TELEGRAPHIC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 404, 23 June 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

Calcutta, June 20. Telegrams are to hand from Canishar announcing that since the defeats inflicted prior to 7th inst, at Girishk, |by th Ameer’s troops upon followers of Ayoub Khan, further engagements have taken place between the two forces. In the last encounter Ayoub’s adherents were com-

pletely defeated and put to rout, and have since fled from the neighborhood of Girishb. It is now stated- hiwever, that Ayoub Khan, with a considerable following, is leaving Krigsafed (sic, Gvriesafe ?) to reinforce his routed troops. Paeis, June 20. Two hundred Italians were to-day ararrested at Marseilles for having taken part in recent disturbance. Rome, June 20. Intense excitement prevails throughout Italy over the occurrence at Marseilles, Melbourne, June 22, It is announced that the detached squadron will remain here for another three weeks, but future movement of Ihe vessels are uncertain. A caucus of Opposition members was held yesterday to consider the proposed vote of Want of Confidence. The motion of Want of Confidence was not brought on in the Assembly last night as was expected. It was considered probable that it will be introduced to-day Sir Bryan O’Loughlin or Mr Grant. Sydney, June 22. Owing to the absence of any fresh case of small-pox, the public scare in regard to the outbreak has considerably subsided Auckland . June 22. Information has been laid against four dressmakers for keeping girls working on Saturday afternoon. No less than thirty girls were found by Sergeant Gamble in four rooms last Saturday. An old woman named Mary Biyan was arrested last night for drunkenness. She was found in a dying state in a cell this morning and sent to the hospital. Dunedin, June 22. Powdilche’s store, North East Valley, was totally burned down this morning, The building was insured in the South British for £3OO, and the stock in the Colonial £l5O, The loss is estimated at £250 over the insurance. At the inquest on the body of McEhenney, a verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame attaching to the tram driver. Christchurch, June 22. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, R. A. Eva, charged with wife desertion, was remanded to Wellington. The men implicated in the burglary at Hooper’s, the jeweller, were again remanded for the production of further evidence. MAMMOTH GIFT show. Last evening an entertainment was given in the Volunteer Hall by a Company travelling through New Zealand the above descriptive title. The weather was very inauspicious for the success of the entertainment, yet, per--1 chance from the knowledge that there would be a distribution of gifts, there was a good attendance. Mr W. H Manning commenced the entertainment by performing several feats of legerdemain in a very clever manner, eliciting outbursts of applause from the audience. Mr A. liudovico, in the character of a negro, assisted. After an interval of ten minutes, Mr Manning appeared a# a ventriloquist, and with the aid of two figures was very successful, keeping the house in a continual roar of laughter. Imitations of celebrated actors then followed, and the entertainment concluded with a distribution of presents. These were previously temptingly displayed in the Hall, and during the entertainment a quantity of envelopes were disposed of. To-night the Company give their last entertainment, when amongst the prizes will be gold and silver watches, iron bedstead, and a variety of other useful and orna mental articles. It is said t hat the postal card has decreased the sale of writing paper some £2,400,030 annually in the United States. About thirty persons were frozen to death on the Wilts and Berks downs during the severe weather of last January. At the Toronto (Canada) general hospital recently a leg was amputated at the hip by means of electricity, heating a platinum wire to white heat. A kind of paved road has been discovecedinJEgypt leading from the granite tomb near the Sphinx to the temple before the second pyramid.