The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-04-11

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disabled, but she managed 10 reach
Noumea in safety.
New Caledonia suffered severely,
but the eastern side seems to have
felt the effects more than any other
portion of the island
Everything aflOat was DESTROYED.
and houses were converted into ruins
At the nickel mines eleven lives
were lost.
The mail left shortly after the hurri-
cane occurred, and fuller details were
not then ut hand.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
SYDNEY, March 21.-The whole set
Element at Port Sandwich, New Gale
donna, was swept away.
The French Company has sustained
heavy loss. Their finest plantation
has been destroyed.
The natives are absolutely without
food.
The loss at Kilahanah is estimated
at 125, 900 francs.
Noumea escaped, though other parts
of the island were deluged.
Appalling floods have taken place.
The loss is 5000, 900 francs.
1Ntuly IONS OF nlCkel ore
were washed into the sea.
Many thrilling escapes are recorded.
The Governor has cabled to France
for 100000 to relieve the immediate
wants of the residents.
The Gambia Incident.
LONDON, March 22.-News has been
received that the Administrator of
Gambia, West Africa, hoisted a flag
in Pachangtown, which is situated
within the British sphere. The French
Governor hauled the flag down.
The Pope Declined.
ROME, March 21.- The Pope de-
clines to grant an audience to the
German Emperor unless the ceremO-
NAL is similar to that of ISIS.
The Navy OF Japan.
YOKOHAMA, March 19.- The EN-
perOr Of Japan has reduced his income
by 100000 per annum in order to
secure an increase in the navy.
Releasing Prisoners.
LONDON, March 23.-Mr. John Nor
ley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has
released Foley, the dynamiter. In
the House of Commons to-day, Mr.. d.
2. Barton, member for Armagh,
moved the adjournment of the House
as a protest against the action of Mr..
John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, in releasing Foley, the dyna-
inter, who was sentenced to seven
years imprisonment in 1891.
England and Uganda.
LONDON, March 2l.-In the House
of Commons, the vote for Uganda was
passed by 36S to as. In the course of
the discussion, Mr.. Gladstone denied
that Sir G.. Portal was authorized to
occupy or annex the country. Mr..
Labouehere made violent attack on
Lord ROsebery's foreign policy.
The Panama Scandals.
PARIS, March o. Messrs. de Les
seps, BloDdin and Baihaut have Joint
ly been ordered to repay to the
Panama Canal Company the sum Of
1915, 200 francs paid to NJ. Baihaut and
Nj. BrissOus. The committee have
applied to the Chamber of Deputies
to extend their powers.
siberian ExiIes.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 20.-The
ViedOnOsti has published a statement
that gang of exiles chained together
were enveloped by q snOwstOrm in
March near Tomsk, in Siberia. Two
hundred and eighty, of whom sixty
two were political prisoners, perished
Only ninety-one escaped.
The Pope.
LONDON, March 23.-The Princess
of Wales and the Duke of York, who
are on tour OF the Continent, paid q
visit to His Holiness the Pope at
Rome, and were received with great
ceremony.
The Bank OF Rome.
ROME, March PA Parliamentary
Committee recommends that all tram
sactions with the Banca Romano
should be stopped. The cash deficit
of the institution is one million ster-
ling.
The Dahomey War.
PARIS, March 21.-The Note pub
lished by the French Government,
states that in return for the Calling
guns, the Dahomeyans supplied the
Germans with slaves intended for
work in the CAMERON Mountains.