TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1623, 20 August 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. , ; L6ndoNj Aug, 16V. In the House of Lords, tO'day, Lord Onslow, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying to a question stated that the British Government had been compelled to, abandon the scheme for tbe international prevention of the sale of spirits and arms* to the natives of tbe Western owing I tothe TjTpited States Government having refused to join in the scheme. Ilia Lordship; added that the Imperial, Government would gladly renew negotiations on the subject. . . Thousands of quarrymen and- factory 1 operatives are unemployed in Wales, owing to the drought there. , In the sculling match, rowed on the ' Saratoga Lake, between Bubear and Wallace Ross, the former won easily. Mr J. Stone, M.A., Radcliffe, Ok server at Oxford University, and who was appointed tp organise plane for the transit of Venus 1882,'ie combining the various observations made on that occasion with a view. to their early publication. ... Mr Stone calculates the distance of the earth from the sun is 92,560,900 mile?,' with an uncertainty of a quarter of a million of miles. The choiera in Northern India has assumed very alarming proportions, bevpnty thousand deaths have occurred during June and July. , The Novoe Vremya characterises Lord Salisbury's speech as that of a pessimist, and ridicules his belief that the probability of war. has passed, and declares it is merely the repugnance of the Emperor of Germany to war which preserves the peace. : ~ At a meeting of the unemployed sugar refiner? it was decided to request the Government to facilitate the discussion of the sugar bounties question by Parliament. The success of'.the proposed Conference on the.subject in London is regarded as hopeless, unless England is prepared to tax imports. An inquest on Madame Elmblad was held at Silva Plata, Switzerland. The verdict was that she committed suicide. [Madame Elmblad was a Miss Menzies, ()f Melbourne, and a well-known : singer, and pianiste. Assisted by her husband, she gave- a series of concarts in Melbourne, known as the, Elmblad Concerts, in 1878; and also appeared for a time in Sydney.] Au,/. 17. Shaw- SavilFs . steamship Tainui arrived this evening from Lyttelton. Het meat cargo is in good condition. The New York Herald in an article on the Hawaiian difficulty points out that America regards Honolulu much as England does Malta, and warns England that American rights are paramount there. The House of Assembly at Cape Colony and the Legislative Council of Natal hove, by large majorities, refused to pass votes in aid of the Imperial Institute. Mr Gladstone has publicly declared that he is favorable to the construction of the channel tunnel. In tbe match Notts against Middlesex Shrewsbury scored 260 runs. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to dynamite the railway bridge across the river Foyle, at Lifford, County Donegal. The Standard urges the formation of a Unionist-Liberal and Conservative. Ministry. The American Government'has seized four British vessels on the coast of Alaska. , Messrs C. Smith (Sussex) and L. Pocker (Derbyshire), bott amateurs, have agreed to join Shaw's cricket team.

The New Zealand Antimony Company has been registered, The Messageries Maritimes Co.'s new contract expires in 1903. '..,;, The Crown Prince of Germany is suffering from a cold. | Stam'ey reports that he arrived at Gambuya on June 19th, all well. The Liberal Unionists are opposing, but majorities of Tories are urging, the proclamation of tbe Nationsl League under the Crimes Act. Aug. 18. The drought which has prevailed for some time past has broken up, torrents of rain having fallen throughout the country yesterday. A treinendoUß thunderstorm was experienced in London and many other places. Lord .Kosebery yesterday addressed a meeting of manufacturers and others at Manchester, with n view to promote tbe Melbourne Exhibition. His Lordship said it »8s difficult te overrate the advantages which adpquate representation would bring to British trade, and expressed a hope that the Exhibition would assist in fostering art in the colonies.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. IifELBOTJRNE,. Aug. 18. Sailed,Jt'S' erday afternoon—Tarawera s.s., from the Bluff. Arrived, ibis morning—To Anau, s.B. from the Bluff.

Sydney, Aug. 18. • Sailed—Manapouri, for Aueklaud, Hobart, Aug. 18. The Government taxation proposals include a t>x of l|d in the £ on land and 3d on incomes.