TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1168, 1 November 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 29.

Telegrams have been received here stating that a great fire has occurred at Port Antonio, Jamaica, and that the town has been almost totally consumed by the conflagration, .

It is stated that Mr Gladstone will

spend the winter at in South France. ‘

The cargo of frozen meat by the steamer Potosi has realised s£d per lb, The market is glutted. The English Government are arranging with Canada for the establishment of a scheme of Irish emigration to that colom on a large scale.

The French Government have decided on sending additional ironclads to China.

Oct. SO

The proposal. of Tawhiao, the Maori King, to pay a visit to England, has been brought under the notice of the Secretary for State-for the Colonies. Lord Derby has, it is announced, addressed a despatch to Sir William Jervois, requesting information regarding the Maori King, and asking , his opinion on the subject of Tawhiao’s proposed visit. Later. The Maori members of the New Zea land Parliament have written to th>* Aborigines’ Protection Society, staling that the Maoris require the powers at present exercised by the Native Lands Courts should be conferred upon Elective Native Boards, which should also be empowered to legislate for the Maoris. They also state that the New, Zealand Government are refusing to permit Tawhaio’s visit to the Queen. The Aborigines’ Protection Society have forwarded the letter to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.. Lord Derby has referred the matter to bis Excellency Sir Wm. Jervois.

A Steamship Company has been subsidised by France to run a line of steamers between Havre, Bordeaux, Antwerp, the Australian colonies, and New Caledonia.

Extra corporals have been attached to H.M.S, Nelson, with a view to prevent the desertion of seamen, which has been rather numerous of late while in Australian waters.

The Trades Union Congress is sitting in Paris, Mr Broadhurst being the president.

The Paris Government coldly regrets the conduct of the late Admiral Pierre towards the late Mr Pakenham at Tamatave;

Constantinople, Oct. 27.

Intelligence is to hand from Sofia that the relations between Russia and Bulgaria, which for some time past have been strained have now become unfriendly. The Russian officer, who was acting as aid de-carap to Prince Alexander, has been recalled by the Czar. Prince Alexander, on his part, has dismissed his Minister of War, a Russian, and all Russian officers in the Bulgarian service. He has, furthermore, ordered all Bulgarians now in Russia to forthwith return to their own country.

Berlin, Oct. 28,

The Deputy Antoine, of Metz, who wag arrested on the 2ncl inst. and im:prisoned on. a charge of treason, has been released;

Oct. 29. A shop devoted to the sale of Australian wines was opened to-day in this' 1 city for the first time. . -

Alexandria, Oct. 29

Intelligence has been received thf.ti cholera has appeared at Mecca, and that already several deaths have occurred. News to hand from Souaken, a seaport of the Red Sea, is to the effect that a booy of rebel hillrnen had surprised the town and massacred 150 Egytaion soldiers statione I near there.

Mardid, Oct. 29

A report was current here to day that King Louis, of Portugal, intends to abdicate at an early date. Ottawa, Oct, 27.

The Marquis and Marchioness or Lome nave sailed for England, the Governor Generalship of the Dominion having been formally assumed by the Marquis of Lausdowne. „

Melbourne, Oct. 29.

The Merchant Shipping andUnderwriters’ Association report undei 4 date Loudon, October 27th, that salvage operations upon the wreck of the ship Mirzapore, which went ashore near Boulogne, commenced on that date. The contractors have undertaken to discharge the cargo and, if possible, float the vessel. The success of the operations depends on the continuance of fine weather.

Sydney, Oct. 30.

News has been received here that Messrs John Uhr and Radford, j of the exploring party which is proceeding from Tenant’s Creek, in the Northern Territory, to Buchanan's River, have not been massacred by natives, so that the report of their death which bad been brought in is without foundation. It is believed that Macauch and Kelly, members of the- same party, are also safe.