The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-08-04
COLONIAL ITEMS

From papers received by tae
Alameda, we CLEAN the following
{ items;
SIR Charles and Lady Halle gave
their final concert at Sydney on
the evening Of the l1th inst, before
s most enthusiastic audience Of
over 5000 persons,
The gun which burst on board
II. B. NJ. 5, Cordelia was SIX
inch breaeh-Ioading Armstrong,
/ weighing 81 ewt, Six ordinary
charges had been fired that day
without any indication of weak
ness. Al the seventh round the
/ gun was loaded with a full charge
+ Of thirty-four pounds of powder
I and common shell. Nearly all
the gun outside the trunniouS
went overheard, the rest flew
about in pieces weighing up TO 5
ewt. The explosion burst through
the upper deck and wounded two
/ men on the main deck. Two lieut.
enants and four seamen and mar
ines were killed. Three midship-
men and nine men were wounded.
| Though the labor party in New
South Wales elected . majority of
the Parliament, the labor members
vote with the government. Sir
Henry Parkes Is triumphant. Both
houses Of the Victoria Parliament
passed the federation resolutions
with cheers.
Bishop SeIwyn mas arrived at
/ Sydney from the New Rebrides
and Noumea via Norfolk Island in
q. B. n. S. Rapid. The Bishop
though improved in health is still
unable to walk and leaves for
England shortly.
Mr. Hayler. government statist
for Victoria. has issued = return
( giving the population Of Australia
As shown by the recent census.
/ The total Of al the colonies
amounts 10 3,SII,SSS.
Austrian frontier guards are
/ driving refugee Jews back 1t the
I point Of the bayonet, and compel
/ ling them to return TO Poland.
It is the intention of the Post
master-GeneraI of New Zealand, in
renewing the San Francisco and
( direct mail services, 70 include, if
/ possible, : condition in the con
tract that only New Zealand owned
boats shall carry the mails. Nr.
Ward, however, mas some doubt at
/ present whether such : condition
would be practicable.
L disastrous fire IS reported from
/ Ottawa, July 18th, as having Oe-
CURED at Montreal, twenty miles Of
shops and hotels have been laid in
ruins.
at = ParnelliJe convention 1t
I TraIee, the chairman said that they
/ preferred Balfour and coerslon to
the priests.
There are rumors Of an impend-
ing crisis in banking circIes-in Lon
don. Russia has withdraw $780,
coo in gold from that city.
For the year ending June Both,
1891, Z total weight of 113 million
pounds Of fresh meat, valued at
e, 800, 600, was shipped from New
Zealand, beng an increase over the
previous year Of II million pounds.
The first session OF the new Par
lament Of New South Wales was
opened by the Governor on the 18th
INST, at Sydney.
Heavy foods are reported from
Victoria; the railway and tram
traffic OF Melbourne were suspend
ed The race course is under
water. Owing to high westerly
winds the waters were banked up
at the mouth Of the Yarra, and the
loW-lying lands along the river are
submerged. and many residents OF
Footscray have had to leave their
homes. at T0orak the water rose
50 suddenly that in some instances
women and children had to be
dragged out Of the windows into
rescuing boats j vast amount of
damage mas been done.
-
Downfall or ParueH.