TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1417, 12 November 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London. Nov. 8. The Colonial Wool and Finance Company of Australia hss been repistere.l with a capital of a quarter of a million Tin' jury in the case of Mr Stead, of the Pall Mall Gazette, who was found guilty of abduction in connection with the girl Lily Armstrong, wished to recommend the accused to mercy. The whites are expelling the Chinese from all Washington territory. Exhibitors at the International Exhibition have presented Sir Edward Cunliffe Owen, the Secretray, with 4000 guineas. | Intelligence from the Soudan states the Ist Battalion of the Berkshire Regiment, the Cameron Highlanders, and the 2nd Durham Light [nfautry are now marching to the northward, and will be followed shortly by the 2nd Battalion of the Esse* Regiment. Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the Cape, paid a visit to Vanburg, the capital of Stellaland. The British flag was insulted on the occasion. It is believed the Pope, who consented to arbitrate between Spain and Germany regarding the possession of the Caroline ( Islands, has awarded the occupaucy of them to Spain, on condition that certain privileges possessed by Germany are respected. Nov. 9. The Australian mails ex the Orient Company's s.s. Sorata were delivered 10-dsy, via Naples. Nov. 10. Professor Strong, in the Pall Mall Gazette, advocates that the severe! Agents-General of the Colonies should bi> ex officio members of the Home of Commons, Mr Siead, found guilty on a charge of the obluction cf the girl Lily Armstrong, has admitted the justice of the jury's verdict, In the French Ministry, M. Gournod has accepted the portfolio of Agriculture, and M. Daustresme that of Commerce and Finance. The annual Lord Mayor's dinner was held at the Guildhall last night. The Premier, Lord Salisbury, replying to the toast of Her Majesty's Ministers, stated that Russia was heartily cooperating with Great Britain in marking off the Russo-Afghan frontier. Referring to th« Burmese difficulty, Lord Salisbury said as litt'e change would be m*do in the administration of Burmah as was consistent with the British Empire. The policy of Her Majesty's Government in Ireland was to uphold the Union and protect the Loyalists, and generally to strive to give contentment and happinpss to the people. Alluding to the Conference now sitting at Constantinople, he expressed a hope that the streugth of the parties would bo maintained unimpaired, and that such a settlement would be arrived at as would satisfy all the people concerned. Constantinople, Nov. 9. Mukhtar Pasha has been appointed Turkish Commissioner to proceed to for the purpose of acting in concert with Sir Henry Drummoud Wolff, the British Envoy Extraordinary. New York, Nov. 9. An agitation is on foot throughout the Western States of America, ite object being to procure the wholesale expulsion of the Chinese from those States. Rangoon, Nov. 9. The reply of King Theebaw to the ultimatum of the British High Commissioner is distinctly hostile, and in consequence a portion of. the troops, under the command of General Prendergast, has been ordered to cross the Burmese frontier, while four regiments are ascending the river Irrawaddy to Mandalay, the King's capital. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association report, on November 9, the arrival of the barque Colleen, from Lyttelton (left August 15th). AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Nov. 9. Nothing further is known as to the truth of the report of the massacre in New Guinea of the Sydney Geographical Expedition. A telegram appears in the j

Age staling that two Malays belonging to the expedition escaptd the slaughter, and brought the news to Thursday Is'and, but they contradict each other in their version of the alleged massacre. Sydney, Nov. 10. His Excellency Lord Augustus Loft us and family left yesterday evening for Melbourne, where they will be the guests of Sir Henry Loch for a short time prior to their departure for England, Pending the arrival of Lord Carington, the administration of the Government will be in the hands ol Sir James Martin. No further details have been received in regard to the reported massacre of the Geographical Expedition by the Fly River natives. The rumors of their fate is generally discredited in well-informed | circle?. i Arrived, this morning—S,S. Tekapo from Wellington direct. Brisbane, Nov. 10. Mr Douglas telegraphs that he is uuable to ascertain a substantial foundation for the report of the massacre at Fly River, and adds that he discredits the truth of the rumor.