Assaulting a Customs Officer.' ' Christciiuro'h, June 15. j In the case of Mr Scarlett, charged ) with 'assaulting n Customs officer £ while executing his duty, ind hinder- ( ing stock-taking at the brewery for ] tho purpose of levying .duty, Mr 1 Beethain, in dismissing the informa- ( tion, said Mr Jackson, the officer in , question, had no right to be there ( without the collector, therefore lie < dealt with the case as a common | assault, fining Scarlett 20s. Section | 42 of tho Act said clearly the collec- , tor, with any assistants acting under j him; or by his direction, bad a right j to be there, but in this case Jackson , was there and not the collector. The ] Act gave the Collector of Customs very great power, and the question was whether it contemplated these powers being delegated. He held it did not, and section 49 did not ; entitle anyone else to be termed collector, for it clearly separated the offices of collector and officer in that section. Had Scarlett assaulted the collector it would have been a serious ! offence. Mr Martin, • tho Crown prosecutor, obtained leave to appeal, pointing out tbat if the ruling was upheld it affected the position of collectors throughout the Colony, and : it would be necessary to amend tho 1 Act'at once. Death of ILarauna- ' Napier, Juno IG. 1 Turanga Karauria is still alive, but ' in ureat agony and is sinking fast. J He is now - partially paralysed. 1 The doctors say he cannot possibly live. He is a well-made, intelligent 1 nnd well-educated young man, of 26, I His young wife is with him and has , obstinately refused all nourishment ' since he was shot. Last night ' Karauria sent a requejt. that the Herald representative might visit him this morning, as he wished to give an ~ y explanation as to why lie wont on the ' land, but on the reporter going up be e was. in too much pain to speak conp nectedly: Captain Preeco went to I Omaliu yesterday, when the Natives, on his advice, gavenpall their firearms • about 40 stand in all, some rifles being 8 loaded. ® Monday. Turanga Karauria died at the i hospital shortly aftor 0 o'clock last p night. The inquest commences this 0 morning, Later, r The post-mortem on Karauria II showed the bullet lodged in his bowels. ■1 The inquest adjourned till next ' Monday. ] Railway Accident. j Auckland, June IG. On Saturday evening the train 0 from Auckland when passing BUerslie platform ran into a waggon which y crossed the road and hadnot got clear, i. The hind wheels of the vehicle were ° knocked off, and a man named Hyde J was caught by the cowcatcher of the i, engine and carried about thirty yards. 1. His collar bone was broken and he 11 was injured internally, but ho will j probably recover. A boy named Golding had his arm broken and another lad named Walsh received a . scalp wound. Ii Drowned; Oamaru, June IG. A man named Kowley was drowned in the harbour on Saturday 8 evening. Along with a companion he was returning from the dredge in a boat, and when passing over the " hawser of the dredge tho boat was 5 capsized. Both men were thrown into the water, but Kewley could not 11 swim, and aftor holding 011 to the 0 boat for a short time, sank. The 11 body was recovered about 15 minutes e afterwards, but life was extict. 8 Obituary. OpiSTCHUKCIii June 15, Colonel Brett, M.L.0., died to-day at 2 o'clock. Though' ailing for some time, his death Was unexpected, as he 3 was ablo to take daily exercise. 11 Football Accident. CiiRiSTCHURon, Monday. W, Andrews, captain of the East Christchnrch Football Club, broke bis leg on Saturday whiie playing against the Chrißtchurch Club.