TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1565, 5 October 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 30. Sir Graham Berry will read the opening paper At the next meetjng of the Colonial Institute, the subject taitig the relations of the c-lonies to the Empire. , The whole of the Victorian beer, exhibits are now exhausted, and nearly a'l the colonial wine, some 21,000 gallons in all, received at the Exhibition has been sold. . ' , The Committee appointee! by the Prince of Wales report that the, complaints about the treatment of; Au*traMan wines at the Exhibition are diip to imperfect kßowleage of the facts of the case on the part of the aggrieved persons, Oct'. 1. i Seventeen thousand feet of ' space has been applied for at. the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition by British exhibitors. Mr William Beattuy, of Adelaide, has been accidentally killed at'Edinburgh. •New Zealand frozen mutton, primV quality, is selling at from id to per lb. Octl 2. The s.s. lonic, from Wellington (If ft August 22nH), arrived at Plymouth this morning. Ber frozen mutton is in good condition. ( The trip of the Australian cricketers has not been a financial' success. The English harvest is a'most c rapleted. | Reach and Harilan are reconciled. ; - Sir P. Cuoliffc o\ven states that 'he annual payments of the colonies towards the Imperial Institute will depend upon the number of members who contribute. The rev. gentleman who has accepted the Bishopric of Melbourne is possessed of large private means, and is a very; eloquent preacher. . He is ..-, a \ery generous man, and has expended among the poor of his congregation the whole, of his etiperid. The curates of the diocese of St. George's Church, to which the new bishop wa6 rector, are of opinion that he is highly pleased with the appointment.

A series of meetings of experts is being arranged to practically test the quality pf the various wood exhibits at the jndian and Colonial Exhibition, and the first trial will be made at the works of Messrs Ransome, Sim 3, and Co., Chelsea. Mr J. Norton, delegate of the Sydney Trade and Labor Council, is organising a conference on the subject of Stateaided emigration, and has invited delegates from all the artisans' societies to be present. v The Due d'Amaule" has' bequeathed his palace and grounds at Chantilly to the French Institute. Oct. 3. Lord Churchill has promised to legislate in the direction of allotments on tithes and glebes,' a railway rate, cheap land , transfer, popular local government in the United Kingdom, licensing reform, amending the land laws of Ireland, elementary eduction, and public economy. He favors the cloture proposals, and does not believe iu wholesale evictions. Fourteen rebels in MadrH have been sentenced to death. In the ten-mile pedestrian batch George has beaten Gumming. In a native quarrel in Qodavery district, in Hindostan, a hundred natives were killed. , Paris, bept, 30. The Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies have, in accord-, ance with the views of the Government, greatly reduced the credit for the transportation of recidivistes. The number of these has been limited to 300 a year. The Committee recommend that they be sent to Cayenne instead of New Caledonia, as the latter settlement is already crowded, and difficult to super-

vise. Capetown, Oct. 2. The s.s. Doric departs this afternoon tor New Zealand.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Oct. 1. The rfcYtuue for this, colony during the quarter ended yesterday amounted,, to £1,630,000, an increase oi £112,000

as compared with the Sepierttber quarter last year, but £90.000 Mow the quarter's proportion of the Treasurer's estimate for the current year, Arrived this afternoon—Hauroto. 'Oct. 2. The French barque Glaneure, 481 tons, from Charente to Melbourne, with a cargo of spirits, hss gone ashore at Point Lonsdale, Port Philip Heads, and is vn a critical position. ' - Sydney, Oct. 1. The Tekapo left this afternoon for Wellington. A reduction in the military expendi tare ; of the colony is being effected. The number of the permanent forces is being decreased. Adelaide, Oct. 1, Messrs Ireland, ' Fr»ser and (Jo.'s Gircular, dated Mauritius, August 30 h } reports, that sugar-crubliing was commenced, and it is estimated that the yield will be from 105,000 tblllO.Ol-O tons;

The South Australian revenue for v e past quarter amounted to £408,000, a decrease of £122,000 compared witli tincorresponding quarter of JasTyear. In the House of Assembly-list night, the proposals submitted by Government to ameud the Land Act, in or.ier to cover the deficiency in the revenue, were rejected.