TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1209, 26 July 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 22. The European Conference on Egyptian affairs, resumed it® sittings tc-day, and it now stands adjourned indefinitely. No information has yet transpired as to the decisions arrived at prior to the adjournment. It has transpired that at an interview with Lord Derby to-day, Tawhiao presented the Colonial Secretary with a petition from the Maoris for the restoration of their alleged rights. The Nihilists have destroyed a gunpowder mill at Warsaw. The Rev. Dr Greaves has been appointed President of the Wesleyan Conference. At the Wimbledon meeting the Queen’s Prize was won by Private Grant of the Sth Middlesex. Dr Moran, the new Archbishop of Sydney, will interview Lord Derby on matters in connection with Australia. July 23. It has transpired that the Egyptian Conference will meet again to-morrow, and it is then expected to disperse Any agreement between the French and English delegates is hopeless, and the Conference will consequently prove futile. Tic report of the Panama Canal , Company, which has been issued, states that the construction of the canal will be completed in 1888. All the shares in the Dunedin Gas Company have been allotted. The meat by the ship Lady Jocelyn is soiling at s£d, and the mildewed meat at 3d. Much of the ship Ot.maru’s cargo is in a bad condition, which is' attributed to its having been shipped directly after being killed. , The Agents-General have asked Lord Derby for a reply to their last interview with him. It is reported that messages have been received from General Gordon, which state that he refuses to leave Khartoum, and that much successful fighting against the rebels has taken place during the last month. July 24. Telegrams to hand from Souakim state that reports hare reached there that General Gordon is making constant sallies from Khartoum by means of armed steamers on the Nile, and with such effect that the rebels in the neighborhood are terrorised. The railway works at Souakim, which were recently commenced for the construction of the proposed line across the desert to Berber, are at a complete standstill. Osman Digna, the rebel chief, is taking advantage of the inaction of the British officers to obtahi reinforcements, and many of the Arabs are now joining his ranks. Paris, July 23. There is a slight decrease in the daily number of deaths from cholera at Marseilles and Toulon. Another death from the disease has occurred in this city. Cairo, July 23. Major Kitchener, with an escort of forty Bedouin irregulars, has started, from Korosko to proceed to Dongola, with a view of definitely ascertaining the position of affairs at. that place. Nubia or Dongola is strongly suspected of disloyalty and complicity with the rebel leaders. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, July 23. Further cases'if the dnubiful disease now prevalent continue to be reported from different parts. One death occurred to-day from smallpox at Fitzroy, one of the northend suburbs of this city. July 24. Another case of variola is reported, and the patient is said to be in a critical state. In the Legislative Assembly this evening, Mr Berry stated that the Doctor at the Sanatorium bad pronounced the cases of disease to be undoubted smallpi x. Mr Berry , added that linvernraent proposed to replace Dr Toul at an early date. Arrived, this morning—-Ringarooraa from the Bluff. Sydney, July 24. Arrived, this af ernodn Union tkeamship Haurotjo, from Wellington,

Sailed, this Auckland. Hobart, Juij 24. The manager of the branch of the Bank of Tasmania at Bcacohsfield, a town 33 miles north-west of Launceston, was stuck up last night, suit the. keys of the Bank taken from him. Subsequently the Bank was eiitered. and cash to the. amount of £2500 was abstracted. The police are now in pursuit of the robbers.