TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1500, 16 October 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN., . London, Oct. 12. Mr E. H. Want, the solicitor for New South Wales, registers the Pacific Cable Company, with a capital of two millions. The Jubilee Exhibition Committee have asked the Duke of Cambridge to apply for £ISOO towards the expense s of the British art exhibits. Sir Coulis Liudsay will be willing to send thewhole of the Grosyenor collection—lf—aspecial admission charge of Is is made, or will give' them ffeeuf-illovyed £ISOO for expenses. Twenty-two' thousand' ■ 1 J ![*• /! * } '■|» | _ feet have been applied for bv: Messrs . r •; '(MI ; Elkington and Coi for, electro-plate ■v i,7‘ 'l ; !- jr exhibits. Thirty-thousand r .ppnnds woytb., of Australian wines ( ha ( vp. been imported this year. The sister,of Professor Holloway, of. pills and ointment lame,, intends to die ~ pute her brother’s will; ■ Oct. 18. Neil MaUerson, the'Australian sculler, sails for AustraliaHn the - Lusitauia tomorrow. ? - f - Germany is rapidly arming her troops with repeating rifles. 1 The newspapers which suppoit General Boulanger, the present Minister of War. for France, predict an early conflictowith Germany. . : The statement published by the Daily News that the Government are preparing a scheme for the government of Ireland on V basis' providing a National Councillor eacli of the four provinces is generally discredited. " Arrived—Elderslie, s.'s,, from Port Chalmers, with a cargo of frozen mutton, which is in good condition. The Pall Mall Gazette to-day' states that Lord Charles Beresford, Naval Lord of the Admiralty, has memorandum to the Admiralty severely condemning the shortness of the per sonnel in warships in commission 1 and * their supplies of coal, and the tardiness* displayed in mobilising. Lordship asserts that no plan exists for a cam- 1 paign, and insists if is necessary to extend the Intelligence Department of. the navy and organise fleets in prepara-. tion for war. .

. , !?.: ; ’■ ii-v ; The New Zealand loan Is qxpected to average 93. Sir Hercules Robinson .will, retaiipthe;. Governorship of Cape ColonYjfor a fresh term., ’ Ottawa, Octi. 12. ; An American fishing schooner, vyhich . - , • . ' < i ' iI ; i 1 *- f■Af ? failed to report to the Customs of Nova Scotia has. been seized, and' her owners fined. As the piaster,• persisted, in hoisting the American flag, the captain of the Canadian cruiser Terror ordered a party on board to lower the flag, which was accordingly done,! and an armed guard placed in charge- of the schooner.. .— AUSTRALIAN CABLE. * Melbourne, Oct. 14. The New Zealand Loan and: Mercantile Company report that the account of the Victorian, wheat crop is favorable, the, crops having,been improved by rain, and it is hoped the yieled will be larger than last year. As regards;r South Australia, the accounts are Prom some districts. the; yield "is reported to be much larger than last year, hut in others to be only about the average. ~ 1 The s.s. Tarawera arrived this morn- •• „ ‘ ' : ■ 1 , ’ ‘ ing. : / Sydney, Oct, 18. The guests for the Municipal Jubilee will be taken on a trip round the harbor to-day. r:: ' ’’ ! I > * : Oct. ,14. In the Legislative Assembly last might, an amendment, moved by Mr, Abbott, on the proposed vote of .censure, favoring . retrenchment and additional taxation, was carried. The s.s. Wairarapa sailed to-day fcr Auckland. Adelaide, Oct. 13. The Legislative Council has rejected a Bril providing for the payment of members, which, was recently passed by the House of Assembly.