TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1564, 2 October 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN; London, Sept; 28. The Rey. Field Flowers Geer**, M.A., Rector of St. George's Church, Bl»«.ni*barjr, London, has •cce t t 'J 'he- jWijhoprio of Melbourne. ! The Commercial Exchange Ms »p----pointed a Committee, with Mr Scott tt Chairman, to keep the Hoynl Commission informed on colonial imaturs. They consider (hat the receipts from aduiinissions ought to he sufficient to cover the future cost of- managing the Exhibition. • .; ' : " j •'■■'•. Sir P. C. Owen promises that greater advantages shall be given to i colonial fruit if the Exhibition is reopened. At a meeting in London Mir Norton denounced emigration ...to. the jcoiouies,,. and advocated a protective; policy. .; H* stated that New,S<>utu W.»W id iu a deplorable condition. Unds and others *lsd sp'oki*. j Seplt. 29. Sir Hercu!es_ Robinson >. proceeds to Mauritius to inquire into the com plaints which have been lodged sgainst the Governor of that;colony, ; The agreement for the. construction of tbe Tasmania!)' Main Trunk Line hs's been affirmed and -tiny Company authorised to borrow £500,000. It is announced tluMhe Right Rev.. Tqos. Garr, Bishop of Gnlway and Kilmacdaugb, has beeu*appcinted to Succeed the late JDr Gould as Rouitfn;. Ciilotic Arcbbiehop of Melbourne '1 hineen scullers bate entered for the International Handicap to teke. place Shortly at the Welsh Harp, at Hetti'loir; Mr Thompson has arranged to read at tbe Exhibition a report drawn up by experts on Australian ''frozen meat. The Rev. Mr George hold* Evangelical Yiews, Ex-Bishdp PerrJ, of Melbourne, considers that he will make an excellent bishop. Nearly £60.000 worth of Adelaide wine has been 6old either in wholesale or retail quantities at the Exhibition. ' *"■ Sfpt. 30. ! Sir Reginald Hansen has been chosen Lord 'Mayor" elect. The Standard stated that the recent rise iu wool has done much to reassure several Australian banks and companies which were in serious danger. < Some angry letters have been appear-, ing in the Sportsman accusing... of "funking" a match with Hanlru. The const* nt insults and, meunces to which he has been exposed intensify the; champion's objection to meet the CanaJinn oarsemau on the Thames* > ■|lt is the French Government will send a Zouave expedi'ion to Madagascar. , Paris, ibept, 29. In addressing ameeiiug at Toulouae yesterday, M. da Freysinet,; the. French Premier, declared that .Government considered that further colonial a.q-ii-sitions on the part of France wre not to be desired, bat (hat they! were determined to retain those which Fr«uie already possessed. He expresses a hope that such a solution of the preseut difficulty with regard to the Ntw Hebrides wonld be arrived; at as would b 9 in conformity with the dignity ol France. Sept. 30. A portion of M. de Frcycin-t's speech, in which he stutes that the French Government is determined to retain s the colonies which they already possess, is generally construed to refer to Madagascar, and not to the New Hebrides. '■'*' ■• '■■■■■■■ \ v: >!':-.! Capetown, Sept. 28. , Sir Hercnles Uobiason, Governor" of Cape Colony, shortly proceeds to Mauritius for the purpose of arriving at a settlement 1 "of tlit*- dispute whii-h )>** ,, arisen'in-cohn'ee'iiin .'wi'h' the gov nrrnent of that country. ; Ottawa, tvi.\ 2\K In the Canadian. tion.se of Com'"""* yesterday, a credit vo'e ot £2OOO wis proposed towards the fund which is being- raised for the estab ishmHit of an Imperial Institute iu London. . '.. , ♦ ■ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Meluodrnk, Sept. 29. Orm/ntinicatibns are passiug betwetn nie Uovu».uin , s of New South Wales' and Viotoria with a view of the prevention ol the threatened increase in the

cable tariff; between Australia »»•( New Zealand, and the Victorian Go-Vi-rnmetit, iti« understood, furors a general contribution by the colonies le all the Australian cables oftftihe basis of population. • Mr »up«rinterident of the Eastern, Exteir-ien Telegraph Company at Low Head?, Tasmania, has wired to th<i London office of the Company suggesting th«t the proposed increase of tariff be postponed for a, month to allow of further negotiations. The death is announced of William Hoskiug, the well-known comedian. Sept. 40. Mr A. Beckett has been appointed to the racaut Puisne Judgeship. Sydney, riept. 29. • At the Mercantile. Marine Conference now proceeding here the shipowners' representatives completed their case. The delegates of the employees are now engaged stating their?. Intelligence is to hand that a French mi'iiary post has been formed at the New Hebrides. Sept. 80. The 8.8. Manapouri sailed this afternoon for Auckland. The Mercantile Marine Conference has been adjourned for a month, pending the settlement of the question, which the employees hare agreed to submit to arbitration, -