TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1550, 31 August 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Ang. 26. It is stated that. Mr Stanhope, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has arranged to confer with Earl Iddlesleigb, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with regard to . the French occupation of the New Hebrides, and to arrange the coarse of action to be taken in dealing with the subject. The Australian and Npw Zealand mails via San Francisco, dated Auckland, July 20th, were delivered here to-day, . i New South Wales has invited the British Association.to jneet in Sydney in 1888. It is considered possible that a strong delegation would l}o willing to go if the terms were generous. It has been decided; that the Controller-General of Trade marks will be obliged to register all! brands not already registered. Messrs Burgoyne and Co. disclaim any desire to register the Sau Vignor brand, but will require others., Mr Harvey, Inspector of Agents of the Scottish Provincial Assurance Company, has been appointed London Secretary of the Colonial Mutual Life Association. In reference to the statements made by the Rev. W. Gribble as to Ihe condition of the natives in Western Australia, Bishop Parry, of Perth, admits that there are instances of cruelty and immorality, but declares that Mr Gribble’s charges are indiscreet and exaggerated. Baron Norton, in a successful speech, declared that the colonists were as badly off as Europeans, almost every inch of their soil being in the ; possession of of m few hundred capitalists. : He also said that the farming community in the colonies scarcely gained j an existence, whilst in New South Wflea there were thousands .• of the . artisan class unemployed. Victoria atone be considered the most thriving of the colonies. The working class opposed the deportation of ricidivistes, but did not care whether tile French annexed the New Hebrides or not. The opposition [raised, against that Power doing so was simply on the part of capitalists. • ! Mr Morris has informed Sir P. C. Owen that Mr Spiers’ Contract for the sale of wines at the Exhibition has, seriously injured the colonial wine’ interests. Owing to quarrels which have a;risen between Sir J. Pope Hennessy, Governor of Mauritius, and Mr Clifford Lloyd, Lieutenant-Governor and Ooi'onial Secretary of that island, Mr 3S. Stanhope has ordered the latter gentleman to Seychelles Island, m dependency of the Mauritius Government. • Aug. 27, Harvest operations are progressing rapidly in England, but the wheat crop i». expected to be below the avers g?. The drawing for- the great sculling sneopst''keß,;,to como off on the Thames on the 80th of this month and following days, was made to-day.i For the first beat, Matterson is drawn against Wallace Ross, Teemer against Perkins, Lee against Beach, and. Bnbe&r gets a bye. Aug. 28. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s R.M.S. Eaikoura left Plymouth for Auckland pnd Wellington this morning. Under the auspices of the Fair ’Trade League, Mr Buchanan will shortly deliver a lecture urging Australia to adopt a policy of protection. Tha Citizen states t|iat bills of John Wilson and Co., of Sydney, have been returned. The liabilities of the firm are about £BI,OOO. If time is given, it is iprobable that creditors will be paid in foil. . i The Economist urges colonial shippers to teat the legality .of the action of the London freight ring. ..... Munich, Ang, 27. Mr Gladstone arrived to-day from* London. He afterwards proceeded to Tergcrnsee, about twenty miles from this city. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Aug. 27. A deputation from the Chamber of,

Commerce waited upofi the Postimst r General to-day, and,strongly urged the necessity of continning the. subsidy to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Com pany in order to secure a rrdnciiou -< fthe present high tariff b- tween Anetralia and New .Zealand. 1 The Pus'* master-General said he would t«ke into consideration the viewe ofjthe doputsi tion, aad lay the matter before his colleagufs. I Arrived, this afternoon—Alameda, with the inward Sail Franeipco mails. !/:ogr-28 t The proposals of the Government in connection with the cebbnjlion of the centenary embraces • serifs of grand public gatherings, extending from January 23rd to February 7ih next year. Invitations will .be issued,to.the British Association to vihjii Sydney at the time, and to the Australian Naval Squadron to rendezvous ali Port Jackson during the celebra'ion. ! Hobart, 1 Aug, 28, Arrived, this morning—f Shaw Sayill and Albion Company’s s.s, 1 Coptic.