TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1481, 18 March 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London. March 13. The Cunnrd steamer Oregon, 7500 tons, has been sunk through collision. Obituary—General Trevor Chute, K.<'. 8., aged 51 years. There are 51,000 men out on strike in America.

The Sportsman reoffers its challenge cup, to br> rowed for by the great oarsmen of the world.

March 15

Earl Rosebery, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has instructed Sir Henry Drumond Wolff, Special Commissioner in Egypt, that the British army of occupation will shortly be reduced by six regiments, and tn inform him Her Majesty's Government approve of the withdrawal of the, British force to Assouan as the furthest southerly outpost, while the Egyptian troops will protect the frontier as far as Wady Haifa. Moukhtar Pasha, the Turkish Commissioner, hesitates to assent to these proposals, as the withdrawal of British forces will entail large reinforcements of the Egyptian army. Hostile Arabs in the vicinity of Souakim are renewing active operations. A body of friendly natives, who were out foraging, were attacked near Hassen. They made a determined stand, however, and routed the rebels, killing 30 of their number.

Mr Gladstone has submitted to the Cabinet his proposals for the settlement of the Irish difficulty, but they have not yet been trade public. It is reported, however, that they consist of a scheme for the expropriation of Irish landlords, at a cost of two hundred millions ster* ling ; also the establishment of an Irish Parliament in Dublin,

The adjourned case against Richard and Walter Belt, charged with conspiracy to defraud Sir William Nevelle Abbay of the sum of £SOOO, was conclude to-day. Richard Bell was sentenced to a year's imprisonment with hard labor, Walter Belt being acquitted.

Sir Andrew Clark will assume the

Agent-Generalship of Victoria, pending the arrival of Mr Graham Berry. The Oxford crew are favorites for the University boat race against Cambridge at 2 to 1.

The Royal Colonial Institute has sanctioned the purchase of a site for a npw building. The following additional matches have been arranged for the Australian team :—Against North of England, at Bradford, on 6th September; and against the South of England, at Brighton, on 9«h September. Applications for the position of Professor of Chpmistry at the Victorian University will be received up to the 29th March.

The Australian mails, dated Melbourne, February 2nd, ex Garonne, were delivered here to-day, via Naples.

March !6

It is understood that. Mr Chamberlain dissents frim the Irish policy formulated by Mr Gladstone, and he is expected to resign in consequence. In the House of Commons last night, Mr Osborne Morgan, UnderSecretary for the Colonies, in reply to a question from Sir William Arthur, stated that no decision will be come to with regard to the separation ot Queensland until the receipt of the memorial from the colonists on the subJMOt. Sofia, March 15. Prince Alexander ot Bulgaria has added his ratification to the treaty concluded with the Porte for a settlement of the difficulties between Bulgaria and Servia. Constantinople, March 16, Prince Alexandra of Bulgaria now demands that he be appointed Governor of Roumelia for his life time instead of for a term of years only, as provided by the agreement with the Porte.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, March 16. The New Zealand Government has d. finitely declined to take part in the projected Conference of colonial Governments and Premiers, which is to be convened in order to discuss the defences of the colonies and other Bchemes

of general interest. It is not Renerally expected that New South Wales or South Australia will join in the Conference. . , ■•! !

The l.t.M. s . Parramatta arrived tins

morning,

The new Victorian Government opened to-day by commission, after which the members wore sworn, in, and Mr Lawlor was unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. An adjournment will be made until June Ist, in order to enable the Ministers to mature their policy. „, . Sydney, March .15.

Thorought, which has prevailed for

some time past, is, broken, up. ;; Good rains have been experienced all <>v*r the

country. ~.""',,'.',,'..' Vhe Tarawera arrived,this afierno.on. HoBART, March 16.

H.M.S. Diamond has arrived from Sydney. There are seventeen cases of typhoid fever aboard, consequently she has been placed in quarantine. ~, .Adelaide, March J,5, ,

The Intercolonial cricket m»tch Victoria v. South Australia was concluded, to«day. Th« South Australian team won, with 40 runs to spare.

The report of the shareholders who were deputed to enquire into the affairs of the Commercial Bank of South Australia states the Committee of Investi* gation has collapsed in view of the dishonesty of the manager and accountant, who, owing to culpable negligence, kept the Directors of the Board in ignorance at the time of the state of affairs, and advanced upwards of £278,000, mostly without security, and also used the funds of the Bank for their own purposes, and manipulated accounts so as to render discovery impossible in the ordinary course of audit. It is considered the Directors displayed great laxity in performing their djlties, and, notwithstanding their experience of mismanagement prior t.> the year 1880, they failed to exercise any ordinary precaution against misappropriation of funds. The report states the steppage of the Bank was in no way caused by depression in trade. The total losses incurred by the Bank are Bet down at £824,000. March 16,

At a meeting of shareholders in the Commercial Bank of South Australia, held yesterday, the report of the Committee of Inspection was adopted. Special auditors were appointed to examine the affnirs of the Bank. The report of the Directors stated at the meeting that, while the losses of the Bank due to the action of the manager and accountant, .amounted to...:three hundred and ten thousand pounds, still there remained a surplus of assets' over liabilities amounting to one hundred and eighty thousand pounds.