CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4498, 16 August 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

British and Foreign

London, 14th BugustY. The Times thinks it a healthy sign to see Victoria giving attention to primary production, If this course is preserved with, the value of land, must rise. It is impossible to doubt the evontual prosperity of the colony. The new cruiser Forte rammed the steamer Kirby during a fog, off Start Point. '

Both vessels were damaged, and sought refuge in ' Plymouth Harbour. Washington, 14th August, The Senate Hotel of Chicago has been burned.

Some of the inmates leaped from the windows, and were dashed to pieces, -^ Eight Hves in all were lobY

Buda Pestii, August 14. ' Severe floods have been experienced in Eperies, a town of Hungary, on the Tarcza, 22 miles north-east of Kaschan.

fifty persons were drowned, and upwards of 100 families rendered homeless,

WiSMNGTON, August 14, Mr Marohaot, a rich landowner of Birmingham, Alabama, was shot dead by a band of outlaws. The enraged citizens pursued the murderers, Bhot three of. the leaders, and drove three into a swamp, where they were drowned.

The fight lasted several Zanzibar A«iiift4, Owing to the towards the deposed Sullan, 'British tars stormed and burned jWitu. Twi),, ; Engheh officers were wounded, . Washington; August 14, J The churches of Colorado are asking the President to appoint a day of fasting and prayer; to atone for the 6nanoial distress, and-the legalised sins of the nation, Ik Riots in Bombay. Heavy Loss of Life and Whole' '■■•. : sale Arrests. Bombay, August 14. Two thousand of in the Hindoo-MahoffletanMw have been arrested, Fifty of the rioters have been killed, and the hospitals are filled to overflowing with wounded. • The burial parties were attacked by the ..rioters, and the servioesofthe military were caM into requisition to protect them. further reinforcements have arrived, f The native journals urge the people to wmain calm. London, Angus'l4. The QueenhaswiredtoLord Harris, Governor of Bombay, expressing her grief at the riots, Bombay, August 14, With the exception of tba mosqueß and temples, very little damage has been done in the city by the rioters, t Lord Harris expeotß the riots to . V continue, but does not anticipate -any serious danger, _ r J\ . ".J