TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1681, 3 January 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

I- : ENGLISH AND. FOREIGN j is London, Dec, 29. >r It is announced that Her Majest * the Queen will leave on a visit! t I Florence early in the 3 A heavy snowfall'has taken place o 0 the Continent, extending far Soot V as, Nice. , .■. f . . ! 1 Mr T, Seaton, M.P. for-,Sligo Soutl d is seriously ill and his condition is con - sidered to be critical. • France will participate in the Mel , bourne (Exhibition; , : / i The Agents-Qeneral hare cabled tha > they never considered that the new m«i ' Contract included’-* the conveyance! o ! parcels, as insisted on by Mr Raikes 1 Postmaster-General, < Tha presence of British and Ameri--1 can warships has been the means oi 1 .preventing an outbreak among the natives at the Hawaiian Islands. The J Commanders of the ; vessels declared they would land a force of blue-jackets if any revolt occurred. Dec, 80. The Agents-General have telegraphed to their respective Premiers suggesting that Mr Cecil Raikes should be I requested to yield the point requiting the mail companies to carry parcels under the new contract, or else grant jan allowance to the companies for the purpose. . ; M. Flourens. states that the announcement respecting the bombardment of Raiatea has hot yet received official verification. Le Temps says that if the bombardment actually took place the object was to stop foreigners from smuggling. .

Constantinople, Deo. 29. Israel! Pasha, ex-Khedira of Egypt having obtained permission from ;tbi Sultan to take up bis residence it Constantinople, arrived in this cit] to-day. Paris. Deo. 29. Lord Lyttoo, the newly appointed British Ambassador, had an audience with the President to-day, presenting his credentials. Lord Lytton made s most cordial speech, in the course ol which be stated that tier Majesty Queen Victoria desired to spare nothing to maintain the good relations at present existing between the two countries, ■ The President, M. Sadi-Oarnot, replied in the same spirit, and asserted thait the friendship of England and France was the best guarantee of the peace, liberty and progress of both nations. Dec. 31, In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the New Hebrides question was discussed, when the deputy from ; St, Etienne .expressed the opinion that; the equal division of the islands between England and Prance was the only logical solution of the difficulty. Rome, Dec. 29. In consequence of ah advance of the roes of King John of Abyssinia ■ upon assoWah, orders have been issued here i the. authorities for 6000 troops to pjeed at once to reinforce the garrison stoned there. Cairo, Dec. 30. hstant fighting is reported to bar* t ft k place in the vicinity of Suakim beUn the rebels under Osman Digna aodforce of Italians, in which: the form were repulsed, Despite losses, the rile continue to make daily raids closeAguakim, and the warships that are Bjoned there are compelled to keep h| cannonade to hold them in check,! ■ Zanzibar, Dec. 80. Seyeg a rgash Ben Said, Sultan of Zanziluhas ceded to the British and East Af),n Association for fifty years I the sovign rights of two hundred ■ miles of’| coast line in order to facilitate the tying of trade to the interior of Africa! ■ ! Honq-Kono, Deo. 31. I has been received from' 1 Amoy of (disastrous explosion of a | magazine tyat city. Several hundred | lives wereat, and a quarter of, the I town destrd, r . fiLADBLPHiA, Dee. 31. The of Labour Society have 1 ordered the umption of the strike on J the PbiUde|a.Reading Railway, but j only a feWre complying with the r order. 1 1 .■ ■ -i —♦“ ■ r ' ADS T; LI AN CABLE. P ; . | elbourne, Dec. 80. The weatheijll continues wet. The reventyf Victoria for the half year is expectio show an increase of about £220,0 over returns for corresponding pef of last year. It has beeikpeptsined that in all 3 512 cancelled jtea are missing from i the Balk ofjustralasia, of which r number only a ihava as yet been put d into circilation. It is (oneiderbrobable Mr Griffiths, gueenshnd Prejr, will be appointed bairmip of thebderal Council, yyhicb is sumtioned to U at Hobart. . 1 , I Dec. 31, , NeyTj has beeneceiyed . here that a French proleplon has (jcen formally proclaimed over

resident, M. Chaurot, having been i pointed Prime Minister, The latest reports from Kimber: continue very: encouraging, Serei ty large nuggets have recently been i t 0 earthed. . The conference of the Postmastei )n General of New South Wales, Sou tj, Australia/ and Victoria, will probat meet in Sydney about the middle h* January. ; a . With reference to: the i question^ | cable rates it is pointed out that N( j. Zealand during last year received mo cables than South Australia, but th it the former colony contributed nothir !l to the subsidy which* was paid the- cor pany, It is expected, therefore, thi , the Australian-Governments will^tat measures for their protection by impo j. ing restrictions on messages for Ne Zealand. The last letter from Mr Job e Pender, Chairman of the Eastern E: 0 tension' Cable Company to the Ne' j Zealand Government, has been pnblishe , and indicates that the tariff will b increased by one shilling per wor unless Nefr Zealand and New Rout [ Wales hand over to the Eastern Con , pany their terminal rates, Sydney, Dec. 30. 1 Sailed—Te Anau, for Auckland, j A number of nominations to ,th Legislative Council have been made b; the Government, including Sir Williari Manning, ex-Judge, and several ex members of the Assembly. . The programme for the week’i festivities in .connection with the cele bration of the centenary of the.'colony extends from January 23rd to Blet. Dec. 31, The Gpvernment. : oppose the, proposal to exterminate, rabbits by inoculating animals wiiha,virulent disease, and jwi.ll take steps to impose heavy penalties! on anyone introducing rabbits so, inoculated to the colony. V Jan. 1. The competitors at : the , Graftos Regatta, which takes place to-morrow, have all arrived in that city. Hanlan suffered very mush from sea siekiiess on the voyage from Sydney, and Nelson is an eq-ml favourite with him for the handicap,; EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. . ; Vienna, Dec. 30. Advices from the frontier state that. 50,000 Russian troops, with strong munitions of war, have been massed at Aenderiown, situated close on the border of Austria. London, Dec. 29. The Servian Ministry has rssigned. Dec, 30, Orders have been given to the French rifle factories to work day and night to complete orders for repeating rifles, ; Fifty thousand Russian troops are massed on the frontiers of Bessarabia, Count Schouvaloff has assiired the Emperor of Germany of the friendly relations between Russia and Germany