TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 233, 7 February 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

■ '*"'*•' _ . London," Feb. 3* \ In' meeting -at£ .. Manchester, LorA Derby referred to the' suggested alterations in the constitution s of the. House of Lord's',- and deprecated substituting "an elective for-a hereditar/ bpdy. The schemo was calculated* to'". I roduce a dead-lock."'• The Government intend introduciug liberal Jand measures for Ireland.' 'G-ermariy his-.j opposed tpmai-s men. rtn the Holland Iron tier. ' Austria has strengthened-her armv and'fprtifications on tho Itn: slan ai dr Italian-frontiers.' -"'"' c: '''". . ' i, •- ■- . , „ Feh - *• ;i ■ W.hile nndergoihg ' an''' bxp'erimrent* • ■ with v.'ii.6tfhle-, charges, one of the Tliunderir's s guhs' hurst. ~ ... ■' Congress has appointed a ;_co:isisiing of naval and military engineers* "to.report as speedily as possible, .on the' .various, Vanal routes through, the-' Isthmus of Panama. ; ... I/, v The (Strath leven experimental ship- |. ment of meat is pronounced satisfactory. * -:.-". ■ *", ■' I ' Washington, Feb. 2. J,--.- Xlvere-will .he a special sitting of Con- ~~ i gress shortly, to enable Mr T a'rntll to ! deliver a speech to members on the sitbiectdf thel

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" • MELBOURNE, Feb. 5. Arrived : Albion j from New Zealand. ■■ . t .«."" , , . - Parliament has been prorogued. , The National Insurance _, have- declared, a dividend of 8 per cent, . and a bonus of sixpence per shaie. '"j D Adelaide, Fob 5. A telegram received here states that • ■ the new 4 per centioari has been, •- fully floated. Sydney, Feb. Two of pons have betn -enlarged with poijury by Mr~ Jolloy, manager frr Messrs . Davenport - and— Fisher, who r *cently was Co6t in LIO,OOO danirgps to Mr Hungerford for trespass ~X Mr Sutherland, for twenty years in" ' Parliament, and formerly a Minister f-n* Pub'ic .Works, has resigned his seat in the Assembly. A comet was visible last night through - out the {Southern colonies of Australia.- • Melbourne, Feb. 5. Mr Murray .Smith hi.s resigned the•managership of the NewZvaland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. . • - Thirty thousand'bags of wheat have o been exported to London within the fortnight. - The wool se; son is nearly concluded. 120,00.0 bales, representing a value of L 2,200,000, have already been Bold in Melbourne.*«Wheat and oats are easier. The weights-for the principal horses in Australian Cup are: —Swiveller, **9st"4lb ; Carameay9st 31b ; Savanaka, 9st2lb; Martindale, Bst lllb ; Wellington, Bst Mb ;: Darriwell, Bst Richmond, Bst 7jb Bst 41b; Suwarravv,' 7st 13:b ; Avernus,' 7st 91b. '••••'" Brisbane, Feb. 4. '.'; The Queensland Government has resolved to call for tenders for direct' steSm service for mails and immigrants via Torres Straits. -' ■; ; . :*