Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-30
STRUCK ON A REEF.
The British Steamer FIJI Goes Down
With Twelve Men on Board.
OTHERS SAVED BY A LIFE LINE.
Native Island Tribes Fighting War to End
in determination.
REPORTS FROM BEYOND THE PACIFIC

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29-The steam
ship Alameda arrived to-day, "a days from
Sydney, via Auckland and Honolulu. The
vessel brings further particulars of the loss
Ct the ship Fiji, which were received at
Sydney before the Alameda left there. Fif-
teen of the FUi's crew were landed by life
line, which was taken to the wreck from
Warumambool via Port Campbell. Twelve
of the crew were drowned. The ship broke
up, and the beach was strewn with wreck
age. The scene Of the wreck is three miles
east from Callebrand river
The Fiji struck against a low reef short
distance from shore. She was from Liver
pool, having sailed previously from Ham
burg, May %. Captain Vickers, Second
Mate Campbell, Sailmaker Lyons, four ap-
prentices and seven sailors were saved.
Chief Officer Brisbane, Third Mate Lard
man, Cook Stewart, Apprentice Porter and
eight others whose names were not ascer-
tanned were drowned.
ANOTHER BAD sHIPwRECK.
The steamer wallarah, of funds Anchor
Line, was wrecked some time ago at Dassen
Island near Cape Town, while en- route from
London to the Colonies. No lives were
lost. The ship and cargo were valued at
e100,000. News was received at Sydney,
October s, that the white residents of Tanna
Island, in the New Hebrides group, were
leaving the island until tribal war now rag
ing should cease The whites say they do not
think the trouble will end until one party
exterminates the other. Sir ]. B. Thurston,
English Commissioner for the West Pacific,
will visit the island to ascertain if the
natives can't be restrained.
A call of the New South Wales Assembly
was ordered for October % to finally con-
slider the electoral bill. In the Assembly
September 90 a resolution to increase the
power of the Parliament in the matter of
the management of railways, thus diminish
ing the power of the Board of Railway
Commissioners, was defeated by vote Of
43 to %. Sir Henry Parke, Premier,
claimed the move was political one. and
denied the intimations of corruption on the
part Of the board. The resolution, because
of the Premier's speech, was converted into
one of censure of the Ministry, and as sucn
was rejected.
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHoNING.
An experiment in telephoning between
Melbourne and Adelaide, carried on by the
Postmaster Generals of the Colonies of Vic
toria and South Australia September 20
WAS a complete success.
The New Zealand House of Representa-
tives, September Is, resolved that BIZ
weekly mail service should be maintained
between New Zealand and Great Britain.
The time between New Zealand and Ply
mouth is not to exceed 40 days and the home
ward voyage As days. At least one New
Zealand steamer in three shall be employed
in the San Francisco service. The time be-
H. Xnl CAoka
is not to exceed 20 days. The Postmaster
General estimated the proposed service
would cost the colony e7, 900 per annum.
Hawaiian advices state that Queen Lili-
uokalani has appointed Hon. John Mott
Smith, her Minister of Finance, to be Charge
Afaires pro tenn of the Hawaiian Legation
at Washington. Hon. Samuel Parker has
been appointed Minister of Finance ad
interim.