TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1558, 18 September 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept, 4. In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr Purnell withdrew his amendment opposing the motion granting precedence to supply on the ground that the state of affairs in Ireland demanded primary attention. Lord Randolph Churchill intimated that a date would be fixed for the discussion of the Bill to be introduced by Mr Parnell* to amend the present Irish land laws. Sir Charles Mitchell, Colonial Secretary at Natal, has been appointed Governor of Fiji, and Mr J, B. Thurston Lieutenant-Governor. Sept, 6. The British Association have announced their intention of sending 50 delegatee to Sydney on the occasion of the o lebration of the New South Wales centenary in 1886.

Sept. 9. The Queen has assembled the Jubilee Commissioners.

Canada proposes that ihe Indian and Colonial Exhibition should continue open for next year, on condition that Canada guarantees £3OOO and New South Wales and Victoria £2OOO each. The real object of the Bill introduced by Mr Parnell to amend the Irish land legislation is supposed to be to separate the Unionists from the Government. Sept. 13, The Australian cricketers were entertained to-day at a dinner by Mr Hennicker Heaton, In the House of Commons to-day, the Hon. E. Stanhope, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated,, in reply to a question, that the proposed cable from Vancouver’s Island to Australia would be attended with heavy expenditure, and that Her Majesty’s Ministers cannot arrive at a decisien on the subject until the different colonial Governments interested in the scheme shall have expressed their opinions. Sept, 14. In the House of Commons to-day, a Bill to amend the present law of legislation in Ireland was introduced by Mr Parnell, and read a first time. The measure provides that the Land Courts should be empowered to reduce rents daring the period of two years, and evictions should be stayed when the tenant has deposited with the Court half the amount owing to the landlord. A sculling match has taken place between Lee and Matterson, which was won by the former. The Journal des Debats urges the French Government to arrange more friendly relations respecting the New Hebrides, Mr E. Stanhope has hopes of an early evacuation of those islands. Berlin, Sept, 4. M. de Giers, the Russian Prime Minister, is now in this city. He has had several meetings with Count Bismarck and the Emperor Wi'liam. It is understood that the interviews have been of a most cordial nature. Paris, bept, 4. The Republique Francaise, in An article to-day, insists on the maintenance of the present French occupation of the New Hebrides.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Sept. 15. In reply to a communication from the Governor of Victoria, asking whether a vessel is available for despatch to the New Hebrides for the purpose of protecting British interests in those islands, Admiral Tryon has stated that two men-of-war are already at the New Hebrides, and he believes the states of affairs there has been exaggerated. Five ' hundred returned diggers arrived at Port Darwin to-day from Kimberley goldfields. They report that many diggers are still on the field, and are in a state of distress.

Sept. IC, Arrived, this morning—Wairarapa, s.s., from the Bluff. Sydney, Sept. 16, The s.s.- Te Anau left this afternoon for Auckland.