TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 22 January 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, London, Janl 18. q The Prince of Wales has finally declined all invitations to visit the colonies; being quite unable to leave . England, It is officially announced that the ■ object of the conference to be held in Lohd&n’’shortly is only to ascdHain the velws. of the delegates on political matters referring to the colonies; end it is hot intended to any new de? partures from their present staluk. The Union Bank' ef Australia has declared a dividend of 14 per cbnt, per ‘ ahhtim/and 'harries fbfwafd and places to reserne-£17,000. 1 The Belgian GoVemtheht state that trade Vita Australia has now risen to sixty f million''francs per annbm, and that the Belgians should exhibit / largely at the Adelaide Exhibition. Sir B’ipl Samuel is a member of the the Building and Organising Committee of the Institute. The colonial cobtributtons are : considered too gmall, and the Prince of Wal»s : wilKprobably invite ! tlio Govertidrs and Mayofe of all the British colonies to organise public subscription l|sts. ( ; • The death is announced of VicePollen. Mr O’Brien has paid Viscount Dillon £BOOO, the amount of rent collected by the Land frinri' bis ■Tenant's. v. Sir i-Henry Drummond Wolfe, the British , Special Commissihh'er, has started for and Will call at Vieniia en route; Jan; 19. A false'alarm of firo broke odt at a performance of the Dramatic- Club,, SpitMfields, last night. In Tbfc panic H whjch, ensued seventeen persohs were killed. Sir Wdj. Haft-Dyke bais bden appointed to succeed Sir Henry Holland as Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education. The Committee of the Imperial, flnstitute has decided to ihvite the colonies to organise plans for -obtain* mg public and private contributions .in aid of the fund for keeping the Queen’s jubilee by founding the Imperial Institute. The Victorian loan will probably be subscribed twofold. .At present it is quoted St °fT'per cent, j, Admiral Aube has withdrawn bis , 'proposal for a special vote for an increase of, the French navy, A Canadian the r Alert, has been selected ip make a survey of the ■route of the proposed Pacific cable from Vancouver to the Sandwich Islands. Eight hundred- and thirty intending exhibitors at the jubilee Exhibition have been allowed 81,000 ft., subject to of the Adelaide’Executive.' An - issue of 10,000 shares 1 in the Anglo-Australian Investment and Finance Company is announced. Sir Saul Samuel denies the report in circulation that a large JJew South Wales bah Is im'pendiug. The British and- FrenclrGovefnments have’mutually recalled Thfeir 'respective Oonsuls.at Zayla, j the capital' of the 'Sotpaijli Couhtry, U'uited'action:will be, taken by, tbp two Hqvernmeuts 'with 1 fegard to the S^iiJUtili'cPa^t, The amount subscribed |to’ the Brunswick (Victoria) 'Municipal loan of £28,000 at 5 per cent was j£Bs, 600. Sx. Petersburg; Jan. 18. The statement (hat two officers'of i hei [ Indian arprjy jiaye' D<’ e D arrested at Moscow as spies is now ''proved to bp incorrect. * Rangoon, Jan. 10. General Roberts has left Mandalay, fpr Ills I BUy recently'Occupied by the RriUsji f'Tees, San Fr’anoisco, Jan. 19. The. s.s. Alameda sailed yesti-rday-at 4 n.m. for Auckland and Sydney. ■ ..... -■ ; , AUSTRALIAN CARL'E, Melbourne, Jan. 20. It is probable that the Preusbetl’s passengers will be released On Saturday next. The Hauroto arrived last night. Typhoid fever still continues in Melbourne. Since the hegipnjpg of the yeap 157 cases occurred, 85 of which proved ffttal'

i'BYDNBY, Jaui 19. The quarantined' here and at Melbourne and Adelaide are progressing towards recovery. No fresh cases are reportedi; ; , Sailed—Tekappy for ■ W ellingtiu. y . Janl 20. A lockout of miners has taken place at the Lnmbton collienes, where there are now 700 unemployed, breat excitement prevails in Illawarra, wh'ere the mihers have also'struck. ' Saijed—WairWapa. Adelaide, Jan, 19. The latest reports from Teetufpa state that all is quiet tli.ekp.ju,. Brisbane, Jan. 19. A banquet wks given last night to Mr Griffiths, the Premier, in the Town Hal). Nearly ,250 persons were present. Ihc Canadian barque Georgd Crow^ ' was nearly destroyed by fire to-day at the Brisbane wharf, i Hobart, Janl 19. Arrived—Hauroto, from the Bluff. Jan. 20. At the funeral of Judge Gihu'n yesterday the procession was fully a r mile long, and included Ministers’ 1 Judges, Councillors, and chief officials, !