TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1602, 2 July 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 28. Tenders for tbe Prahrnn (Victoria) Municipal loon of £75,000, at 5 per cent,, minimum 102£, were opened tn-day, The total amount offered was fund to be £125.000. Tenders of £lO7 10a will receive 36 per cent, of allotment ; tenders above that in full. One of the principal ammunition makers will visit Victoria shortly to inquire into • the prefects of a factory in the colonies. The West Australian Land Company’s loan of £200,000 has been subscribed for. The hop gardens are infested with vermin, but the hop growth is vigorous and the market firm. June 29, The Board of Trade enquiry into the wreck of the P, and O. steamer Tasmania, on the coftst of Corsica, has commenced. The evidence showed that the Lascars belonging to the ship were 'occluded from shelter, while Europeans were protected from cold and the violence of the waves, in consequence of which twenty-four of the former perished from exposure. Her Majesty the Queen has inspected and expressed herself pleased with Mr Hay’s picture of Queen Margaret and Malcolm Canmore. Meeiings of farmers have been held in Canada favoring a commercial union with America. General Boulanger takes command of the 13th Army Corps stationed at Olermon-Farrand. In the House of Commons to-day the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in replying to a question, said that papers relating to the New Hebrides would, be prerented to Parliament when the negotiations still proceeding between the French and British Governments were concluded. This he hoped would be before very long. The Lord Mayor held a grand reception, followed by a ball, at Guildhall yesterday. A number of Royal personages and Indian Princes were presented. A grand garden party takes place today at Buckingham Palace. The Queen will be present. Sir Henry Holland, in answer to a question in (he House of Commons, said that the report of the Imperial Conference was undergoing extensive revision, and that the portion of the proceedings relating to the New Hebrides would be suppressed. The Chronicle reports that King Milan of Sarvia intends to abdicate.

Mr Dawso* has given notice in the House of Commons that he will ask if the Government will, on behalf of the Queen, state what public services have been performed by the gentlemen who are the recipients of jubilee honors. Sir O. Mitchell’s report on the Tongan disorders has been received by the Colonial Office.

A disastrous drought is prevalent in the North of England, and the agricultural industry is suffering severely. The Australian Agricultural Society has declared a dividend of £2 7s. The Australian Mortgage Agency hi# declared an interim dividend of 8 per cent. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, June 29. The Governor receivei a telegram from General Anderson, London, .requesting tho co-operation of military officers i* the colonies in the presentation of a jubilee offering to the Queen, It is proposed that every officer shall contribute a quarter of a day’s pay. ; . June 80. Latest reports from Kimberley state the prospects continue good. Iwelve reefing claims., have h««n- Mastered. " Five hundred men are on the field, all making a livelihood, and the field is extending. Mr Justice Williams to-day refused an application for the discharge of Charles Forwood,- solicitor, charged with larceny as a bailee in New Zealand, but ordered him not to be taken to New Zealand until bis health permits of him being safely removed. Bail was allowed. Sydney, June 80, A Bill authorising the imposition of increased duties on tobacco was passed through the Legislative Assembly last night. The session of Parliament is now rapidly drawing to a close. The human remains found at Bermangue have now been proved to be those of an aboriginal, Hobart, June 30The s.s. Tainui, which sailed this afiernoon for Port Chalmers, takes 128 New Zealand passengers.