NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3239, 25 June 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. ; _«. London, June 28.' i 'Major Egerton, 'giving 'evidence before the Jookey Olub! asserted that i he Lad suggested to Mr Weatbeiby the propriety of making enquiry into i Fulkton's running. He declared seven jookeys formed a ring, and four are still riding. i The summons issued against Lord < Mandeville by the Mlio Pioseoutor on;a charge of fraud: has been , r : Loi'd Hersobell, spealfliig at 'the' •" diimer,s of "the Federatiori>; Leagiioj;, said an' uuiqud feature pt the Empure; was. tlie absoluje v incoiTuptibilityfof ;■ Crown ..officials. -He: "opposed-.: Mr . Tapper's proposal for a Convention. The League was.domg a great work ' in destroying the tradition of the .old ' school who- opposed.-to ,the ] retention of the Benrle is in splendid conditipu. He .' regards O'Connor as a dangerous • . opponent but.' frbimself J confident of is.prepared ! to make\matolieS;;ate;-th\^race ; ' for'the championship, 1 ;, He: considers i Stanburyis tho coming champion';;''. i . Captain ' Duke of flagship .at • •Portsmouthj; was finedlli(j;and costs. for contempt of Court inubt producing undera writ of.Sabeaa.Uorpasi Seaman •• ihompsoui:-.whoX^was wrongfully sentenced[fordesertion, i payable gold has been 'discovered ' at.Crookhiveu,near-O.oik. '.*:.'x Shipmasters .on; the. Clyde are looking'seamen ; out. ;f V- /,v:■;" ■Howardwas sentenced to 10 year's . perial'seratude'for'tbe.Eleotrio sugar fraudß... ;'•' : : . •' : V;'; : - i : : ; .^' : ■/;. lord- Hersohell presided" at: ; the annual dinner of-the'federation League^ ) The Agohts-General were absent,' Sir-W; Jervoiai said it was useless to ask the Colonies to contribute tolinperial expenses.; : ' -': i.-■. --AioißicAN;;:/: ':;■:. , v.-.- , New .York,' Juiie 28. ' v ) ■' The Prohibition law has been repealed in Rhode Island State by a [ large majority. -,, • '"'■"■';■'.' r Sir Henry Looh expresses regrdt , that it has been found necessary to ( remove liira from .Victoria.. His f successor is doubtful. The names of , the Lord Balfour ofßhrleigh arid Mr t Harrison are mentioned'. The Observer speaks in terms of praise ot s siir-'H. Loch's Hadministration in ; Victoria and remarks that he will \ find his position at the Gape difficult i in view of colonial preference for Sir J -Heroules Robinson...,. i Chicago, June 28. i A man named George Brooks has : come forward with fresh evidence t regarding Dr Croiiin's. murder, i He says be and his sweetheart saw i the trunk containing Crouin's body i placed on a wagon and afterwards ■ deposited in the sewer. He' oan c identify the men who were engaged , in the deed. 3 FOBEKiN. 1 ■, Paris, June 23. " Monsieurs Gernionl and Loir complain that their mission 7.0 I Australia was thwarted by the law/in ? New South Wales.preventing the 3 introduction of miorobes. Thoy 3 assert tlnsproved to bo the fororuniiei 3 of systematic ' hindrances.: The Commission refused to make a public } trial of Pasteur's system. They accuse 1 the Government of making extracts r from thejr letters. j -'">' Buchahest, June 23. j The semi-official Independence t Boumanie denounces the action of j the Servian Regents towards Austria B andcondornds the formation of Great Ij Bervia. :.;'■# ■" a . ' _ Belgkadb, June, 28. e A Eussian journalist has been j oxpolled from Servia for. drafting an anti-Austrian manifesto/ 1 ' ■ —— — 8 Australian. t Temble Collierg Accident. Sydney, June 28. ] Great excitement has been caused 3 here owing to the oollapso of the , A.A, Company's uiinehoar Newcastle. . So far as is kuown at presont 14 , miners were entombed. Eiglit have ' been rescued, and as the shouts of B the others cau be heard, there is a 1 probability of all being rescued alive. ir ' . June 24, , The scene at the mouth of the A, A, j company's pit where the miners are , entombed presents a most painful and pathetic aspect, j Crowds of women are waiting { toe, full of anxiety for thefatoof t the men, and the distress of those j most nearly related to the victims of P the accident.is pitiful.':: , It is believed four men named , Pettitt, Mason, Peato, and son wore i .killed outright by'the fall of the roof, [ After the 'first fall a party of seven f succeeded in oscaping' after terrible , hardships. Whon ■ brought to the f surface they presontod a pitible , spectacle, some of them bleeding 1 profusely. , When the first mass of ooaleartb ; fell Pettitt's niateswprkeddesporately to release him, but' despite all j endeavours' they failed; and had at last to fly for their lives. . The following are the names of . men entombed ;-Pettitt, Beaumont; ;■ Gadows, Grant, Hudson, Bonfiold, Peate and son, Mason, Prgctor,; and , Roberts.,

Another fall has taken place which has driven tho rescue party a hundred yards back. The subsidence extends over a btal area of 15 acres.

All hope of recovering the men alive is abandoned and; even the prospect of obtaining the bodies for Christian burial is small. , Melbourne, June 28. :

Tho ship Iplanthe,. of 1598 tons, bound to this port from Liyqrpool, ran" into the ship Cape Verd, 1711 tons, from Lpndon, off the Gellibrand lightship this evening. The Cape Verd sank a}most immediately, but her crew were rescued. The lolauth'o is making water. No further particulars are to hand this evening, j