NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3563, 16 July 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

' : : AtfSmiM. Melbouune, July 14. Several extensive burglaries have been reported lately,' ; Nissim's establishment was • broken into, and gold and silver watches to the value of £4OO stolen,

Thes.B, Maniari, wnich put in here with throe blades of her. propeller carried away, has raiimed her voyago to New Zealand. The unemployed continue to hold deraonslvations. The Salvation Army are endeavouring to find employment; for some of tlioso out of work, and have over 1500 names on their books. Up to the present the Army j has distributed'l2,ooo meals. The Naval and Military Cliib has decided to hold a naval and military tournament in tlio Exhibition buildin? about the middle of November. The tournarnent is to be open to the forces of the British'Empiro. : . Sydney, July 14. _ A discovery has been made of what is believed to be a continuation of the Broken Hill silver lode at Quaka, seventy miles w'est of Wilcamwv. Many applications have, beon put in for leases, and the ground will probably ho rushed.

In a view of Clio jiroposod roduotiou of oconn postage rates New South Wales and Victoria have approved of designs for new postage stamps of the valuo of 2|d, Mr Poulsou Lad a relapse and died this afternoon, . The French residents celebrated the fill of the Bastilo by a feto at Botany Bay, The German flag among the decorations at the luncheon tablo excited angry feelings, and some Frenchmen tore if'down, It was, however, afterwards replaced, Sydney, July 1.1 Mr J. E, Brown, formerly Conservator of Forests in South Australia, hns entered on similar duties in New South Wales and is organising a Forestry Department, The German warships ATexandrine aiid Sperbcr have sailed for China and Soutli Pacific Stations respectively. The German-, squadron will rendezvous here at the end of August. Enquiries are being made by the Minister ,■ of' Instruction into the charges of a criminal nature, alleged to have been committed by the boys on board the .training ship Vernon. Up to the present it has been shown that the allegations are soundless.

Hoiiabt, July 15. Obituary—Mr Hogg, Principal ol the Collegiate Institute. Tho doceased gentleman was a prominent Mason,

Mr Arthur Leake, recently deceased, | has bequeathed the sum of L 30,000 for scholarships for the promotion of painting, sculpture, and astronomy at the Universities at Hobart, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide/and Brisbane. • Adelaide, July 18. The repairing steamer is expected to reach the break to-day. The cable may possibly have been embedded in volcauio action, in which case some tiaie must elapse before it is repaired,