TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1514, 18 November 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

; English;' foreign. ... London,.. Npy. 13.

Sir BritjshSpecial Commissioner, to Turkey.,re, Egypt, baa been summoned to London. Large quantities, of New Zealand and River Plate frozen mutton are now in store. Nov. 14. Ibe Commissioners of the late Exhibit it n intend to, present Sir P. C. Owen with a service of plate in recognition of his aervices to the Colonial Exhibition. The, Fisheries and Health, Exhibitions, it is announced,.show each a small surplus, and the Inventions a deficit. The Colonial Exhibition ,baß prod need a surplus which is variously estimated at from £70,000 to *BO,OOO. \ The Prince of Wales has invited the, Mayors -i ,'i- ,. •■■■■ ' a/_ ; of the United Kingdom tp co-operate in providing funds 1 for the Imperial Institute, i

M. Freycinet intends to ask for a vote for a penitentiary on the-Island of Qleron, in the Bay of BUcay, where the recidivistea nay be prepared for colonial life. - Nov. 15. Sir Graham Berry has written a letter to the Times replying to that paper's leading article on Friday, in which he denies, as alleged, haying claimed that Australia should have a -voice in the foreign policy •of the Empire. lie continued : opinion is still unripe on the question of Imperial federation."

Sir Thomas Brsssey sails to-morrow for a year's cruise in his yacht Sunbeam, visiting India and Australia. The Committee which regulates wool sales in London is unlikely to consent to the proposed innovation of farthing bids. The prospects of next Bales are considered good.

The newly-formed Australian Mutual Shipping Company will begin operations in March. It will probably w«rk in cooperation with Tyser. It is intended to send three ships to Melbourne and three to Sydney each month. Paris, Nov,, 14.

The departure of recidiyistes to New, Caledonia and the Isle of Pines has been postponed, Bombay, Nov. 15. The Ear I of Dufferin, the GoyernorGeneral, is now in this city seriously indisposed. , i AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Nov. 16. Sir Uobert Fowler, ex-Lord Mayor of London, is now on a visit to Melbourne, Sydney, Nov.! 15.: The Union Company's Manapouri arrived yesterday afternoon.

The steamer Ozone, from Townville, has been placed in quarantine, jiaving, it is supposed, cholera on board; Oos death occurnd during the voyage. ! . Nov. 16. The steamer Ozone has been granted pratique, there being no infectious disease en board. The captain alone is suffering from intermittent fever. Adelaide, Nov, 16. There is now a floating population at Teetulpa of fully five thousand diggers. It is stated that one party altogether netted £I4OO and another £4OO. The field has considerably-extended; during the past few days.