TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1455, 16 January 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, Jan. 12.

The Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel has been unanimously re-elected Speaker of the House of Commons. Tenders were opened to day for the loan of L 25,000, at 5 per cent., placed upon the market by the City of Auckland. The total amount tendered for was L 137,000, Tenders at LI 11 Is will receive 96 per cent, of the amount applied for, and those above that in full. Mr Todd, the Postmuster-General of South Australia, leaves.on his return journey to that colony on April Bth. Mr Gladstone will not move any amendment to the Addrees-in-Reply to the Speech from the Throne. In reply to an energetic enquiry of Lord Salisbury, Prince Bismarck has assured him that, so far as Germany is concerned, the status of Samoa will not be altered. A shipment of 200,000 salmon ova will be sent to New Zealand by the steamer lonic, which leaves here on February 2nd, Jan. 13. It is believed that the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, contemplates resigning that office. Mr Todd, the Postmaster-General of South Australia, expresses the opinion that Australia is unwise in asking for a H-knot mail service. The German squadron is under orders to proceed to Samoa, and it is probable that steps will be taken to appoint Tomaessesi King of the island.

The Education Commission have appointed Sir Richard Cross, Home Secretary, as Chairman. It is currently reported that the Government intend to buy out the Irish landlords.

It is announced that the Otago Harbor Board invite tenders for a loan of L 150,000, at ,5 . per cent. The minimum has been fixed at L 10). and and tenders will bo opened on 20th January.

Upon the assembling of Parliament to-day Mr Bradlaugh, member for Northampton, advanced to the table, and was sworn in in the usual manner, The Hen. the Speaker read a letter he had received from Sir Michael Hicks - Beach, leader of the Government in the Lower House, urging him not to allow Mr Bradlaugh to be sworn in ; but the Speaker ruled that he was bound to ignore the letter, as any resolution of a former Parliament has no authority to bind the present one, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach attempted to make some remarks, but was at once stopped by the Speaker, who ruled that, as he had not been sworn in, he was not entitled to apeak. The Liberals and Parnellites will await the delivery of the Speech from the Throne, on the 21st inst., before deciding on any policy. The British Consul at Apia has officially informed Mr Layard, the English representative at Noumea, that Germany has seized Samoa. Jan. 14. Mr Stead, of the Pall Mall Gazette, will be released from gaol on Saturday next. It is persisted at Berlin that no news has been received there respecting the Samoan affair. Berlin, Jan. 12. In reply to representations from the English Foreign Office on the subject of recent events in Samoa, the German Government have replied they are without information on the subject, but any intention at annexation is disclaimed. Constantinople, Jan. 14. The collective note framed by the Great Powers has been presented to Greece, Barvia, and Bulgaria, calling upon them ■ to demobilise their armies. Considerable excitement prevails among the Greeks, and it is feared they may refuse to carry out the demands of the Powers. The Porto is arranging for the settlement of the Roumelian difficulty, the basis being the appointment for five years of a Governor of Roumcha. Rangoon, Jan. 13. Intelligence from Mandalay announces that the British have successfully carried (h« Pacoit position .Ht

Sagaing, killing sixty of the enemy and wounding a considerable number.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Jan. 13. Only one of the four men arrested in connection with the Collingwobd Bank robbery has been detained. The other three, being able to explain their movements to the satisfaction of the police, have been released from custody. The Victorian Seamen’s Union has received a reply from- the New South Wales Union, promising c (-operation in the case of a strike. Correspondence is now passing between the Trades’ Council and shipowners relative to a proposal of the first-named body to establish a Board of Conciliation for the settlement of the dispute.

The Seamen’s Union have resolved to give shipowners twenty-tour boms’ notice of the intention of the members of the Union to strike work.

The seamen’s strike will probab'y affect fifty steamers. The Seamen’s Union have received an answer from the New Zealand Seamen’s Union declining to co-operate, pending the receipt of farther information from the Victorias Union.

Arrived—Waihora, f.s., from the Bluff. The Hon. James Service addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents at Castlemaine last night. In the course of his speech he claimed that a coalition Ministry was the most beneficial to th e country, and urged a continuance under Messrs Gillies and Deakin. He claimed credit for his Ministry lor having abolished political patronage in the Civil Service, and also for doing away with political management of railways and substituting a permanent Board. Mr Service informed his constituents that the cause of bis retirement from public life was ill-health. The men on board the Waihora joined the beamen’K Union en masse on the arrival of the vessel here. The Stevedores’ and Cooks’ Union held ft meeting yesterday, when it was resolved to join the strike. The medical authorities at the M elbourne Hospital state that on Tuesday morning, the day of the Collingwood Bank robbery, a youth came to the Hospital and was treated for a bullet wound. It is believed by the police that the individual in question is identical with one of the would-be robbers, who has up to the present eluded pursuit. Later.

On receipt of the notice from the Seamen’s Union intimating their intention to go out on strike in twenty-four hours, the shipowners withdrew the letter they bad written to Mr Murphy Secretary to the Trades’ Council, agreeing to the appointment of a Board of Conciliation under certain conditions. The thirty-two men brought to Victoria from New Zealand by the Waihora are now working for the Inion Company, while a similar number are employed by the Australian Steam Navigation Company. In pursuance of the notice given to the shipowners, all seamen employed on the intercolonial steamers have struck work, with the exception of the men belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand and the Adelaide Steamship Company., The latter Company have yielded to tb® demands of the Union, because it already pays Union rates in Adelaide. The seamen and firemen employed on the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company’s s.s. Pateena deserted just before she was to leave Launceston. The captain, however, proceeded on* the voyage, relying on the males and engineers ami a number of volunteer- .among ;;the steerage passengers to work the ship. Sydney, Jan. 14. Arrived, yesterday evening—Mariposa, 8.8., from Auckland. The INew South Wales Seamen’s Union has espoused the cause of the Melbourne wharf-laborers, and the steamer Cheviot in consequence is unable to ship a crew. His Eminence Cardinal Moran will leave very shortly for New Zealand. Hobart, Jan. 14. The s.s. Doric arrived here this afternoon. Adelaide, Jan. 13. The search party which has been enj deavoring to And traces of the digging

men on the Clifton Hills reports haring discovered two more bodies, making a total of five. Four men have still to bt accounted for.