TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1218, 16 August 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, August 12. Arrived, .at Plymouth steamer Doric,irom 'Lyttelton (left July.4di). A,fire, occurred, to-day, at a hatter's shop iL Piralico, aud caused the death of four persons, who were unable to escape from the burning building. Two others leaped from windows, and. were seriously injured. The Homeward mails via Suez and. Brindisi,, dated Melbourne, July Ist, Tfere-delivered here yesterday. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association .repprfc, the arrival on August 3 2th of the Selkirkshire from Lyttelton (April. 80th) ; Linlithgowshire, from Lyttelton (May 7th)j and at New York on August 12th of the Rebecca Crowell from Auckland (May sth). Mr Fawcett, Postmaster-General, has expressed a hope .that the Australian colonies will send practical delegates to represent tbem at : the Postal Convention to be held shortly at Lisbon. Colonel Romilly, Deputy Chairman of the Customs Board, condemns the action of the German Government in supplying Snider rifles to the native inhabitants of New Britain and New, Ireland. He. also stated that many natives,, both from New Britain and New Ireland, have been kidnapped into Queensland. August 13. The Hon, Evelyn Ashley, Colonial Under-Secretary, will shortly confer with Mr F. N. Broome, Governor of Western Australia, with a view, to ,the prevention of kidnapping among pearl fishers. , A Fiji planter, writing to the Times, alleges that Sir Arthur Gordon's administration among the islands .has reduced slaves to a life of hopeless slavery. The Times doubts the assertion. ' The'German Press are furious at the annexation of Walfisch Bay district by the Cape Colony. A terrific thunderstorm passed over Scotland yesterday. Much damage was done to properties in the path of the stojm, and several persons were killed by lightning. Lord Lauderdale, who was out shooting during the storm, was struck by lightning and now lies in a precarious condition. Later. The Earl of Lauderdale, who .was struck by lightning yesterday in Scotland, died to-day from the injuries he received. His Lordship was aged 62. The Duke of Wellington died suddenly to-day; at the railway station at Brighton. His Grace was aged 77. The cholera epidemic cantinues with varying intensity in France and Italy. No further outbreak of a serious nature, however, has occurred, . August 14. The Thames Rotorua Railway Companny's debentures have not been covered. Sir John Garrie denies that the Fijians have been reduced to slavery. He defends the policyof Sir Arthur Gordon, Sir Evelyn Wood, who is to command the expedition to Khartoum in October has startel for Assouan to make the necessary arrangements It has been ascertained that antiFrench Mandarins poisoned the lat ■■ King of Anam. Paris, August 13. The Congress at Versailles continual its sittings tc-day, when a motion in favcr of a revision of the French Constitution was adopted by a large ranj - rity. Vienna, August J 3. Count Kalnocky, Austrc-llußgnmn Minister of Foreign Affairs, has lelr Vienna on a visit to Prince Bismarck. Hong Kong, August 13. Intelligence is to. hand that the Chinese Government has sent a communication to the Treaty Powers, protesting against the bombardment of Ke!ung by the French fleet, and ha 3 expressed its determination to resist the demand of France for an indemnity. Bombay, August 13. Two battalions of British infantry, now atwtioned in India, have been ordered to proceed to Egypt without delay.

Cairo, August 12. Sir Evelyn Wood will probably command the expedition which it is proposed to despatch to Khartoum in October for the relief of General Gordon and his garrison. ' * AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, August 13. Sailed, this afternoon—Union Company's steamship Manapouri, for the Bluff. : August T 4. Arrived, this morning-r-Union steamship Wairarapa, from the Bluff., . Adelaide, August 13. The Financial .Statement was made in the Assembly last, night. Tho Treasurer referred to the gravity of the financial position of the colony, and announced . that Government propose the imposition of a land tax of a halfpenny in the £ without exemption, and an mcome.tax on invested capital of sixpence, and on incomes from pro fessions or trades threepence in the £ ; and the revenue from these sources is expected to amount to £200,000 . yearly.