TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1347, 30 May 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, May 26. The Guards landed at Alexandria this morning, and the order which was issued for the second army corps to proceed to India has been cancelled. May 27. The University of Cambridge confers the degree of D.JO. on Bishop Selwyn. In consequence of the hostile altitude of the inhabitants of Zanzibar towarls Germany, the German corvette Stoich and two other war vessels have been ordered.there. Mereawai, a town 30 miles below the Fourth Cataract of the Nile, has been evacuated by the British, Arrived Orient Company’s s.p. Orient, from Melbourne Cleft April 17th), with a cargo of frozen meat. The Peninsula and Oriental Company’s s.s. Pekin arrived at Plymouth to-day, from Melbourne (left April 9th). The boundary of the English protectorate in New Guinea, which was agreed upon by England and Germany, has been cabled to the Australian Go-

vernors. The Admiralty will supply the Governments of New Zealand and New South Wales with ten torpedoes each of German manufacture immediately, and will also supply Adelaide, Victoria and Tasmania with Whitehead torpedoes.

Mr Thos. Woolner, 11,A., the wellknown sculptor, has completed busts of five English Premiers for the Sydney Art Gallery. May 28.

It is announced that the Admiralty have definitely adopted the Brennan torpedo, which is the invention of an Australian Engineer.

An important conference was held at the Admualty yesterday, between the Colonial Agents-General and Admiral S'r Cooper Key, Senior Naval Lord, on the subject of colonial defences. Berlin, May 27.

Lord Roseberry, who has been here on a visit since Friday last, will shortly return to England, During bis stay he has had repeated interviews with Prince Bismarck, the nature of which has not transpired. His Majesty the Emperor does not show any signs of improvement in health, and the intestinal disorder from which he is suffering is checking bis progress towards recovery, * Cairo, May 27,

Arrangements for the evacuation of the British headquarters at Dongola are now completed, and the first detachment of troops left to-day.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, May 27. Sailed, last evening—Wakatipu, s.s., for Wellington. Melbourne, May 27.

The Union Steamship Company’s s.s, Waihora sailed for the Bluff this morning. The same Company’s s.s. Iloto'nahana arrived to-day from the Bluff.

The introduction of the shilling tariff for ten-word telegrams between Victoria and New South Wales proves a splendid success, the traffic having increased fu®ly onc-lhird, while the falling off of the revenue, of the department seems slight. Negotiations have been in progress with the New Zealand telegraph Department to reduce their share of the revenue to sixpence per ten words in order to admit of the rates between Victoria and that colony being reduced to 7s, but up to the present time they have refused, allhough the Victoria Government strongly urges its acceptance. May 28.

Mr Service’s reply to the Hon. R. Stout’s circular on the subject of Federation, has been made public. Mr Service express regret that the New Zealand Government did not formulate their views earlier. He states that the Federal Council, as proposed , would in no wise interfere with the local autonomy of the respective colonies, Mr Service concludes by expressing his conviction that the Federal Council, if deprived of power in legislation, would be no better in result than the recent conference.