TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 938, 15 April 1882, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. , London, April 11. Eleven refrigerating .chambers, for

the storage of frozen meat, are being built at the St. Catherine clocks.

The health of Prince Leopold is improving, and the marriage of His Royal Highness with the Princess Helena of Walddeck and Pyrmont will take place on the 27th mst.

Tl « grain market is quiet. Adelaide " wheat, ex warehouse, remains at 54s ; New Zealand ditto at 51s. Adelaida flour, ex warehouse, 37s 6d,

Australian tallow is firm at 42s for best beef, and 45s best mutton.

April 12

The health of the Queen has much improved since her arrival at Mentone, and Her Majesty will return to England at an early date.

Berlin, April 11

The appointment of M. de Giers as Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs has been the cause of much rejoicing. The policy of M. de Giers, it is confidently expected, will lend to the establishment of greater harmony in the diplomatic relations of Germany and Russia than exists at the present time.

Madrid, April 11.

The state of siege which was declared in the province of Oatalona on the 31st uit., on account of (he taxation riots, has now been raised.

Cairo, April 11

A plot to murder Arabi Pasha has been discovered, and several Circassian officers of the Egyptian army hare been arrested, [lon ct Kong, April 13. A rumor is current here today that the United States screw frigate Richmond, of 14 guns, has been totally lost, with her crew of GOO officers and men.' The report, however, requires confirmation.

AUSTRALIAN,

Melbourne, April 12

Malting barley is unchanged at 4s 4d to 4s Cd ; the market is quiet. Wiieat for shipping is decidedly firm at 5s 7d. New Zealand feeding oats have advanced to ,3s lOd to 4s, milling sorts to 4s Id to 4s 3d ; the market is very firm.

NEW ZEALAND

(Pjsk Press Association.) Patea, April 13

Two somewhat sudden deaths oc-r curred this morning. Win. Hulmes (late chief clerk of the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, where he has a wife and two children), who was temporarily filling Captain Wray's office, was seized with an attack of inflammation yesterday and expired this morning. . Peter Larsen, a married man with a family, al/o died about the same time from a similar cause.

Nelson, April 13

A man named Joseph Coles attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Mr Fletcher, there being no medical man at Collingwood, sewed up the man’s throat. Coles’ mind is affected.

A man n&mcct M. B. Macdonald, who recently served three months at Bicton for passing valueless cheques, was charged yesterday with two similar offences committed here, and was sentenced, in each case, to three months hard labor, the sentences to be cumulative .