CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4833, 24 September 1894, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

|f| : . TheOoreanWar, : il SeveralEnglishEnqimers ||;' ; X; Killed. , _ 'm'/, LUnitdPms Ammim] |*|v •%*"'* Telegraph-Copyright,) ||\ 23,6 p.m.) «§;; SSiuxarui, September 22. $ so ncco, " l ' a °f tho recent IplV that' tl\e, Chin Ynon rammed and fe, sunk theJapaneso warship,and that fflfcf hiter on she hei-self sank owing to fe : tlm damage caused by tho shots which struck hor below tlie wnterHn> It is that tho Japanese HpPvQvrßh|p Naniwa was set on fire by slimflrom tho Chineso vessols, and £'; tliataevoral English instructors and pi* Kngineovs wore killed. |g ■' Admiral wounded in tho faco wounds wore ;' dressed.on dSp whore ho remained |;/'. directing tho operations of the light. "... Tho Japanese report Rays that tho ;|y. • vessols damaged in the engagement ££:■ can bo repaired in a week at sea,with s>■ the eiCflWion of the Matsushima, 'fc: whiohvjM require to be docked. It affirms that no vessels were sunk, ■•• •' Thirty-two Japanese transports '{■;.. with 7000 troops, 2000 horses, and '■■■< : numoroua batteries of artillery havo "■..': arrived at Chemulpo and discharged f their cargoes! HBoceived Sept. % 11.15 a.m.) ToKlo, September 23. The Japaneso Government has ! decided to prosecute the war vigorously before the winter sets in. i Reinforcements to the number of v JBojOOO-men have been ordered to tho i ••:. front. K Loxdox, September 23. j: Tho Japanese Legation has been % jnfprinsd that the loss at "<rfj*eJfr'tlo of Yalu was 10 officers ~ anTO men killed, and 169 wounded. (Received Sept 23,6 p.m). Loxdox, September 22. The naval engagomont between the Japaneso and Chinese off Yalu River has been much discussed in England, and stimulates fresh demands for an increase in the British navy. Terrible Cyclone Sixty Persons Killed, [United Press Association.] (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) '■__ (Received Sept. 21,11.15 a.m.) Washington, September 23. \A cyclone two hundred ycrds in >■-' ,<idth dovastnted ft tract of country :£. in lowa and Minnesota, two hundred BH miles long, Nine towns and villages were destroyed, sixty persons killed and many injured, GENERAL NEWS.

' I '••""•- '[United Pirn Association.] ' (By Electric Telegraph.—•Copyright.) i (Received Sept. 24,11.15 a.m.) « Cairo, September 23, 1 Cherif Pasha has resigned the 1 Presidency of the Council. « Takoiers, September 23. • The Moorish Governor (it Casa- ' Uanca, has apologised for the vio- l Weuce to Consuls, and H.M.S.Amphion ] lias returned to Tangicrs. I 1 The Shearing Troubles, " [United Press Association.] ' : (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) i « (Received Sept, 24, noon). ' \ Svdxev, September 24. j The Secretary of the local branch i of the Workers Union, has issued a j manifesto calling upon the shearers ( I to defend their rights against the at- ' I tacks of the Pnstoralists Union, and i the "wool hawks" and "blood- | hounds" of the combined monetaiy i institutions iu the colonies, i V Bkisdasi, September' 24. i fl'he strike has been officially de- [ claral off in the Western Districts, ; ■»--■"'"" The Chairman of the local camp states that the embittered condition of the mon is largely due to their ; failure to get work, and further outrages are probable. He attributes the loss of tho day, .■;!• to disaffection among the Unionists ■f\. themselves, • ■'.""•• v Tho Government intend to rcliove : J;e distress amongst the strikers,