CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4375, 22 March 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

Vfae Home Rule Question.

London, March 20. t Mr Gladstone is convening a meet- a ing of his Party to doviao means to ~ overcome tho obstruction which is ji threatened against the passage of the Home Rule Bill. v ' Mr John Redmond declares that , there is danger that the Loci] Option y Question will overshadow the Home ] Rule Bill. Tho Irish members of tho £ House have decided to demand that | the Government shall fulfil its pro- \ mises in regard to tho measure. Mr John Dillon says that if the ] people of Ulster choose to light the | Queen's troops, the residents of other i parts of Ireland will merely look on as ' spectators. The Catholic Unionists at Limerick , aro foitfM&a society against Home Rulo, claim that autonomy will mean increased taxation, owing to the exigencies of tho new Government, while no help can be received from thelmporial Parliament in time offapiiqe. flip Govcrpment is enquiring as to the facilities for extra barrack accommodation in Ulstor in the event of it being found necessary to reinforce the troops there. The Daily News declines to accept Mr Gladstone's principlo that only those members who are in need of monetary assistanco should receive honoraria. Apprehension is expressed by City men with reference to the taxation of the Wellinglon-Manawatu Railway Company's debenture-holders. It is feared that tho prinpiple may up extended at a future date, and in; yplvp the tiixatiop fif all holders of New Zealand stocks, Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety oi the White Star line's new r cargo steamer Narolic, which is several weeks overdue ou the passage from Liverpool to New York, She had a crew of 70 on board, Tho of her lifeboats havo been found in mid-Atlantic, Hurricane at the Islands. Dreadful Loss of Life and Propei ty. i . r— —... ■ Svdsey, March 20, News lias been received that a terrible' hurricano swept oyer Now Oalddonm and tlie now Hbbridcs Islands j gutueOth, 7tb,andßth'jnßtaut.

Tito latter group appears to have been almost swept clear of evidences of civilization. Ni-arly nil the plantations were levelled, audtbo whole of the villains wrecked, while the loss of life is reported to be enormous, Nunibors of vessels wero wrecked, but will) the exception of the barque Emproyu their niimes have not been ascertained. Tiio Kmur yn, which was recruiting among the Group, became dismasted. The sieain-r Birksgalo fell in with tho hurricane and had a narrow escape. Her stcuriiifi-gnar becamo disabled, but slio managed to reach Noumea in safety, New Caledonia suffered soverely, but the eastern side seems to havo felt the effects more than the other portions of the island. Everything alluat was destroyed, and housis wero converted into ruins. At tho nickel mines eleven live.* wcie lost. 'J he mail left shortly after the hurricane occurred, and fuller details were not to baud. l'riviue advices indicato that in tho New Hebrides the hurricano was felt most severely at Vila Hanah, while Ambryn and many other islands were unharmed. The schooner lka Vulta became a total wreck. fears arc entertained for the safety of the steamer Croydon. The whole n'Ulement of Port Sandwich, Now Hebrides, has l"M 3wept away. The French Company has sustained heavy losses, its finest plantations hating been destroyed. The natives aic absolutely without food. •! Tin' loss at Vila Hanah.is estimated at 125,000 francs. Noumea csrajed though other parts wire deluged. Appalling Hoods have taken place. Tim tutnl loss is estimated at 3,000,000 francs.