Telegrams.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1082, 19 January 1883, Page 3

Telegrams.

HOME AND FOREIGN. London, January 14. The statue erected to the memory of the Prince Imperial has been unveiled by the Prince of Wales at Woolwich. England has disclosed to the Porte a scheme for Egyptian reform. The King of the Belgiaus is suffering from gastric fever, ; One hundred Oambettists have joined the Padicai Left, and sixty have joined the Left Centre. The remains of Oambetta have been interred in the family vault at Nice. A dynamite cartridge has been thrown into a receiving-box in the Limerick Post Office, but an explosion was prevented, Carey, a Dublin councillor, has been arrested for the murder of an informer. The Right Hon. Lord Gilford, Colonial Secretary for Western Australia, has been appointed Co'onial Secretary for Gibraltar vice Major-General Baynes, who , was dismissed early in Decern er forhavingapproved of the surrender to Spain of two refugees from Cuba. The people of E|stern Roumelia, which ■now fo’ins a province of Turkey under a Christian Governor-General, are agitating for the formation of that province into an independent nation. It is now inthoritarively denied that the envoys fiou, the Queen of Madagascar were sip jlooted to surveillance nr treated as prisoners during their stay in Paris. It is reported that the wife of the Arch duke Rudobdi of Austria has been threatened A gang of Italians have been arrested on a charge of conspiring to murder the prince. Leon Say, late Minister of Finance, is pr> strated ! y a severe attack of gout. £ The Danube is still in a flooded state, and lias inundated various towns upon its banks t to an averse d.-pi hof three feet. Seventy persons have peri.-died by drowning since the floods commenced. Eirington has visited the Vatican and has had several interviews with the Pope. It is asserted that he represented England in a semi-official way. Mr Gladstone, howe' er, emphatically denies that the Government have in any way entered into communication with the Court of Rome. The matter has created a great sensation throughout England, and Mr Gladstone’s denial is questioned in a good many quarters Amongst the troops ordered to return home from E ypt are the remaining battalions of ih« Highland and Irish brigades. They are now under orders to start for home fame ia*-ely. A fatal affray is reported to have < conned at Alexandria between some Tu kish and Egyptian no mb rs of the police force. Several deaths resulted. INTERCOLONIAL. Melbourne, January 15.1 i. A telegram has been received fiom the Agent-Gei eral in London reporting that tenders for the unallotted balance of the Victorian loan are coming in slowly. Dp to Saturday last additional tenders to the amount ot L 72.000 had Isu-n received The Government have announced that they have not, as was reported in the beginning of this month, guaranteed to maintain the I minimum of the proposed redemption loan at par. i The cricket match between the Austra- ! lian team an I the local lighten concluded to-day at Ballarat. The Australians w- n the match in an innints with 100 unsto spare. Brisbane. January 15th. j A fire broke out yesierday on board the ship Doris Brodeism, at this port. It raged for some time, but was extinguished The damage done was not serious. * INTERPR> VIVCIAL. Auckland, January 15th. Four seamen of the ship Famcnoth,which arrived to day from London, have been air. sted for broaching cargo on the passage Sergeant Martin and Detective Strath-ern continued their search in the stcrune- Wellington to-day for the “ plants ’" of the late jewellery robbery on board that vessel. Further deposits were discovered i" the bilge water in the shaft tunnel. There is stiff T. 300 worth undiscovered. The wheat crop is turning out splendidly in the districts near Auckland, realising on many farms 40 bushels to the acre. ‘Wellington, January 15th. The man Casey, who met with a seriouaccident a few days ago whilst working at K dworra, still lingers at the hospital. The poor fellows bead is found to be badly in jured by the boul-ler which fill upon it. .Blenheim, January lor The body of the child drowned in th Opawa river a week «go has been recovered in an advanced state of decomposition. At the inquest, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. Greymouth, January 15 News was received in town ye-terday that th'- s.s. St. Hilda had broken down off Bri hton while on her way from here to Wanganui at ten o'clock last night. The tugboat Despatch left here to go to her as si-dance. Later. A telegram from Charleston aavs that at eleven oVoek the St Kilda was passing theie in tow of the Despatch, all appirent'y going well. Christchurch. January 15. One o* the “ Tambour Major'* Company fell from the Taiaror into the harbour yesterday. Four men jumped in and rescued him. . Ths Crown Brewery Company have declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and carried a large sum to the res rve fund. A rumour is current that Messrs Robin son and Lance intend proceeding against the stewards of the C. J.G. summer race meeting for the recovery of the stakes of the Midsummer Two-year-old Handicap, on the ground that they were improperly awarded to the owners of Helena. Oamarb, January 15. The polk" have been making a raid on the sly-grog sellers, with the result that quite a host of them are in process of making their appearance before the R.M. The cases commenced on Friday and are not yet finished. A four roomed cottage had a narrow esc»' e of being destroyed by fire. Two swagmon who were passing at the time, managed to subdue the flames. The house was insured for £125.