News of the day

The fever at Mauritius is carrying off large numbers of the labourers. Work on some estates is almost at a standstill. Hundreds were dying daily, and it is computed that the deaths could not have been less than 10 000 souls. Several hundred Fenians arrived near Dublin. Troops pursuing. Shots were exchanged. Ninety arrested. The Fenian rising in Ireland is quite at an end. Its importance appears to have been much exaggerated. Congress has passed a Reconstruction Bill, establishing military governments in the south, but providing for the complete restoration of any state accepting the constitutional amendment under free suffrage. tomorrow’s flight to Tunis. Obedience to the Native Laws Amendment Bill, in defiance of conscience, would be a sin against God and man, the Dean of Cape Town, the Very Rev TJ Savage said. “I am well aware that people like myself are called political priests by the government,” he said. “I want to make it clear that any objection we have to this bill is a theological one.” Scenes of misery, horror and courage marked the Woodstock train disaster yesterday afternoon. Four people were flung from the trains on impact and lay motionless on the ground as railway workers rushed to the area. First Aider Mr FD Walklett said: “The screaming was dreadful. I saw at once that many people were beyond help. Mutilated bodies lay in the wreckage of wood and steel.” Mr R Goldstone, a railworker, was 20 yards from the crash. He said he heard a thunderous roar and saw the trains rearing in the air like mountains.