TELEGRAMS

Temuka Leader, Issue 919, 18 February 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 18. • It has transpired that the Anglo* French note explaining the policy of the two Governments with regard to Egypt, proposes that an Kqropean entente cor- . should he directed towards the Khe- • . div-’s dominions. A The telegiam from Ireland should read :—“ Intelligence is to band that attempt has been made to murder Mr v Lloyd, the Magistrate at Bodyk, and that during th,e attack a policeman, who. Was guarding his. house, was shot. No, trace ot the perpetrator of the outrage has yet been obtained.”' Feb. 14. In the House of Commons today, a motion introduced by Mr Justin McCarthy, Member, for Longford, censuring the Government tor its adminisr tration of affai s in Ireland, was finallyconcluded and rejected. Consols haye advanced to New Zealand securities are unchanged ; at the. following quotations :~5 per cent 10-40 loan, IQ,4|; 5 percent 1889*loan 104 4£ per cent 1879-19,04 loan, 99^, ex div. The market rate of discount has advanced to per cent ; Bank rate, 6 per cent. Adelaide, wheat, ex warhouse, remains.; at 55s ; New Zealand ditto at 525. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 41s Australian tallow, best beef, 42s per.cwt : best mutton, 48s. Feb. 15. In. the House of Commons todaySir Charles Dilke, the Un ler-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in reply, to a. question stated that there was no. foundation for the.intelligence recently published of a revolt at Herat at Afghanistan. There are no changes to report in the. money market or in the markets forcolonial breadstuff's or tallow. There, has. been a large influx of gold during. • the past two. days from France and I North America. Yiesna, Feb T 4. The rising in Bosnia, Dalmatia and; the northern part of t has virtually collapsed. The southern r portion of the last-named. Province is : - now, stated to. alone be the scene o£ch's-_ .. ' affection. • ; **-•>;»'••*** Constantinople, Feb. Commander, Selby, of H.M.S. - while shooting near. Ortaki. a, town, on, the sou'hern shore of the. Sea of- Mar-.,. ■ mpra, was attacked by. several armed; men, and severely woqnded. The Porte. • that-steps, should-be taken, to arrest the authors of the, outrage* and with this object a Turkish ironclad-; will be despatch without delay, tfi, Ortaki. Commander Greenfield, of H.M:S. Cocalrice, who was out shooting with, and came to the assistance of. Com T . • mander Selby, was severely beaten by,the Turks. It is now known, that the. j outrage was the result of, a. misunder-, - standing. New York, Feb. 15. • Sir Henry Parkos, Premier of New.South Wales, addressed the Chamber of- - Commerce of this city at its meeting, today, and made a speech in which he. % dwelt at length on the commercial; interests of Australasia and the Unitedj . States. AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, Feb. 15. Messrs Gold borough end Co’s re-?, view of the past Australian wool ■ season, shows that in Melbourne and Geelong 150,000 bales have been .sold, an increase of 29 percent. In Sydney 7&,000 bales, have been sold, an-increase of 50 per ceut. A total of 40,000 bales was sold in Adelaide, also showing a satisfactory increase on the previous season. Sydney, Feb. 16.. Telegrams are to band from Gambo , Island, off the southern coast of this colony, reporting that the barque Romeo, 631 tons, which left Hamburg on October 26th for Sydney, has been, driven ashore there. The vessel hak been abandoned, and is expected to-., become a total wreck. Her crew and* passengers have been,landed safely. < At Morpeth, on the. Hunter river, at-' three o’clock this morning, a man named Charles Grindey shot at and killed awoman named Ann Pittil, and subse-. quently committed suicide. The, cause,, is attributed to jealousy.

NEW ZEALAND. (Per Press Association.) Auoklanp, Feb. 18. The Hon. P. Lalor, Speaker of the, Victorian Assembly, it is stated, intends purchasing an estate and settling in this colony. The Rotorua Railway Company hare given instroctioßN for the survey of (hi.

line to proceed immediately. The first - Survey party, under Mr Smith, started jtoday. Tavyhaio has issued printed invitations to the Alexandra meeting, to be held in - April. At cine annual meeting of the Council of Rachabites, the report showed 2C3 members and an accumulated sick fund of £1564, with £1376 to the credit of the funeral fund, from whico no expenditure on account of deaths has been made d.uring the year. Napier, Feb. 16. A store and dwelling-house at Wallingford were burned on Tuesday night. Nothing was saved. The insurances wvre : Stock, £3ou ; premises, £IUO ; - both in the Union Office. A number of Mr Sheehan’s admirers presented him with a handsome illnmi .mated addresses and a purse of eigthy *. No one was allowed to give more 'Jihan one guinea. • At Woodyille a settler named Neill - ■ Thompson has hem committed for trial ~'~|m a charge of dreadfully mutilating with an axe a bull owned by his . neighbor, a widow. The cause of the act seems to have been a feeling of dyengerli/A man named Lawrence, of some education and good address, is in on charges of obtaining money jinder false pretences and practising as i medical man, he not being qualified. . ! Wellington, Feb. 16. The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company have now definitely settled the terms of their contract with the Government. The contract is being engrossed, ■ and will be signed this week. The Company have received a large quantity of if pative. land abutting on the line, and no !; flifficulty is likely to arise in regard to raising the necessary funds. It is intended to commence the work almost immediately. Hearn, the champion sculler of New Zealand, has accepted Messenger's challenge to row a match for £IOO a side and the Championship, the distance to be three and a-half miles, and the race to take place five weeks he ice. Dunedin, Feb. 16. Typhoid fever has been prevalent at the Industrial School during the last three —months. There have been fifty cases, and three deaths of children. The master’s eon, aged 24, a Government teacher, has . v alsp. ;) died from it. There are 246 children j,. in ibo school, and the entire expense in connection with the school shows the cost per head to be £l4 3s 8d per head. Ti. Invercargill, Feb. 16. A precocious youth was betore the Court today. His name is Angus Muir, and his age 14. He was charged with having, at Edendale, assaulted a respectable married woman with intent to commit a rape, and the evidence disclosed that when he failed to carry out his intention he commenced sharpening his pocket-knife, and threatened to cut the woman’s throat He was committed for trial at the Supreme Court.