TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1382, 22 August 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Aug. 18. Earl Carnarvon, the Lord-Li utenant of Ireland, accompanied by his Countess, is making a tour in the want of Ireland. The vice-regal party have met with a hearty reception so far. A man assuming the garb of a priest, and giving the name of Father Kauavicks, has been arrested in India as a Russian spy. fie is thought by the authorities to be identical with the Communist Oliver Pain, who it is believed recently kept the Mahdi informed of the movements and strength of the British troops in Egypt, New South Wales considers the proposal made by the Postal authorities for the establishment of the parcel post system with Australia prcmaluie. The Right Hon. Colonel Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, fins addressed a circular despatch to the Governors of the several Australian colonies, in which he commends the Federation Act, Iho Crown colonies of Western Australia and Fiji have applied for permission to apiomt dele gates to the Federal Council. Sir Charles Dilke is in receipt of a communication from a large number of electors of Chelsea, which Borough be represents in Parliament, accepting his denial of the charges recently made against him, and assuring him of tbeii confidence, Aug. 19. The Standard to-day states that Russia has made modified proposals to the English Government with regard to the occupation of Zulfikar Pass, and that a peaceful settlement of the frontier difficulty is expected to ensue. It is probable that Victoria and New South Woles will be allotted 20,000 feet each in the Colonial Exhibition, and that Adelaide and Queensland will divide the space or annex. Ihe joint exhibits from the several colonies of wine and wool will be placed in another portion of the building. Mr John Kuskin, the art critic, who has been suffering from cerebral disease, is now recovering. It is expected that the hop crop will be up to the average. Continental crops show a surplus, and shipments are tending to depress'priw^ The, proposed reduction of Press cablegrams will greatly depend on a reduction being made by the South Australian Government in the rates charged on the Port Darwin line. Paris, Aug. 18. Cholera continues to spread in the South of France, and several cases have i appeared at Toulon. New York, Aug. 18. The commercial depression which hae prevailed for some lime past shows signs of diminution, and trade is improving generally in the United States, AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Aug. 19. The police have arrested two men on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a policeman at Canterbury, New South Wales, on the ISffi inst, Melbourne, Aug, 10. The remainder of the insubordinate members of the Permanent Artillery were sentenced to four un* prisonment by a Court Martial, but the prisoners having been recommended to mercy, the Government afterwards re* duced the sentence to three months. Sailed, this afternoon-^'Jnion Company’s Rolomahana, for New Zealand. It is considered probable the sentence of hard labor and dismissal from the service passed upon the other insubordinate Artillerymen in July, will be somewhat modified by the Government, Aug. 20. His Excellency the Governor bop issued a proclamation ordering quarantine to be imposed on all vessels arriving in Port Philip from ports where cholera prevails. The sentence of two months’ imprisonment passed upon the second batch of the Quoeuscliff mutineers has been confirmed by His Excellency the Governor, Brisbane, Aug. 19. I he Hon. J. R. Dickson, .Colonial I Treasurer, has brought down his Financial Statement, Ho proposes, in order

to meet the deficiency in the coming year, to introduce fresh taxation to the extent of £90,000. The duty on spirits is to be increased by two shillings per gallon. Machinery hitherto admitted free will be subject to per cent, ad valorem duty. It is also intended to increase the duty on imported timber, and an excise duty of 8d per gallon will be levied on beer brewed in the colony, Adelaide, Aug. 19. The Colonial Treasurer’s estimate of revenue for the coming year is £2,340,000, while the expenditure for the same period is set down at £2,4)0.000. It is anticipated that now taxation to the extent of £200,000 will be required to meet the deficiency at the end of the coming financial year.