TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1487, 1 April 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 28,

Arrived Ada Melmore, from Oamaru (December 24th) ; Lochnagar, from Wellington (December 24th); Orari, from Lyttelton (December 29th); Pleiades, from Napier (December 27th); Elderslie, steamer, from Port Chalmers (February 24tb).

March 29.

The Indian snl Colonial Exhibition, at South Kensington, will be formally opened on 4th May, by Her Majesty the Queen, In the House of Commons to-day, Mr Gladstone announced that the Budget would be brought down on 12th April, and the statement of the inten* tion of the Government in regard to the land purchase scheme would bs made on the 15tb April. The conference of the Agents-Oeneral on the New Hebrides [question has not been productive of any decisive results. Bit Saul Samuel and Sir Dillon Bell, representing New South Wales and New Zealand respectively, supported the French proposals, while Mr HurraySmith, on behalf of Victoria, advocated a compromise. The island which is proposed to be annexed to Great Britain as a set-off to the French occupation of the New Hebrides is not Raitea, but Kopa or Oparo, an island directly on the track between Panama and Australia.

It is believed that France will agree not to send convicts to New Caledonia after the lapse of ten years.

The French Government offers to guarantee protection to missionaries in the New Hebrides, and will probably surrender Ripa and Raitea if New South Wales and New Zealand are in favor of a compromise, but the federated colonies are opposed to such a course. Mr Murray-Smith has presented a protest on behalf of Victoria.

Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen is extending to the colonics a helping band in the establishment of colonial markets.

The Agents-Gencral will be allowed free admission to the debates in the Home of Lords.

March 30.

The death is announced, at the age of 80, of Sir Henry Taylor, K.0.M.G., who joined the Colonial Office in 1824, Constantinople, March 30,

The Russian vessels belonging to the combined squadron at present stationed at Sad a Bay, Crete, have been ordered to proceed to Smyrna. Brussels, March 29.

Rioting in Charleroi continues to spread, and the town itself is virtually in a state of siege, the strikers holding possession, and forcibly stopping all the industries in the place. In consequence of the thrsatening state of affairs, King Leopold has called out the army reserves.

New York, March 29.

The difficulty between the railway employees and the companies having been referred to arbitration, the strike has now terminated.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, March 29.

This morning’s Argus, in an article on Pacific questions, says the Governments of the Australian colonies condemn the proposals pnt forward by Lord Granville for a compromise on the subject. The writer adds that the Victorian Government particularly is using every effort to prevent the French annexation of the New Hebrides,

Arrived—Sutlej, Sydney, March 29.

A pastoral letter, emanating from the Plenary Council, dealing with the question of mixed marriages and secular education, was read yesterday in all the [[Catholic Churches in the Sydney diocese. Sailed, on Saturday afternoon—Hauroto, for Wellington. Arrived—Te Anau, from Auckland, A warrant was issued to-day, at the instance of a private creditor, for the apprehension of Mr Holt.

March 30.

A circular has been issued to the Governments* of the various Australian colonies by the Premier, Sir Patrick Jennings, stating that the Government

of New South Wales is not disposed to take any action in opposition to the negotiations now going on in regard to the New Hebrides question, providing Prance gives the necessary guarantee not to deport rAcidiyistes to the Pacific Islands.

Arrired, yesterday afternoon—Wakatipu Irom Wellington, Adelaide, March 80.

Lyall, manager of the Commercial Bank of South Australia at Yankalilla, the scene of the alleged robbery, hsl been committed for trial on a charge of embezElement,