TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1561, 29 March 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 24. The Commissioners of the Melbourne Exhibition have formed a Committee for the purpose of urging the appointment of a Royal Commission under the presidency of the Prince of Wales. The Committee will also request Sir Henry Holland, Secretary of Slate for India, to use his influence in persuading the colonies and India to contribute to the Exhibition. The Marquis of Salisbury yhas-. promised -to .j thja..,support of Continental Governments. With reference to the Ada Melmore having no lights at the time of the collision, it was explained at the enquiry that the captain was accustomed on moonlight lights, when outside the track taken by deep sea vessels, to extinguish the lights.

Mr John Cordy Jeaffreson, novelist and litterateur, author of“ The Real Lord Byron ” and “ The Real Shelley,” has made arrangements to visit Australia on a lecturing tour,

The frozen meat by the Iberia, from Melbourne, realised 4^d, A deputation will wait upon Sir Henry Holland to nrge him to place the Adelaide Exhibition upon an ©quality with foreign Exhibitions in the matter of a money grant. Immediate steps will be taken to induce Chambers of Commerce, Mayors of Boroughs, Societies of Arts, and Foreign Governments to send exhibits, Those firms which sent goods to the Exhibition at Philadelphia, Paris, and Melbourne will also be asked to take part in the Jubilee Exhibition.

It is understood that a third company may possibly make overtures for the carriage of mails to Australia, Mr Lubbock, an expert, reports that Queensland, New South Wales, and Fiji sugars are unsuitable to the English market, but he admits that th« specimens shown at the Exhibition were of superior quality. Mr Watt, the expert detailed to report upon colonial tobacco, considers the Victorian and Adelaide cigars highly creditable to the manufacturers, and equal to the British standard of goods. March 25. The University boat race was rowed on the Thames to-day, and resulted in Cambridge winning by four lengths. During the race one of the Oxford crew broke his oar, and Cambridge led throughout. Time, 20rain, SOsecs. The Coptic arrived at Plymouth this afternoon. Her cargo of meat is in good condition. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, remains at to 4|d. March 26. The Duchess of Cumberland is suffering from melancholia, resulting from a shock on hearing of the recent attempts on the life of the Czar. General Iskander Khan, who it is reported was ordered by the Governor of Turkestan to make an attack on Afghanistan, hoped to suprise Herat. The Marquis of Salisbury declares that a return to protection is without the range of practical politics. Berlin, March 26. The Emperor William is sufiering from a cold, which has affected bis eyes. Suez, March 26. The P. and 0. Co.’s s.s. Rome, bound for Australia, ran ashore st Pott Said during a gale on Wednesday last, She sustained injuries to her rudder and rudder-post, which necessitated her return to Malta to be docked. The passengers and mails were transhipped to the Mirzapore, which left here this morning for Colombo, to which port the Surat will be despatched from Bombay to c*rry on the passengers and mails, which will thus arrive in Australia on dace when due. The Sutlej will be despatched from London to convey the Rome’s cargo from Port Said to Australia. Calcutta, March 26. It is reported that the Government of Turkestan has ordered Iskander Khan, with a force of 32,000, to . invade Afghanistan, and take Herat. The Ameer has sent 10,000 men to reinforce the garrison of that nty.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, March 26. The Governments of Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales have cabled to London instructing the 4gents-General to protest against the delay of the Post-office in dealing with mail tenders, stating that the colonies interested are fully agreed on the subject. Sydney, March 26. The first of a series of three contests between the runners George and Meyers took place to-day on the Association’s ground. The distance was a thousand y4rds, and the race was won easily by Meyers. March 27. Arrived—Waibora, Hobart, M irch 26. Mr Braddon, leader of the Opposition, has bef-n summoned to form a new Ministrv.