LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1208, 15 December 1882, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

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of extreme difficulty, owing to quantities of mullock and, wash dirt in the drives. Number^ nine and ten rises we* & searched unsuccessfully, but on arrival at number eleven the relief party heard aery "AU , right*" and this led to a wide-sprfftd Belief that all were safe. Th§ rescuers, however, subsequently found that five only were alive. The names are Morley, Eowan, Corbel; MaloneyV aM Kirk. AH are very ill from their long confinement. The total deaths in all now number twenty-two. Becelved December I*, fcff a.m. Three of the bodies of miners drowned by the flooding of the Australasian mine at Creswick were recovered this evening. The water in the shaft being reduced rapidly, and the work of repairing tubss; which tupply the working witß fresh air is now being proceeded with. London, 18. Telegrams have been received from Jamaica reporting that the whole of the business portion of Kingston, the principal town of the Island, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at fully £6,000,000, sterling. >> The hearing of the cases against Messrs, Davitt and Healy, two of the leaders of the Irish National League, who were summoned to find sureties for their good behaviour, have been indefinitely postponed. The Times publishes a paragraph this morning confirming the announcement made by the Standard yesterday regarding the approaching Ministerial charges. The first of the prisoners charged vn h the murder of two bailiffs at Lough Mask have been found guilty, but sentence is deferred. It has transpired that the Bight Bey. Edward Harold Browne, I>.D.; Bishop of Wincitester, has the Archbishopric of Canterbury, ' Beceived December 13, 10 p.m. The Union Company's new steamship Hauroto, from Glasgow, October 25th, arrived here to-day. The Bingaroomaj arraved^this a|ter.noon from the Bh?fs y , ] •"'*,'..* It is announced that the Union Steamship Co. has purchased the steamship Suva, 293 tons, from Messrs McEwan and Co., by whom she has been for some time past been employed in the tn^e? rfye^Weeft B?ij Vl#d Melbourne. The company intend employing one of its large steamers on that line, and the Suva will be engaged as an Island feeder to the trade. It has further transpired that , the company has made arrangements to open a branch establishment in Melbourne, on January Ist, under the management of Mr David Mills. Divers attached to H.M.V.S. Cerberus were sent ftp- Chresßwiok to-day to assist in rescuing th/ miners jn]the flooded Australasian mine. The apparatus, however, with which they [ were provided proved inadequate to enable them to reach the place where the men were at work. The divers endeavoured to communicate with the impsisoned miners, but their signals were unanswered, and it is believed that the miners have perished.. There is great excitement and dis'tress'iri the Creswick district Sydney, 14. Parliament will be summoned to meet on the 3rd January. The Parkes' Ministry will probably resign before that date, and announce the fpet on the meeting of the House. Melbourne, 14. Sailed yesterday, steamship Bingarooma for the Bluff. Yesterday's announcement of her arrival was incorrect ' ''; ? j ' The announcement of three holies being obtained in the Australasian mine is now contradicted. Divers have been found to be utterly useless and foul air has so far arrested the progress of the relief party. According to latest reports, seven miners are entombed alive in the eleven jump works. It is announced that Sir C. Sladen, M.L.C., has definitely decided to retire from political life. The debate in the Legislative Assembly on Mr Munro's motion was again further adjourned. Later telegrams from Creswick, timed 7 a.m. report that the relievers have ascended a* shaft of the mine, all cheering lastilyf and have stated that when near the drive near the eleven jump works, the entombed miners plainly repeated, " All right, we are safe," It is hoped they may be rescued within an hour. Great excitement and enthusiasm prevails at the entrance of the mine, where crowds of people are collected.