TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 228, 27 January 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 22. Polynesian shares are eagerly taken up in Germany, except in Hamburge. The latest news from Afghanistan states that a force of 20 000, chiefly Ghialgis, is advancing on Cabul. General Roberts telegraphs it is necessary to maintain a strong British force. A German convict s*. ttlement in one of the finest southerly of the Navigator’s Islands is contemplated. Earl Beaconsheld is suffering severely from bronchitis. An explosion of fire-damp occurred at the Hartley mine, Newcastle. The number of killed is 150. Arrived —Steamship Saltan, from Australia The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is L 15,937,500. The Marchioness of Lome returns to Canada to-morrow, Jan. 23. The work in connection with the Panama Canal scheme has been commenced. Three per cent consols 98£. Adelaide wheat, per 49G lbs, ex warehouse, 625; Australian tallow is unchanged. Sir Henry Bulwer, Lieutenant Governor of Natal, has been appointed Governor of Western Australia. The Orient Company announce that henceforth they will not carry the Australian mails. It is understood that the mail-bags will be tendered to them, and that if the captains of the steamers refuse to take them, the Post Office authorities will then prosecute the Company, and the case is expected to lead to an expression ' of public opinion in favor of the Company receiving adequate payment. Scobelnff succeeds Tergukasoff in Asia. Jan, 24. Five per cent New Zealand 12-40 loan, 103. The distress throughout Ireland is increasing, and universal appeals for relief are being made. Vienna, Jan. 24. Austria is co-operating with the Melbourne International Exhibition ; she will bo a large exhibitor. St. Petersburg, Jan. 22. The Golos of to-day announces that the Russian Goverment have received authentic Information that Odessa has been discovered to be undermined to a great extent, and the city is believed to be in danger of destruction. Jan. 24. The Russian Government have given official denial to their rumored defeat and abandonment of Tchikisalur. New York, .lan, 23, It is currently reported here that the English Government have decided to intervene in the war between Chili and Peru. Berlin, Jan. 22. The Government has introduced a Bill in the German Parliament for the purpose of increasing the German army by 60,000 men. i