TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 913, 4 February 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 30. The homeward An drajian mails, via Brindisi, which left Melbourne on December 2nd, were delivered in' London today. Further withdrawals 5 of go.d to the amount of one million have been made from the Bank of England to meet French demands. Tire cargo ot frozen moat (ter . steamship Cuzco has been examined, and has been found to be in cX ’client condition. Aleluide wheat, ex warehouse, remains at 56s ; New Zealand wheat, ex warehouse, bus advanced Is, to 535. Paris, Jan. 30. In the Chamber of Deputies today a motion was passed approving lof the prolongation of the existing AngloFrench Commercial Treaties to 31st March next. The dam of the reservoir:in Calais bu r st today, and flooded a large extent of the surrounding country. Thirty persons have been drowned by inundation of th.dr homes. . Jan. 31. In the French Senate last night M, Freycinet, the new Premier, explain* d the programme of his Government. He; slated that its chief objects would, be to maintain peace both at home and abroad, and to provide for the fullest liberty of the subject. The question of the reform of the Constitution would be postponed until the expiration of the present Senate, and after the completion of the necessary judicial aiidF military reforms. The Government would continue the education policy initiated by the Ferry Ministry when last in office. It was not intended to purchase railways in France or to convert the routes. Everv effort would be made to solve the tariff question with England, with a view to the conclusion of a fresh com—nyrcial treaty. Berlin, Jan, 30. The German Parliament was prorogu'd today. Cairo, Jan. 31. The difficulty between the Chamber of Notables and Client Pasha, President* of the Ministry, are still unsettled. It is now known that the latter is n't in aic >rJ with his colleague in regard tothe points m dispute, and it has further transpired that Arabi Bey, the chief instigator of the military outbreak of last year, and who was recently appointed Minister of War, has visited the President of Notables to demand that his Chamber should adhere to its original claim for supreme control of the Bn 'get in place of the am-nded decision recently c mie to in favor of the power to vote the Budget being jointly held by the Notables and the Ministry. The situation is deemed most critical, and it is expected that Cherif Pasha will resign the Presidency of the Council, in order ro avert a fresh military outbreak, which seems likely to occur if he insists on his refusal to agree to the demands of the Notables. AUSTRALIAN. .Melbourne, Ftb. 1. Wheat is quoted at 5s Id, with a hardening tendency. 'Sydney, Feb. 2. A case of bushranging occurred today at Crudine (sic). The mail boy was stopped and robbed by an ■ armed man, who then made off. Troopers have been despatched in pursuit, but have not as yet succeeded in capturing him, . Adelaide. Feb. 2. A fresh case of smallpox has developed among the Garonne’s passengers in quarantine, and pratique has consequently been further deferred.: ■? NEW; ZEALAND. (Per Press Auckland, Feb, 1. Tawhaio and parly left for Waikato this morning '.mid mutual courtesies on both sides. Mr Reischek, an Austrian naturalist, accompanied them, A man was drowned yesterday morning. He is believed to be Alex. Olsen, a lamp trimmer, on the Tidaroa. David Hamilton dropped dead at f N wruarket today from,heart disease. At tli 3 annual m’ectmg of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company today a 10 per c-mt dividend was declared, absorbing L 200., L 2751 was carried furwar 1. T. Buddle.c and B. Tonks were re-elected Directors.^; Feb. 2. All attempts at a siiltlement of the Union Sash and Door Company dispute

have failed, and the men h:ne 1 ft. ihe manager refuses to pay. more loan day rate for extra hours of labor, Wanganui, Ft b. 1. This morning at the rifle butts, Volunteer George Henry Walts, of the Wanganui Rifles, whi’st marking at the 400 yards ‘ range, was mcidenta’ly shot by Baud.-m in Mettan, ot the same corps. Feb. 2, Mr Wilson, of Kaikakopu, has been dangerously injured by the wheel of a vehicle passing over his head. At the funeral of Watts, who was shot at the butts, all the Volunteer corps turned out. About 1000 people were present. Most of ihe shops were closed. Wellington, Feb. 2. News is to hand of a man named Finn being burned to death at Mr John Perry’s station, Upper Taueru, while burning scrub. The body was found this morning in a gully, the scrub being burnt all around him. He was last seen alive about two o’clock y stn-day afternoon, Christchurch, Feb- 2. The cost of the scheme proposed by Messrs Siemens fur lighting the Lyttelton harbor with electricity is L 3522 12s for 22 lights, with a total candle power of 33,600. It would also cost L 35 a month for an engineer to set up the plant., besides his passage money. Feb. 2. Two attempts have been made during the last fortnight to set fire to a house in Gloucester street, each being discovered just in time. The average, of crops in the Ashburton district is estimated to range, according to locality, from 15 to 30 bushels per acre for wheat ; 12 to 35 for oats ; and 12 to 35 for barley. Dunedin, Feb, 1. The escort has brought down L 40,000 worth of gold. Feb. 2. Mr A. C. Strode’s house at Wakouaiti, insured in the National for LIOOO, was burnt down yesterday. Queenstown, Feb. 2. The inqu st, re tin- fire at Wadmaun’s was resumed today, and further adjourned. The only fresh evidence of tiny value tendered wrs that the accused securely fastened his private bouse on the terrace and conveyed to it a basket containing tar ; that he visited it several times with full baskets, and came home with them empty It is supposed that an accomplice will yet give evidence.