TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1420, 19 November 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Not. 15. Obituary—The Ameer of Bokhara, M. Floqaet has been elected President of the new Chamber of Deputies. The French Government refused to allow affairs in Tonquin and Madagascar to become stagnant. The Melbourne Harbor Trust Loan will probably be floated at LlO3. It is feared that rioting will be indulged in by French Canadians <?ii the occasion of the execution of Louis Rio], New Z»aUnd frozen mutton has fallen to 4£:l per lb. Arrived P. and 0. Company's R.M.S. Tasmania from Australia. Nov. 16.; It is understood that Musuru» Paaha, Turkish Ambassador at the Court of St. James, will be replaced shortly by Rustsin Bey. The death is announced, aged 70., of the Right Rev. Charles John Abraham, L.L.D., first Anglican Bishop of Wellington and Canon of Licbfield'Cathedral. Nov. 17. The Hawaiian Government have forwarded a proposal to America and to the European Powers asking them to guarantee local autonomy to all the Pacific Islands. Berlin, Nov. 17. The decision of His Holiness the Pope respecting the Caroline Islands was made known to*day. His Holiness recommends the German Government to recognise the claims of bpain to the territory in question, and to accept the commercial concessions offered by Spain. Ottawa, Nov. 17. Louis Kiel, the half-caste, was executed yesterday. Capetown, Nov. 14. The R.M.S, Ruapehu sailed for New Zealand. Calcutta, No*. 16. The Anglo-Russian Commission for the settlement of the Kusso-Afghan frontier question has met at Zulfikar. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association report the arrival, on November 17th, of the ship Auckland, from Port Chalmers. # i ■ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Nov. 16. Farther details to hand respecting the massacre of the Geographical Expedition states that Captain Evere'l, the leader of the expedition, having reason to believe the native chief Cairosso, who was piloting the boats up Fly River, w« misleading tlipm, threw him overboard ; whereupon Cairosso, in order to be revenged, got a boat, obtained a number of fighting men, and returned at night and massacred the whole party. Several savages having been seen with new table knives in their possession supposed to belong to the expedition, and coupled with the fact that Captain Everell failed to keep his appointment with Mr Macfarlane, tends vo point to the truth of the reports previously received. It is probable that some action will be taken ty the authorities to punish the murderers. , . Nov. 17. The Vekapo sailed this afternoon for New Zealand. The New South Wales Parliament assembled to-day. The newly«ielected members of the Legislative Asssmbly having been aworn in, the {House adjourned. The Opposition members are in a majority, but the courss of actiou they will adopt has not transpired. Sir Henry Parkes took the opportunity this afternoon of renouncing his claims to the Premiership. An expedition, fully , armed and equipped, will shortly st&rtl from' Thursday IslanJ for New Guinea to prosecute a diligent search for the; mambera of the Geographical Society's Expedition. Melbourne, Nov. 17. Sailed, this afternoon—Hauroto, m. for New Zealand. The Victorian Governmeut has taken steps to urge on the Imperial Government'to empower Sir Peter Scratchley,. lligh : CommissionT of New Guinea, to punish the murderers of the Australasian Geographical Society's Exploring Expedition. , Brisbane, Nov. 16. The deadjmik between the two ! branches of Queensland Legislature* is

.practically concluded, arrangement* having, it is believed, been.come to whereby the Legislative Council wiil pass the Appropriation Bill, on the understanding that the opiuion of Her Majesty's Privy Council shall be obtained regarding the power of the Legislative Council to rejtcfc money Bill*. Adelaide, Nov. 17. Arrived, yesterday afternoon—lbena, with the English ra«ils (left October 9tb). ■■