TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 983, 27 July 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN London, July 21

It is reported that a manufacturer named Holdgate has admitted having made 40 clock machines for Fenians in America, some of them being those lately found at Liverpool in barrels of cement.

Bradlaugh, together with other publishers of free-thought journals, has been committed for trial on a charge of issuing blasphemous publications. The Right Hon. John David Fitzgerald, Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice for Ireland, who was recently appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, has resigned his seat on the Bench, refusing to take part in the administration of the new Crimes Prevention Act. July 22.

A team of English cricketers has been organised by the Hon. Ivo Bligli for an Australian tout, and they sail for Melbourne by the steamer Australia in October. Feuds have broken out in Zululancl, and the population of one village has been massacred. The excuse offered is that John Dunn has misused the taxes. The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 8 per cent for the past half-year, and carries forward £14,000 to the reserve fund.

LATEST EGYPTIAN. London, July 25, 6 Am. A skirmish lasting half an hour has taken place between the British advanced troops and a party of Arabi’s force. The English lost none, and the casualties on Ar a bi’s side were slight, but sixty prisoners were taken. There are 80,000 rebels assembled at Kamleh. The total of Arabi’s torce is estimated at one hundred thousand, but they are mostly rabble. The Christians have been massacred a t Smyrna. The Daily News says that Earl Kimberley replaces Mr Bright as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Three thousand persons h a vo been rendered homeless by a fire at Badgwillo.

PA U L LAMENT ARY NEWS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mondays’ Sitting. The House met at 7.30 p.m, and on the motion for going into Committee of Supply,. Mr Smith moved as an amendment that as the ten per cent reduction made for the purpose of temporary retrenchment iu the salaries of Civil servants has now been restored, in the opinion of this House the same advantage should be extended to platelayers and other wages men employed by tbe Government on the railways and other public works of New Zealand, they having received a similar reduction on their wages, which in their case has not yet been restored.

Thel Hon Mr Johnston said no doubt the amendment commended itself to the House, and the House wished to be liberal with its servants, yet Government could not receive the amendment. It was not possible to properly administer the affairs of the country if the House went to regulate the details of the administration by a series of resolutions like the one under consideration. He would not go into the merits of the case, but, for reasons previously, given would ask the House to negative the amendment. It was impossible for the Government to accept the amendment.

The question was thus Heated by Government as a Want of Confidence motion, and an animated discussion took place on it, Almost every member of the House had something to say on the matter, the the great majority being in favor of tbe increase of salaries, and the debate lasted till a late hour. Ultimately an attempt was made tc adjourn the debate, but this was negatived on the voices, and the motion for going into Committee of Supply was carried. The House then went into Committee of Supply, and the Estimates were discussed Until 7.20 a.ra., when the House rose. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Tuesday’s Sitting. Sir George Grey’s Affirmation in Lien of Oaths Bill was thrown out on the motion of the Premier. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.

Owing to tho late hour at which the House rose in the morning, it did not meet again until 7.30 p.m. In reply to a question put by Mr Petrie, the Hon Mr Johnston said that he had communicated with the various local bodies as to the rate of wages paid their workmen, and be was now prepared to make the advances to the platelayers as recommended by the motion of the Member for Waipawa. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr Moss asked if the Government would give them an opportunity of expressing their opinions, apart from party considerations as to the propriety or otherwise of fresh loans being contracted.

The Hon Major Atkinson said ho would be glad to afford an opportunity for haring the matter discussed. He suggested that the opportunity might be taken on the second reading of the Loan Bill. As regards the question of party, if the discussion resulted in a disarrangement of the Government’s financial proposals, it would of course be incumbent for Government to consider its position. After some discussion the House went into Committee of Supply, and discussed the estimates till 1.35 a m., when it rose.