TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 165, 30 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 25. The debate on the second reading of the Irish University Bill in the House of Commons last night was adjourned. It is believed a dissolution of Parliament is imminent. July 2G. The Chief Secretary for Ireland in moving the second reading of the Irish University Bill stated that it made provision for the establishment of scholarships and prizes. Five per cent. Now Zealand 10-40 loan, 104. Best Australian beef tallow, 31s 6d per ewt.; best Australian mutton tallow, 34s per cwt. Mr Mills abandoned his motion because of the exhaustive character of the despatch of Sir Michael Hicks-Beaoh. The Great Powers have appointed a Commission to control Egyptian finances. A body of rioters tried to force an entrance into the Volunteer camp at Wim-

blecion. They were repulsed after an ugly struggle. Tile c.union and other trophies taken at Isaudulu will be restored. Sir Garnet Woisuh-y’s preliminary conditions of peace iiave been agreed to. They include a large indemnity in cattle. The Western Bank of Lancashire has failed. Its liabilities are something considerable. The weather is improving. The House of Commons have read the Irish University Bill twice. Lord Hartington, speaking in Lancashire, denounced the University and Army Bills. Foreign arrivals of wheat are abundant. Australian wheat, ex Rodney, is selling at 51s per 4801bs. Serious incendiary fires have occurred in Russia. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Brisbane, July 27. The Government have introduced a Loan Bill for L 19,000,000 for railways and public works. Sydney, July 27. The Athol’s hu dred tons of teas for New Zealand have been transhipped. The Ocean left Hong Kong on the 20th with teas for New Zealand. The Bcnmuir left Hong Kong with 742 tons of teas for New Zealand. The Exhibition is making immense progress. The number of exhibits is overwhelming. The New Zealand Court is in a splendid position. Melbourne, July 28. Mr Finlaj'son, for many years secretary of the Melbourne and Hobson’s Bay United Railway Company, has been siiot dead by an employe in the traffic department. The motive for the deed is unknown. NEW ZEALAND. Auckland, July 27. Joseph Hurnarn was found dead in his house at Parnell. He had stabbed himself to the heart with a large clasp knife. Hu must have gone about the deed in a very deliber ite manner, for not only had he secured the doors and windows, but had also propped one table behind a mirror, or at such an angle as to command a view of Ids recumbent body. After the wound had been inflicted he must have wiped the bloody knife on a handkerchief which lie held in his hand. He was a man of liberal education. Some Tasmanian Government ‘ Gazettes ’ of 1873, found in his house, show that he was employed on a large number of public works, notably the survey of the Mersey and D doraine railway. It is conjectured that from Tasmania lie went to Victoria, thence to Auckland, where Ids life has been a continued straggle with indigence, Ids troubles certainly not being alleviated by his unsettled habits. The Board of Education lias made up a statement of its affairs to be submitted to the Government, showing that it is L2OOOO in debt, and requires L 40,000 to complete the school buildings and teachers’ residences, which are urgently required. At the . inquest on Shura, the laborer found hanging in his whare at Ohaupo, the evidence showed that he had hung himself in a very deliberate manner. 'The Catholics have started a weekly paper entitled the “Freeman’s Journal.” It is stated that Captain Fraser, Resident Magistrate, has sent in bis resignation pending inquiry into the petition presented to Parliament by Sir W. Fox, making serious charges against him. Wellington, July 26. Tho survey of the first section of the West Coast Railway from Kaiwara to Johnsonville is completed, and the Public Works Department is in a position to invite tenders for its construction. The line is a wonderfully easy one. The Minister of Public Works, having inti mated to Mr Wallace that the Government would go on with the construction at once if the land through-which the line passes was given without payment, has, it is said, obtained the consent of nearly every owner of land through which the railway will run to give whatever land is required for the line free of all charge. Tenders will be out shortly. July 28. W. J. Mansford, a storeman, fifty-eight years of age, complained last night of feeling unwell, and was found dead in bed this morning Nicholas Paru, a Greek fisherman, was found dead on the beach yesterday. Dunedin, July 2G. In the case of Keast and M'Oarthy v. the Corporation to-day the jury found for the defendants. Tin's will stop actions against the City Council for dam,age done by construction of drains and diversion of natural watercourses. Robertson Wylie- Webb, charged with having, on 21st inst., at house, Mullochy gully, sold to Robert Dunbar two pints of boor, was fined L2O, or two months’ imprisonment. Charles A. Wilson, charged with having on the 21st instant sold to Robert Henry, at Strath-Taieri, one gill of brandy without a license, was fined 20s. At an early hour this morning a twostorey wood and iron building, consisting of eleven rooms, seven upstairs and three down and a shop, situate at the corner of King and Howe-streets, owned and occupied by Richard Lamb, butcher, was discovered to bo on fire. The damage done was very great, The amount of the insurance is uncertain. July 28. A man named Duncan Douglas was received into the Dunedin Hospital this afternoon from Port Chalmers. He bad been working at the Observation Point Quarry; when a slip took place, causing him to fall a distance of nearly forty feet. No bones were broken. It is stated tb.it the Rev Dr Stuart will go home esrly next year on a 12 months’ leave of absence from Knox Church. This will enable him to bo present at the meetings of the General Assemblies in Scotland, and also to attend tho PanPresbylerian Conference in Philadelphia. New Plymouth, July 28, Eleven Huirangi ploughmen wore sentenced this morning to two months’ imprisonment in Dunedin Gaol, and each to find sureties to keep the peace for twelve months, themselves in LOGO and two sureties in L3OO each, or, in default, to be imprisoned for twelve months. A party wore ploughing at Mr Turnbull’s farm, Huirangi. this morning. ' ■ Named, July 28. Tho Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club have decided to hold a Spring Steeplechase

Meeting on October 22nd. The course is to bo selected by the stewards, as the club’s course has been newly laid in grass. There will be four events, the principal one being the Grand National of 150 sovs, wiih 5 sovs added fur starters.