TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1538, 11 January 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

' ENGLISH InD FORIIIGN.i ::* • London, Jan. 6. 1 ,! The Government has promised toirp* consider therques'tion of the administration of New Guinea at the earliest posaible opportunity. ; The Hon. Adye'tDiuglas, Agent. General of Tasmania, returns there! on the 16th. 1; The Shipping Company's steamers will call at Hobart for the future. ! ' ' The Marchioness of Queensberry bag petitioned for a divorce. ' ' ! 1 The increased deficit of New Sojoth Wales is disturbing-the minds of jinvestors; H' ' • •'<' | .','•• " "Rest New Zealand frozen mutton! is 'Belling at fourpeiscethree farthirigs. , A Melbourne realising fcurfjence farthing, and Sydney a baltpe my less. ' ■' '■'■' ~"' : ■ ■ L''r- ( , Mr Buchanan, in a letter to jthe ; \Timeß, speedy . r renewal) of prosperity in New South Wales.' j r "' Forty ; thdusarid sovereigns hiiire Heeri withdrawn fur Australia, and- more t Will probably'follow, ,-'■' :, i ; : .' < ~. ■-.■:■ ; Jan. 7j. The annual meeting. of '■• the •'Australasian Mortgage and Agency Cbmpsjny, limited, will be held on the'2oth ijist. The report recommends Wi declaration of a'dividend of 8 per cent., and a bobps of 2 per cent. The reserve fund J)as ; be6n)raised to £650,000. ~. ! : The British collection of pictures for the Adelaide Jobitee Exhibition inclujdes sixty-five large-oil paintings, fifty-tljree water-colorb. ! •: and maoy- photogf apih « l The selection has been" approved; or bjf Sir F. Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, and : Sir 1 John Gilbert, Prjisi-,, dent of the Society of Painters in Water Colors, ! 1 Messrs Thompson, Shannon and (Do;, warehousemen, Wellington, offer tneir creditors 15s in the £, payable over a period of twenty ■ months.' The; offer will probably be accepted. ' '' : '' ,; " ' '"''[ " ' Jan. 8. A Utter was received by the Red Cross, Society from the Emperor! of Germany thanking them for their services, and expressing the hope ihatibis ! effortß to maintain! peace for Germany not be in.vain, : , : \ \'\ ' Jan. 9. ;, lhe Abysßinia'wil) be the last emigrant ship to Sydney, and she takes ! over 100 domestic seryantßi/; - ' At the trial; ofj Mr i'John Dil on, whipn is now proceeding in : ''t)ablin, General Sir Redve^r'Buller. and Sir Michael Hicks-Beaeh gave, evidence in support, of Jthe conspiracy for which he is being tried, ;;,, .. Prince Alexander of BattenburgJcxPrince, of Rqlgarja,' t will jejiortly proieed on a long tour, during, which he {will visit Egypt. This has been decided u(pon with the view tif putting an end! to' the report regarding bis future'intentions. ",.'..... ',.,-..■ 'i-:' .. | The navy and .marine ..pensioners; at Portsmouth have been invited by I the Imperia};Government to volunteer} for active service. ; i ! '; 1 The jubilee will be celebrated in India in February. , ; Sixteen German g»rrisons at Al&ace have baeii doubled. 4 ' ■ Constantinople, Jan. 8. . \ Sir Wbite» British Am^as^dor,hada.long and most cordial interjriew to-dky withi-th'e ! Sttltan'i; iwboiisent; New Year's greetings to Her Mejepty Queen Victoria. ; Rangoon, Jan. (3. ■ News, from/iUpper Burmah reports the continued, successesiof the British force, undet. Sic .'Frederick Robert*. Several prominent rebel chiefs havelbeen AUBTHALIAN CABLE, j ,*t"J\J :t!% :: M«iiߧTjßKßSr : iJan. i7; ! -' ; It' ha 6 be'en>ascertained .thaWhe John^and'Robert; lefrißi* who stuck up the, # Albert Park,| and "wefe f itated ftreibQtb from Sydney; where they' are well" con* nee ted. , "'" 1 l '"' ' *''''' ''■ '•'' i '■. Tbe Monht Rennie convicts >were exe.cjitei}' !»t \ D«rjingbjiir«it ) fi*o\ i at nine o'clock this.! m»,ming. About . one, hundred and_fi!.ty persons were present. Retfd-handed a'wrtyec statement declaring the innocence of himself and those reprieved, except DonnelUn, There w«0

no demonstration; in or outside the gaol Of the four men hanged Boyce died the hardest,tlie struggles of the others being brief, ■ The New Zealand Loan and Agency Company in their weekly report estimate the Surplus of the Bonth Australian wheat crop'tb s amount W 160,006 tons. They anticipate! that good business will be done in shipping, ; Another, smallpox case is reported et the quarantine station. Dr Porter, medical officer, telegraphs that there ig little doubt. that t .the patients now in quarantine .were infected during the removal of the corpse of the first victim at Adelaide, which-was wrapped in loose canvas and‘removed in the presence of the. Preus.sen’s passengers;' Several of the patients at Sorrento have admitted they dodged the medical inspector when he ’visited the vessel at Adelaide, Several of.the patients at,the quarantine station ‘ate4A a critical state,'one of the cases being considered, hopeless, i Lees, the. pugilist- who was brought from New Zealand under the extradition treaty oh, a charge of , assau/f, has been committed for trial. : . : Sydney, Jan. 7. ''''''Cbrf'e'sphndence is published- between ’ W'Dibbs o a ! hd : - -fohßef 1 begins by a contemptuous reference to IhV extent ‘to which as Pre descend, whoso, ad minis trative tactics and diplomacy fofjmany weeks ha's'been 1 confined : to the Single object of hunting a colleague put (jf the ■Cabinet.- i He-adds beds hot disposed .to have UrConcocted fesignatipb fpreed upon him, and. will choose his own lime for resigning, l ■ A Sir P. Jennings, in reply, informs •Mr Dibbs that he cannot act where and,how he pleased, or remain a member of the Cabinet simply at his own discretion; The dispute will probably lead to the downfall of the whole Government, i • ■■■■■■■ Jan, 8. One ol the smallpox patients at the quarantine ground died to-day. It is stated that if Mr Dibbs does not resign the Colonial Secretaryship Sir P, Jennings will, on Monday next, lender to the Governor the resignation of his Government as a whole. ;:;i' Adelaide, Jan. 7. ' Two fresh* cases of smallpox are reported, one of which is regarded as hopeless. ,- V ■ The Teelulpa , diggings continue to give fair results, washing in most cases giving good returns. Many |is|pates have occurred, with regards to.cjarais.