TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1285, 3 January 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Dec. SO. Ibe English Government have determined to abandon all claim to the island of Raiatea. Mr J. F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, has protested 6trongly against the recent German annexation in New Guinea. The Australian Mortgage and Agency Company have declared a bonus of 2 per cent, and a dividend of 8 per cent., carrying £15,000 to the reserve fund. It has been proposed to increase the capital by half a million. The name of Lord Augustus Loltus' successor has been submitted to the Cabinet for their approval. Mr J, L. Stirling, of South Australia, is a passenger by the P, and 0. steamer Pekin. The French Chambers and Senate have been prorogued. Dec. 31. The French troops in fonquin have done some successful fightiug recently. The members of the Stock Exchange protest strongly against the alienation of the New Zealand Sinking fund. The betrothal is announced of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenburg, Madrid, Dec. 31, Fresh disastrous shocks of earthquake were experienced on Tuesday throughout the provinces of Malaga and Granada. The latest returns show that the number killed by the previous shocks was fully two thousand. Cairo, Dec. 30. The following plan of operations has been arranged by Lord Wolseley for ih.relief of Khartoum :—lieneral Earle will collect the infantry at Hamek, ami after punishing the murderers of Colonel Stewart will proceed to Abuhamed, to open the road across the desert northward to Korosko ; the mounted infantry, guards and camel corps march tomorrow to convoy the train, of camels •with stores to Gakdul (query Jebel Gikdud) midway between between Korti and ohendy ; Colonel Sir H. Stewart, with the guards, will remain at Gakdu while the mounted infantry and unladen camels return to Korti, where are the headquarters ; the rest of the camel corps, artillery an! Hussars will then proceed by the desert road via Gakdul to Shendy, and thence along the Nile to Khartoum. The cavalry corps under the command of Colonel Sir H. Stewart has started for Gakdul, and will reach that place on Thursday ucxt. No opposition on the part of the Arabs is expected. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Dec. 31. Sailed, yesterdav afternoon—Wakatipu, s.s., for Wellington. .A minute by the Cabinet announces that Ministers have decided not to join in the protest against German annexation in the Pacific until further information has been received. Jan. 1, Bishop Luck, of Auckland, arrived here to-day by the steamship Yarra, from Marseilles. Mrlbourne, Dee. 31, Arrived, this afternoon Rotomahana, s.s., from the Bluff. It is now very unlikely there will b? united action on the part (if the colonies in protesting cgainst tlie German prctcctorate of New Guinea, as differences exist as to the mode of proceeding". South Australia has now d< finitely d<clined to join in the proposed protest, nm! Western Australia is unable to do so as it is a Crown Colony. Public meetings are being convened here and at other towns in support ot the protest. Jan. ]. Reichelil, the absconding inso'vent, of Dunodin, has been arrested here by the police. Mr Murray Smith, Agent-General in London lor Victoria, was yesterday instructed to vigorously protest, on behalf ot Victoria and Tasmania, against the recognition of German claims by the Imperial Government. The protests will slate that the two colonies arc forced to conclude that Lord Derby has either been deceived by the German Government or has deceived the colonies. His supineness and neglect of colonial interests are simply lameutable, and if

New Guinea remains unreclaimed, and the New Hebrides be unproserved the estrangement of the colonies must inevitably increase. The Victorian revenue returns for the past year show that the receipts havo amounted to £6,190,000, being an increase of £595,000 compared with the previous year. Railway receipts have increased by £261,000. The revenue for the quarter end d December 3Ut • mounted to £1,51*0,000, an increase of £140,000 compared with the conesponding period of the previous year. The agricultural report ofjthe Anstrirlasian estimates the total acreage under wheat in this colony to be .'1,180,000 acres, and the average yield 9j70 bushels per acre, leaving 123,000 tons avcilab'e for export. Adelaide, Jan. ]. The South Australian revenue for the half-year ended December 31st amounted to £982,000, an increase of £15,000 compared with the corresponding period »f the previous year.