TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1572, 23 April 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 19,

It is announced that Mr James Lorimer, Victorian Minister of Defence and delegate lo the Imperial Conference, and Mr Robert Wisdom, one of the New South Wales delegates to ihe conference, have been created Knight Commanders of St. Michael and St, George. The same honor was offered to Mr Deakin, of Victoria, but vras declined,

Two American, three European and seventeen English firma have tendered fpr the New Bouih Wales railway;engine •ontraot. An English tsndsr was the lowest. The Government of Sonth Australia have agreed to Lord George Hamilton’s defence proposals, Marshal Bazaine was stabbed out of revenge for the injuries inflicted on Franco by him daring the FrancoGerman war. The latest intelligence regarding the stranding of the P, and 0. Company’s Tasmania states that the captain, fifth officer, quartermaster, and twenty-two of the crew of Lascars were drowned, hot the rest of the ship’s company and all the passengers were, eared. It :s| feared that the Teasel will become a total wreck.

Arrived, Ibis: morning* at Plymouth —Ruapehu, Her cargo of meat is in good condition. Arrived Barqae Cingalese, from Timara ; ship Canterbury, from Napier. April; 20. The Duke ol Devonshire has recovered from bis recent illness. The following ships have sailed from London ;—Deva, for Lyttelton ; Loch Urr, for Lyttelton; LeUercwe, for Wellington, The Rangitikei is loading for Auckland. The Earl of Harrowby has given notice in the Bouse of Lords that on Monday be will ask Government what policy they intend to pursue respecting Prance and the Now Hebrides.

The following was the result o e City and Suburban Handicap, 1000 sovs., run at Epsom Spring Meeting : —Merry Duchess, 1; Carlton, 2 | Castor, 3. Two thousand four hundred bags of Queensland sugar have been sold at 10s to 14 s. The frozen meat on Board the Potoei realised 4£d per lb, and that by the Elderslie 4|d. The Potosi’s lambs brought 6d. April 21. Canada has offered to revert to the oonditions of the treaty of Washington next fishery season, if a mixed Commission is appointed to enquire into the matters now in dispute. Lord Charles Beresford will probably be President of the Select Committee on life-saving apparatus. AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbodbnb, April 20. Sailed—Mararoa; It has been reported to the Exhibition Commissioners that (he King of Hawaii is desirom of visiting Australia during the time of the Centennial Exhibition, April 21-. An eight hours’ demonstration took place to-day, and was largely attended, the whole proceedings being a great success. Sydney, April 20. Sailed—Zealaudia, tor Auckland. The Government are endeavoring to grapple with the difficulty regarding the unemployed, whose numbers are daily increasing. April 21. The no-confidence debate has commenced in the Legislative Assembly. Mr Barnes, the Colonial Treasurer, said he would stand by the proposed readjustment of taxation, and thought by a sound system of retrenchment they would be able to reduce the public ex? penditure. The prospect of the property tax being proposed was vanishing day by day. Sailed—Hotomahana,