TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1496, 7 October 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. LoNDONj Oct, 4."'.",' A terrible colliery explosion occurred yesterday at SilkstoDe colliery,; Yorkshire, whereby 20 persouw lost their lives. The Paris Soleil belityes. that the French Government will do nothing in the recidiviste matter. Mr Norton, in a letter to tlip ; Prince, of Wales, asks him to ext-rt his influence towards discouragipg.emigration to the colonies. 110 also complains that the colonial officials at the Exhw bition have entirely misrepresented the industrial classes of Australia, The Prince of Wales has replied' thai he is deeply interested in the questions raised.

I The Press regard Lord Randolph Churchill's speech as a Tory-Democratic manifesto. The references in it to foreign affairs strengthen the impression that England and Austria are trying to establish a Balkan federation under the protection of the Great Powers. Oct. 5. Mr Gladstone,'in receiving a depu tation from Cork offering-him; the freedom of that city, declared that be continued in public life in-order to settle the question of Home Rule in Ireland. The cause he averred" would ultimately triumph. lie hoped that this would come to pass shortly. The Sportsman's gold medal has been presented, to Beach. H.M.S. Miranda; at prpsent on the Australian station, haR been recalled. A gang of raiders shot two daughters of a farmer in Cork for refusing to give them arms which were in j farmhouse. Madrid, Oct. 5. The military who were arrested for having risen in revolt in favor of a Republic have been sentenced to death. The Cabinet have, however, advised the Queen to pardon them. Capetown, Oct. 4. The force of 15,000 troops which is being despatched to Burmah to the rebellion have started for Rangoon.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Oct. 4. Arrived—Rotomahana, from Auckland yesterday morning. The revenue of seW'Booth" Wales for the last quarter amounted to £1,660,000, being a decrease of £SOOO h 8 compared with the September quarter of last year,