Cablegrams.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 72, 3 October 1890, Page 2

Cablegrams.

LONDON, September 25. When brought before the Magistrates at Tipperary, the members of • dia. ment recently arrested refui answer to.their names, and protSHj ■against the alleged unfair composition of the Bench. : September 26. It is expected that some important revelations will be made in connection with Daly and other imprisoned Fenians. Mr Jackson, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, who has been on a visit of inspection to Ireland, considers the effects of the potato blight have been over-rated. September 29. A man shot himself - deads with a revolver during the sermon at St. Paul’s. The ship Beecroft, which went ashore on the Orkney Islands, has fatten floated off. ’ MEXICO, ( "• Kl ; September 29. ’ The attempt to assassinate President Diaz is officially denied. BELGRADE,

: September 29. The general elections in Servia have resulted in a complete victory for the Badieals.

WASHINGTON,

, ' September 25. The President of the Mormons has issued a manifesto stating , that his Church will abandon polygamy, and submit to the law of the United States.

SYDNEY,

September 29. The rush to Peakhill goldfields continues. No fresh discoveries have been made.

September 30. The Board of Health has taken precautionary measures in view of the outbreak of cholera in China and Japan.

The German flagship Leipzig, and corvettes Sophie and Alexdrine, leave for Wellington on October 10.

Smidt, convicted of murdering an old man, named Taylor, at Wagga, has been sentenced to death.

MELBOURNE,

September 28. The first trial of the .ammunition manufactured by Captain Whitney of Auckland, has been highly satisfactory. William B. Ledger, a clerk employed in the Union Bank, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on a charge of conspiring to obtain £3560 from the Bank by false pretences, and with falsifying the ledger with the intent to defraud. The prisoner ip a. brother of the man who is alleged to have forged and uttered a cheque for £SOOO, but who has not yet been arrested. : a. t; September 29. The students at Trinity University have revolted owing to long standing grievances against the Warden. One of their number made charges to the Senate, and the latter gave him half an hour to-substantiate or be expelled. The student complained that the time was 'insufficient, and was expelled. Thirty-four out of fifty students then left the college in a body.