TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 165, 26 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. C j** London, July 11. Sir Gurnet WoWeley arrived at Cape Town on June 23rd, and proceeded to' Natal on June 24tn.r. The British cWhrans ' have - effected a. junction and are now within twenty-five miles of Cetcwayo’s kraal. "A - LJ" n ; t V / . July 18. Adelaide wheat/ per 4801b51,. ex warehouse, 51s -flour, per.2Boibs.,, ex warehouse, 35s ; best Australian beef tallow, 31s per cwt The Canadian four, per cent. loan lias, been issued. £3,000,000 were issued at ninety-five. The loan lias completely succeeded. . ~

AUSTRALIAN NEWS,

•. • w Sydney, July 24. New Zealand nheat, 4s Gd to. 5s 9d per bushel. In consequence of Hie defeat of the Ministry,'Parliament, is' expected'to be dissolved on the 2G.th August. The Tambawora is likely to become a total wwck. Parliament is prorogued. Rus 1 1 undertakes to meet Trickett arid Lay cock at the International Regatta. ; No further failures are expected. A general rainfall has taken place. ■.The, Legislative Council has passed the Public Works Loan Bill.' : The prorogation of Parliament- takes pb.ee to-day., It is officially announced- that the Exhibition will open in the middle of Sep ternber. ■ . ;

NEW ZEALAND,

r Auckland, July 23. Messrs Tonks and Co. have aold ; tlie Tanpo wreck. There was a good competition and it'fetched'£l4oo/Mb Winter, of Hokitika, being the purchaser. . Albert, the Auckland champion sculler, left in tiie Rotorua for Sydney. He will have a boat built there to compete with tlie Australian oarsman. At the inquest held on Mr McGlynnp who was killed in the Waikato Company’s mine, a verdict of “Accidental Death” was brought in No blame was attached to any one. Mr McLaren, the mine inspector, visited the mine, and reported that such an-occnrrence as brought about McGlynn’s death was unprecedented in that mine. Wellington, July 23. _ There was some wild excitement here tiiis morning in consequence of a report wh.ich was circulated to the effect that, under an Act of George 111, if a public meeting was held with a view of influencing Parliament, -within one mile of where Parliament was then in session, the Ministry have the power to at once remove the seat of Government. Some treat the matter scrioiLsly, and others with ridicule. The Maoris in the Barracks were very insubordinate last night, apparently solely to make themselves" as annoying as .possible. Boveral of the most insubordinate had to he secured, and Mi Mackay will bring them before tho visiting justices this afternoon, and get such punishment awarded as is necessary to meet the case. Cooper’s esse, re breach -of tho Arms Act, lias been occupying the Supreme Court a3I ,da-y before, a special jury. : New Plymouth. J uly 23. Twenty-five ploughmen were apprehended at Tikomngi this morning," and were marched to"Waitara under escort, and brought to town by special train, arriving here at five this evening. They were taken to gaol. They have ploughed up o\er six acres Jury’s land and planted it with potatoes'. They quietly submitted to ■ tho constables. Natives , account for the discrepancy in Te Whiti’s speech and present proceedings by saying that the prophet gives .dark hints to his followers as to ids wishes, leaving them to carry them out according to their judgment. Ho has said the plains must be ploughed to produce food for the wives and children of tho imprisoned ploughmen. Over £3O wes collected’for the relief of the shipwrecked crew of the schooner Arthur Wakefield.