TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1469, 18 February 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 14. Mr Hugh Childers has been appointed Chairman of Committees.

Obituary—The Very Rev. Principal Tulloch, D.D., Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Andrews, aged 63 years.

Feb. 15.

The Orient S.S. Co. are about to have a steamer of 9000 tons built for them on the Clyde, Teemer, the sculler, has issued a challenge to William Beach to row him for the championship of the world, and offers the latter one thousand dollars for his expenses,

The Socialists intend to hold a meet* iug in Hyde Park on Sunday next. The rioting in Leicester has ceased, and the town is now quiet, Hyndmann, Burns, Champion, and Williams, leaders of the unemployed meeting, have been summoned to appear at the Bow Street Police Court to answer the charge of uttering seditious speeches in Trafalgar Square on Monday last.

The labor agitation is spreading in England. Serious riots of the unemployed have taken place in Birmingham and Yarmouth, In both instances the police authorities proved equal to (be occasion, and succeeded in speedily quailing the outbteaks. The death is announced, at the age of 76, of Viscount Cardwell.

The New Zealand Shipping Com. pauy’s Rinutaka left Plymouth yesterday for Auckland, calling at Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope en route. The annual meeting of the Federation League was held to-day. The report presented was of a hopeful character, and considered that the cause bad been greatly advanced by the action of the New South Wales Government in despatching the contingent to the Soudan. Sir Alexander Galt, High Commissioner for Canada, and Mr Dodson, of Tasmania, urged the immediate projection of a scheme of federal defence. There was only a small attendance, and Lord Rosebery and Mr W. R. Smith, who were present, did not speak.

Feb. 16.

Mr Gladstone has written a letter to the newspapers, in which he invites Irishmen, of all classes and all parties, to communicate the needs of Ireland, to him and he calls upon them to aid him in deciding upon a plan for the settlement of the Irish question. The mails ex the Orient Company’s s.s. Potosi, dated Melbourne, January Bth, were delivered yesterday, via Naples. The P. and O. Company’s s.s. Carthage, from Melbourne (left December 31st), arrived at Plymouth last night, The Corporation of the City of London are arranging for the reception of notables visiting the Indian and Colonial Exhibition.

Mr Morrison has introduced a Bill into the American Congress for the purpose of reducing the amount of duty on various importations. The proposed amount of reduction to be effected is twenty millions dollars, and will b« principally on sugar. The reduction on wool will be only very slight. Mr Gladstone expresses sympathy with the movement in favor of IState immigration.

Berlin, Fob. 16

A Bill has been introduced into the Diet by Prince Bismarck virtually repealing what was generally known as the “ May Laws,” affecting ths clergy.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Melbourne, Feb. 16,

It is expected that Mr Service will tender the resignation of himself and bis colleagues to His Excellency the Governor to-day.-The Hon. James White’s horse Nordenfeldt has been struck out of all bis engagement at the V.R.O. Autumn Meeting,

Sydney, Feb, 15

Tbe Lithgow Colliery has taken fire. Three men are known to be still in the workings. The whole place is now a mass of smoko. Every effort is now being used ta rescue those who are down, but it is feared tbe exertions will prove fruitless.

Sailed, tins morning—Manapouri,s».fi. for New Zealand. Later,

A further telegram is to hand from Lithgow relative to the outbreak of finin one of the coal mines near the township, The exertions made to rescue tinmine manager and the two men who were unable to escape resnlt-d in the discovery of the manager in an unconscious state, while the other two men have been brought up dead, apparently suffocated. Feb. 16.

The fire is still burning in Lithgow Colliery, and all efforts to extinguish the flames have prove! unavailing. The manager of the mine, who was reseued in a state of insensibility, has since died.

Cooktown, Feb. 16, A boat accident, which it is feared has involved fatal consequences, took place here yesterday. 'The luggar Arthur capsized during a heavy squall, and twelve of her passengers «n- missing. Search is being made, but strong apprehensions are felt that they are drowned, ADELAIDE, Felt. Ifi. Arrived, this morning—R.M.S. Austral, from London.