CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 13 June 1881, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

REUTER'S CABLEGRAMS. [from our own correspondent.] London. June 9. Telegram has been receiyed from Quebec, Canada, announcing that a most destructive fire has'occurred in thnt city. It broke out in a thickly populated part, and spread with great rapidity to several blocks of liousps, efforts to allay its progress being for* some time without avail. The confligratioo'raged for several hours with great severity, but wns finally ex« tinguished. It is es:imated that fully one thousand houses have been completely destroyed. It is not vet known whelher any toss of life has. occurred. June 9. In the House of Commons to-day, a resolution was agreed to on a division setting forth that any fresh commercial treaty with the. French Government would be unsatisfactory, unless it provided for' reduction of import duties levied by France. News has been received to-day from ;ireland, reporting that disturbances in tho neighbourhood of Cork have been renewed. Further riots hava occurred between the police and peasantry, and general disorder prevails in tho district. Melbourne, June 12. James the reputed owner of the steamer Ferret alias India, made attempt lvst evening to escape from the Pentridge gaol. He had filed away "a bar of his cell window, and succeeded making his exit from the cell, when he was discovered by the Warders and a person in custody. He now stands committed for trial on charges of conspiracy in connection with the Ferret.