TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 923, 4 March 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 27. This evening Mr Gladstone brought V on the motion which takes the'fprm of a, message to the House of Lords, dis-_ senting from its action in appointing a Select Committee to enquire into the. working of the Irish Land Act. The. Premier made a lengthy speech in support of the motion, and on resuming his. seat was followed by Mr E. Gibson,,

Q.C. (Attorney-General in Earl Beaconsfield’s administration), who. moved the “ previous question,” and addressed the House in opposition to. Mr Gladstone’s motion. The debate was then adjourned till tomorrow. Feb 28. The new series of colonial wool auctions opened today. There was a, large attendance of both Home ans]

foreign buyers. The opening catalogue, comprised 6400 buyers. The bidding was animated and good competition was experienced for the various lots offered. The prices ruling at the close of the late sales were firmly maintained . The present series of auctions will close on sth April. In the House of Commons last night s, resolution was passed setting forth that Mr Davitt, one of the prominent members of the Land League, who was recently elected to represent Meath , is not eligible to sit in the House of Commons, he being now under arrest. It has transpired that the Select Cormmittee appointed by the House of Lords to enquire into the working of the Irish Land Act invited the Chief Secretary for Ireland to give evidence. The Cabinet has, however, retused to sanction such a course, and Mr Forster will therefore decline the request of the Committee. The ship Woodville, bound to Port Chalmers from Liverpool, went ashore at Holyhead, North Wales. Ttie captain and some of the crew were drowned. The vessel has been got off, and she has been taken back to Liverpool for repairs. March 1. It has transpired that the Select Committee of the House of Lords haft written to Mr Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, expressing its willingness not to enquire into the judicial effects of the Land Act. Government have had the eomnnication under consideration, and have decided that the proposed limitation of the investigation of the Committee is made to meet the views of the Cabinet, Consols remain at KX'f. New Zealand securities are unchanged at the following quotations ; 5 per cent 30-40 loan, 105; 5 per cent 1889 Joan, 104 ; 4|L per cent 1879-1904 loan,300. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 545; New Zealand ditto, 50s. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 40s. Australian tallow—Best beef, 40s ; best mutton, 465. At the wool sale today 11,300 hales were catalogued, and a firm and active demand was again experienced. Otawa (Canada), Feb. 28. Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, has arrived in this city, #nd is the guest of His Excellency the Marquis of Lome. AUSTRALIAN, Melbourne, March 1. New Zealand feeding oats are quoted at 8s 4d, and milling oats at 3s 7d. Barley is very firm at 4s sd. Wheat very firm at 5s 7d (sic). The Argus of the 21st February stated the price of wheat to be 5s l-|d at station, and 5s 2d f.o.b March 2. The widow of Mr Stephen, who died in August last from the effects of injuries received at the Jolimont Railway accident, has been awarded -08000 compensation. A number of persons who were in quarantine have been released, and the polony is now free of smallpox, except at the sanatorium. Little Bay. NEW ZEALAND. (Per Press Association) Wellington, March 2. The following sums were received, at the offices named, yesterday in payment of the property tax. The other returns have not yet been received at the Head Office, Wellington, £13,500 ; Dunedin, £14,130 ; Christchurch, £10,855; Napier, 5795; Timaru, £2075 ; Nelson, £2OIB ; Invercargill, £1758 ; Wanganui, £U2O ; Gisborne, £589 ; New Plymouth, £270 ; Hokitika, £133 ; Thames, £9B and Westport, £B2. Total for the places mentioned, £50,452. The total amount of property tax paid yesterday, so far as is yet known,, was £69,236. The total paid up to and including yesterday, was £134,447. The Volunteer Board has commenced its sitting, and intends to do all its work here, visiting other paits of the colony. At the inquest held today on the recent fire in a miliner's shop m Mulgrave street, occupied by Mrs Ellen Fuller, some very suspicious evidence was extracted. The fire itself was not serious, having been detected and extingnished almost immediately after it broke out, only some clothes in a box, where it apparently originated, having been injured. The stock however, was insured for £2OO in the Liverpool and London and Globe office. The Insurance office and Mrs Fuller, whose husband

resides in Canterbury, were both represented by counsel. The jury returned (he (piloting verdict:—'• The jury are

lof opinion that the fire in Mulgrave j street on the 12th February last was the work of an incendiary, and was done for the purpose of defrauding a certain Insurance Company called the Liverpool and London and Globe, The jury are of opinion that the Insurance Company is to blame in taking risks without carefully examining the property to be insured thereby bolding out incentives to incendiarism. They think that the evidence shows strongly against Mrs Ellen Fuller, and the jury are of opinion that the goods claimed for were not on the premises at the time of the fire.” A Volunteer officers’ deputation waited on the Hon, the Colonial Secretary today to ask what facilities Government would give to the Easter encampment. The Hon. Mr Dick replied that free passes on the railway would be granted to the Volunteers attending ; cooking utensils would be furnished, and tents and other camp equipments would be found to the utmost extent of the Government’s ability, and that steamer transit for Volunteers from other places would he supplied so far as was consistent with the engagements of the Government steamers. Christchurch, March 2. The New Zealand entries for the Internationa] Exhibition number 154, of which 100 are by Canterbury firms. The whole of the 120 bays set apart for New Zealand exhibits will be filled. The members of the Catholic Church have purchased several acres of land in Manchester street North, inside the Belt. They purpose erecting a new church , thereon, and forming a new parish for it, W. A. Price, agent for the Diorama, got two weeks today for his petty larceny, He admitted the theft, bat said he was drunk at the time and had offered to pay for the articles s'nce. The shopkeeper said he was not drunk, and the Resident Magistrate said that the excuse only made the niattei worse. Some revelations have been made of proceedings among the children at the Normal School, which have led to a s arching enquiry being instituted into t e mixing of children, even of tender >, ars, The Horticultural Show today was m re successful than any of its predecessors, owing chiefly to keener competition. There was & capital attendance including the Governor and Lady Gordon.