REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2090, 12 May 1883, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRATORS REMANDED. PROPOSED SECOND SUEZ CANAL. THE MURDER CONSPIRATORS. JAMES MULLETT SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE. DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT ON THE LAND REVENUES BILL. COMPENSATION TO TENANT FARMERS. THE SULTAN'S RECEPTION OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR. (Received May 11, 3.50 p.m.) London, May 10. The dynamite conspirators who were arrested in London and Btminghatn Inst month, were again brought up at the Bow-street Police Court to-day, and further remanded. At an influential meeting of shipowners held in London to-day, a committee waß appointed to take steps to promote the construction of a second canal through the Isthmus of Suez. (Received May 12, 0.40 a.m.) May 11. James Mullett, who confessed to his complicity in the Phoenix Park murders, has been tried for attempting to assassinate the juryman Field, in November last. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was yesterday sentenced to penal servitude for life. In the House of Commons last night, cue of the cl uses io the Land Revenue bill which was under consideration was rejected. This decision of the House

is considered tantamount to a defeat of the Government. J The Right Hon. J. G. Dodaon, Min- j ister for Agriculture, yesterday introduced his measure for the compensation of tenant farmers. Constantinople, May 10. Lord Dufferin had an audience of the Sultan to-day, upon his return to Staniboul, and was accorded a oordial reception by his Majesty. [special to press association.] London, May 8. O'Donovan Rossa is actively engaged in enrolling persons who are willing to carry out the details of the dynamite policy. Mr Helmuth Schwartz, of the wellknown firm of wool brokers of that name, is dead. May 9. The German Reichstag has rejected the chief proposals of Prince Bismarck for the Socialist agitation. Earl Dufferin, in a letter to Cheriff Pasha, states unofficially that the English Government will guarantee the permanency of the new system of government in Egypt. Circumstances have occurred -which render it probable that the Tichborne case will be i*e-opened. The House of Lords has rejected the Bill for opening the Museum on Sundays. The French Ministry have brought down a stringent Bill forbidding antiRepublican demonstrations. May 9. There were 164 tenders for the Queensland loan, amounting in the aggregate to .£2,634,800. The exact average was £97 Is 2d. Westgarth's firm have taken a million and a half of the loan. May 10. The cargo of frozen meat by the Dunedin has realised an average of 6|d. The University of London has decided to confer medical degrees upon female graduates. Mr G. MacFarren, composer, has declined the preferred honor of Knighthood. General Grant urges foreigners not to abuse the protection of the American flag. Admiral Mentir has been instructed to prevent Chinese troops entering Tonquin. An attack by the local forces of Anam on Honoi has been severely repulsed. The French Government has determined to insist on a French protectorate of Anam. At the Second Newmarket Spring Meeting, Splendor, the property of Mr G. G. Stead, of Christchurch, won the Champagne Stakes., LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE. REDUCTION OF RATES ON EUROPEAN PRESS TELEGRAMS. ACCIDENT AT THE GARDEN GULLY MINE, SANDHURST.—TWO MEN KILLED. (Received May 11, 9.50 p.m.) Sydney, May 11. The Intercolonial Postal Conference concluded its sittings this afternoon. (Received May 12, 1 p.m.) May 12. Before the conclusion of the sitting of the Intercolonial Conference, a resolution was passed in favor of a reduction of rates on Press telegrams from Europe by 25 per ceut. It was also decided that intercolonial telegrams between Victoria and New South Wales should be reduced to one shilling per ten words. The other colonies represented would not agree to a similar reduction. Received May 11, 9.50 p.m.) Melbourne, May 11. A fatal accident occurred at Garden Gully mine, at Sandhurst, this afternoon. Two men were ascending the shaft when the bucket jerked, and both were thrown out and fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 170 feet. Both bodies were terribly mutilated.

May 9.