TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1177, 13 May 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 8. News is to hand of a disastrous explosion which occurred at the factory of Nobel's Explosives Company, at Stevenson, Ayrshire. The girls employed in the works were killed, and other employees were more or less seriously injured. Lord St. Leonards has been committed fortrial en a charge of indecent 'assault upon a female servant. Bail was refused by the Court to his Lordship. The International Good Health Exhibition at South Keasington was formally opened to-day, the ceremony being performed by the Duke of Cambridge. The proceedings passed off with eclat. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association report the arrival of the ships Waikato and Wave Queen, ( from Napier ; Cingalese, from Timaru ; and Embleton, from Auckland. ! The Cape Ministry have resigned. Messrs Dalgety, Ducroz and Co.'s shares have been fully subscribed, and the debenture stock has also been largely subscribed, Information from the Cape states the vessel Bulli, bound from London to Sydney, has stranded at Paternoster Capo, which is situated at the south end i of St. Helena Bay. The twenty carcases of frozen mutton ex the steamer Lusitania, which Messrs Simon Fraser and Jamep Winter sent to Paris for sale, has realised per lb. Lord Derby privately condemns the Recidiviste Bill as an infamous scheme, and states that any attempt to export criminals to New Caledonia must be stopped. At the Crystal Palace Exhibition Mr Gladstone was hissed for the delay which has taken place with regard to the relief of Khartoum. Thomas Hugh Shortland, who was arrested at Plymouth on a charge of wife murder, was for many years a resident of Auckland. May 9. It is announced that the Turkish Government is willing to adhere to the proposed European Conference, provided the whole Egyptian question is discussed. The Porte urges that the Conference should meet at Stamboul. New Zealand mutton of prime quality is realising s|d per lb. With a view to arrive at a solution of the financial difficulties of the Oriental Bank, a scheme is now being matured for the purpose of forming a new bank to take over the liabilities and assets of the insolvent corporation. May 3 0. Arrived Steamship lonic, sailed from Lyttelton, March 29th. In the House of Commons to-day, the Hon. W. E. Gladstone stated that the Egyptian finances would form the basis upon which the Conference would be held, but that this would not preclude any Power from raising other questions. Egan and Daley, the dynamiters who were arrested three weeks ago at Biikenhend and Birmingham, have been committed for trial. Forty shillings has been refused for several cargoes of Australian wheat now off the Coast, and that price may be taken as the extreme value of cargoes now on the passage Home. May 11. The Court has directed that tl»o Oriental Bank drafts shall he debited to the account of the Victorian Government. Madagascar is willing to cede the islands on its coast to France and pay an indemnity. Lord Randolph Churchill has be come reconciled to his party. Mr Heaten, of Sydney, urges the formation in London of an Anti-Re-cidiviste Society. The Enyerarnan, from Java to Greenock, with a crew shipped in Melbourne, is believed to be lost. It ia reported that Lord Wolseley will in October next lead a force of 10,000 men to the relief of Khartoum. I Capetown, May 9. Intelligence is to hand from Zululand, that a serious rising of the tribes has occurred there, and that Mr Osborne, [the British Resident, has asked the

Imperial authorities for immediate military assistance, Hong Kong, May 9. The latest news received here from Pekin states that the Imperial Chinese Council has condemned the proposal iubmitted by Li Hung Tsang, Secretary of State, in favor of the immediate conclusion of the difficulty with Prance. The .New Zealand Shipping Company have received the following cablegram, dated London, May 10th :—lonic, s.sjj, arrived to-day at Plymouth. Refrigerator has worked well, and meat in prime condition. Hurunui has arrived, all well.-