TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1206, 19 July 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 15. Tenders for the Melbourne Harbor Trust loan of £250,000, bearing interest at 5 per cent, were opened to-day, the total amount being £670,000. Tenders at £lO6 16s will receive 3 per cent., and tenders above that amount will be alloted in full. Lord Boseberry, in withdrawing his motion before the House of Lords regardingthe recidivists scheme, explained that the position had greatly changed since M. Oourbel had reported unfavorably on the main object of the Bill, and that M. Havre’s last demand in the Senate Committee for restraint and compulsory labor had quite reversed the policy of the Bill. The frozen mutton, ex steamer Iberia, from Australia, is realising 5d per lb, and that per Aorangi, from New Zealand, sid per lb. The Daily News’ correspondent wires that 40,000 Abyssinian troops are marching to Kassala. The South Australian Bank Bill has now passed both Houses. At a meeting of Conservatives, at the Carlton Club, it was decided to refuse the offer of a compromise on the Franchise Bill. The Marquis of Salisbury considered that the offers made would not suffice to secure the re-distribution of seats before the Franchise Bill came into operation. July 16. Arrived—Ship Lady Jocelyn, from Wellington (left April 15th). Telegrams from Aden state that the British Political Resident has proceeded to Berbera, a maritime station in the Somali country on the African coast of the Gulf of Aden, in order to annex it to the British Crown. At a largely attended meeting of the Carlton Club, held last evening, it was resolved that Lord Wemyss’ motion for a compromise between the House of Lords and the Government on the franchise question should be firmly opposed. The Times to-day announces that China has rejected the demand of Prance for an indemnity, on account of the Langson affair, and that war between the two countries is believed to bo inevitable, A Turkish battalion proceeding to Assouan mutinied and deserted. Obituary—Earl Cowley, aged 80. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 16 per cent per annum, and carries forward and places to the reserve fund £39,000. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association report the arrival of the ship City of Nankin, from Lyttelton (left April 2nd). All the share capital in Mr Yesey Stewart’s Rotorua Railway Company has been subscribed for. Lord Derby is endeavoring to modify and reduce to a minimum the promises contained in his despatch to the Colonial Governors in May last. July 17, A disastrous accident occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway. An axle of a carriage, of the. Express train, running from Manchester to Sheffield, broke, and the train left the rails and fell over an embankment. Twenty,persons were killed, and thirty, others received severe injuries. The assets of the Oriental Bank are realising hopefully. The payment of the call of £25 will be required by November. and it is expected that it will realise the sum of £1,500,000. Paris, July 14. The excitement arising out of the anniversary of the French Republic to-day, culminated in an outbreak of popular feeling against Germany on the part of a large body of Paris youths, who proceeded to an hotel which was flying the German national flag, forcibly removed the banner and tore it to pieces. The disturbance was speedily quelled by the police. 1 July 16. No information of the rejection by the Chinese Government of the French demand for an indemnity on account of the Langson affair has yet been published here, and the report to the con- [ trary effect in the London Time^

is positively stated to be without foundation. The cholera continues to rage at Marseilles and Toulon with unabated vigor. Olher parts of France as yet are free from the epidemic. Berlin, July 15. It has transpired that a meeting h»s been arranged between the German Emperor William and the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. llieir Majesties will meet at Gastein, in Upper Austria, on the-fifth proximo. M. De Ccurbel, French Ambassador to the Imperial German Court, has been instructed to express regret on behalf of the French Government for an insult ofiered to the German flag at Paris yesterday. Penang, July 15. The telegraph cable hence to Madras, which for some time has been interrupted, has been repaired, and communication restored. San Francisco, July 15. The P.M.S. City of Sydney from Auckland, June 24th, arrived, here yesterday. Capetown, July 16. In the House of Assembly to-day Mr Uppington, the Premier, gave notice of a motion in favor of the annexation of Steliand (? Zululand.J AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, July 16. Another patient at the hospital has been isolated, fears being entertained that the case is one of smallpox. Sailed, this afternoon —Union steamship Rotomahant, for the Bluff. July 17. The Colonial Treasurer made his Financial Statement in the Legislative Assembly last evening. He shewed that the revenue of the past financial year amounted to £5,900 000, and the expenditure to £5,800.000, the former amount being £150,000 above the estimate. The total revenue from the railways amounted to £2,030 000, and the income from them, together with that from the supply of water, was equal to 4 per cent on the total indebtedness of the colony. The TreaJ surer estimates the revenue for the current financial year at £6,490.000, and the expenditure at £6,400,000. He proposes to increase the excise duty on spirits by 2s per gallon. Mr Service confirmed the fant that the Oriental Bank owed the Victorian Government £438,000, but expressed a belief that the colony would lose nothing. Ue announced that Government intended to terminate the existing agreement with the associated banks. The debt of the colony now amounted to £27,000,000. Sydney, July 16. Sailed, this afternoon—Union steamship Wakatipu, for Wellington. July 17. Sailed, this afternoon—The P.M.S. Australia for San Francisco via Auckland. Brisbane, July 16. The labor vessel Forest King has arrived at Cooktown in charge of a naval officer, having been confiscated in consequence of a breach of the Labor Trade Regulations. Hobart, July 17. The, Treasurer made his Financial Statement last evening. He estimated the revenue for the current year at £573,000, and the expenditure at £17,000 less.