CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4482, 28 July 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

f ; \ British and Foreiqn i London, 26th July, i Captain G, Nsol, of H. M, S, ' Tomeraire, stated ab the court-martial ' that Admiral Tryon's manoeuvres , were frequently obscure, hut never , dangerous. He thought the Victoria 1 and Camperdown ought to have used i the assistance of tliuir screws when it ' was seen that a collision was likely ' to happen. He signalled to the Victoria to repeat the signal directing ? the fatal manamvre, believing the 3 evolution ordered was impossible. He r hoped to the last that Admiral Markf ham would disobey the order. 1 Most of the other oaptainß in the • fleet concurred in the opinion that the manoeuvre would be dangerous j unless the Victoria intended to circle outside'the Camperdown. \ The captah of the Phaeton said j Admiral Tryon had made a similar a mistake before. * A young woman named Golding ■ alleges that poisoning and immorality ■ are practised in ten convents. A ® Dora mission, composed partly of j Protestants and partly oi .Roman e Catholics, is enquiring into the e charges, Among the Commissioners i are Cardinal Vaughan, the Duke of v Norfolk, and Guinness, lhe Durham miners demand an increase of 15 per cent., aud the s Northumberland miners one of IGJ 8 percent. ° The Australian cricketers will pro|j bably sail for America on 20th Bepd tember, Tlie tour includes matches V ia Chicago and Philadelphia, ■» Yokohama? July 26. 'f The Japanese Courls disallowed 5 the claim of tho P. aud 0! steamer Ravenna, which was damaged in a B collision with tho Japanese despatch I, boat Christima, p Capetown, July 2G. s The Transvaal is willing to assist 6 tho settlers in Mashonnhmd against r theMatabele raiders. ° New York, July 25. 0 The insurgents' steamers on Lake r Leon, Nicaragua, fired 30 shells into >f Managua. Only two persons were a killed, but the buildings of the town 1 were greatly damaged. j Melbourne, July 26. s Sentence of death has been reP corded against a man named Bryan 1 O'Loehlan for burglary and malica iously wounding in South Melbourne. ' Hobart, July 26. 1 The flood waters in Inveresk are ' receding slowly. Extreme misery and destitution have been caused.