TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1686, 14 January 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. ..London, Jan. 9. While H.M.S. Thunderer was coaling at Malta the shoots,.became choked, and a stoker was suffocated in the airless bunkers.

Jan. 10.

The colonial. mails of December, via ‘ San Francisco, were delivered hero today. - ‘ r Mr Sheehy, M.P., has received an additional sentence of three months fo inciting resistance to the law. The. official; announcement ot the 'Victorian loan.’ShplfS the,average to be £IOB-138 lOd, v Dr Philip retired army surgeon, of ETall, Cork, has QVeßchted at Oor¥, The r PViniie for which Dr Cross has just paid the penalty, was the murder of bis wife by arsenical poisoning. Mrs Cross died on June 2nd. On June sth Dr Cross started for London, and within a fortnight married a Miss Skinner, a governess in his family, who had been sent away owing to the deceased, being * jealous of her. These circumstances led to an inquest being held, which resulted in Cross being arrested for murder.

Jan. 11.

A dense fog te-day. enveloped the greater part of the United Kingdom, Germany, Franca and Denmark. The Steamship Companies have made an offer to the Postmaster-General to carry parcels at 8d per lb.

The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 12 per cent., and carry forward to the reserve fond i £IO,OOO, The National Bank of New Zealand have declared a dividend of & per cent, It is reported that Stanley has succeeded in reaching Emin Bey. The Rev. Charles Spurgeon met with an enthusiastic reception at the Tabernacle on the occasion of the delivery of his two thousandth sermon. He was congratulated by the congregation and his supporters on bis secession from the Baptist Union. Lady Matheson,' who owns a largo estate in Lewis Island, has refused the demand of the crofters and the land league that the crofters shall have their old holdings restored to them at reduced rentals, and suggests that the crofters shauld emigrate. Farther outbreaks are expected to occur in consequence of the refusal of the landlords to yield to the demands of the crofters. Glasgow, Jan, 9,

Further particulars received from Stornaway regarding the defiant attitude of the crofters in Lewis show that the Sheriff read the Riot Act to the mob, and then called upon the police to disperse them. The efforts of the police were'without effect, and a party of marines and sailors was landed from the warship lying in the bay. During the scuffle which followed several were injured on both sides. Jan. 11.

A gunboat with a force of marines has been ordered to proceed to Stornoway in the island of Lewis.

Suakim, Jan. 8.

Affairs here are in a critical condition and the residents are flocking to Maasowab,

Rome, Jan, 9,

An imposing ceremony was held at the Pantheon to-day in commemoration of Victor Emanuel’s death. Thousands of people were present. The celebration is construed as a reply to the Papal Jubilee, The Informa publishes an article to-day, which is attributed to Signior On’spi, the Premier'. It states that the Government will afford spiritual freedom, but will guard the Italian rights and interests, also that the Government refuse to be reconciled to the Vatican.

Tbo Pope has cordially received the special envoy sent by the Emperor of Germany.

Jan. 10.

The Pope in receiving English and Colonial Catholics, to whom a special audience was granted to-day, prayed that reason and equity would replace the irritable feeling in Ireland, In reply to the address of the British pilgrims received at the Vatican to-day, His Holiness the Pope expressed his gratitude to Queen Victoria for her Jubilee congratulations. He said he entertained a special affection for England, and hoped that amity with Ireland would soon be restored.

Jan. 11.

Signor Oriapi, the Italian Premier, refuses to disgrace the magistrate at Florence, owing to the alleged infringement of privileges by the French Consulate,

Berlin, Jan. 9. Mr George Duppa, a New Zealand squatter, ip dead. Jan, 11.

Tho Emperor informed a deputation from Halle that the worst fears for the Crown Prince were passed, Capetown. Jan. 10.

Sir Hercules Kobinson, in a speech at Qrahamatown, advocated, unrestricted

throughout South Africa, the imposition of a uniform tariff against outsiders, Massowah, Jan. 9.

Italian troops are now on the march from Ghinday to Asmara, a town on the Abyssinian frontier and 90 miles from this place. The King of Shoa, one of the chief provinces of Abyssinia has expelled all Europeans from his territory, and has joined the Negus in opposition to Italy. Paris, Jan. 10.

The French Chambers re-opened today, and M. Floquet was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies,

Jan, 11,

M, Do Lesseps will visit the Panama Canal in March next to inspect the works.

New York, Jan. 11. It is expected that Congress will review the treaty of Berlin.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Jan. 11. Arrived—Hauroto from the Bluff,

Sailed—Wairarapa, for the Bluff. Sixty-seven cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the lasi six days, ten of which proved .fatal. The teetotallers are showing a disposition to use the Local Option clauses of the Licensing Act just passed, The Licensed Victuallers’ Association threaten to take a poll ot the thickly populated districts with the object of closing houses in order to bring matters to a crisis, and put the Government in a difficulty, to fini the extraordinary amount that would be required for compensation. The imports for the year amount to £18,996,000, and the exports to £11,373,000. Jan. 12.

Ernest Fauvence, the well-known Australian explorer, proposes a trip into the interior of Western Australia to search the unexplored country. He has asked the Victorian Geographical Society to send a scientist with the expedition. It is understood that a number of scientific gentlemen are ready to accompany Fauvence. The An*'-Cfiinese League is agitating against the {jhinese selling tea,

Sydney, Jan. 11

The proposal made by the Government, that three feasts should be given in three different portions of the city to the poor on ‘ .Thursday, 26tb inst., in connection with the centennial celebration, met with disfavor. It will probably be abandoned. The Directors of the Sonlh Pacific Petroleum Company, which have their works at Gisborne, have resolved to form a new Company, with a capital of ±.160,000, in £3 shares. The present shareholders are to receive £1 per share in cash, and 60,000 shares, divided in proportion to the number of shares held at present. The new Company will lay the pipe line, and build the necessary tankage and |machinery required for refining the oil. It is stated there will be no difficulty in floating the new Company, as ail the shares can be taken here.

Eight assays have been made of the stuff taken from Broken Hill Central mine, and an average of 2930 z of silver to the ton was obtained. Native silver is being obtained in large quantities. There is a splendid development, and the new discovery is affecting all mining stock,

Jan. 12.

Two engines, with trucks, collided on the northern line near the town of Gosford yesterday, smashing the trucks and injuring six workmen. The harvest prospects of the northern districts are excellent. The weather is very hot but favorable to the wheat crop, which is now nearly all cut. The grain is fine, and the best obtained for years. If the weather holds good tor another three weeks, it is estimated that the yield will supply all colonial wants, and should this be accomplished, it will be the first occasion in the history of the colony. The Paddington election took place to-day, when Mr Allen, the Protectionist candidate, defeated Mr Hillmerich, the representative of the Freetraders by 1402. The other two Preetrade candidates polled upwards of 800 votes, New Zealand residents in.,this city have formed a Protection Union. Sailed—Waihora, for Auckland. Adelaide, Jan. 12,

The tramway from bilverton to Broken Hills was opened to-day, and a large number of excursionists were carried, including the Duke of Manchester.

The South Australian portion of the rabbit-proof fence on the boundary line between this colony and Victoria has been completed.

A card-sharper tried to play guinea nap with an undergraduate, and dealt him aoe, king, queen, and knave of one suit, wifh an aoe of another. He dealt himself at the same time, five cards of the euit of which th other man possessed the four picture onap expeo'ing him, of course, to make that suit trumps. But the undergraduate wastooeLarp atdm de "trumps ” of his single ace, tothintense disgust of hie opponent, who gave him up as a bad job.