TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1701, 21 February 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 10. The Christchurch (New Zealand) Municipal loan of £25,000 has been placed in the market at 5 per cent. Ihe minimum has been fixed at £lO2. Tenders are to be opened on the 24th inst. The appointment ot Mr Oowen as Musical Conductor at the Melbourne Exhibition has been confirmed. He will be allowed £SOOO for expenses, and is under this engagement for ten months. The Daily Standard announces that Sir Henry Holland, Secretary of Slate for the Colonies, will shortly be raised to the Peerage, and that he will be succeeded by Baron H, de Worms, Political Secretary of the Board of Trade. The Rev. Charles Spurgeon has delivered an outspoken sermon denouncing modern profligacy in a most uncompromising manner. Feb, 17. The building which was erected for the Newcastle Exhibition, which closed on 29th October last, collapsed suddenly yesterday, but no one was injured. Mr Firth, Liberal, has been returned for the Dundee seat in the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr C. C. Locaita, securing a majority of 8600 over his opponent, General Sir H, D. Daly, K. 0.8., Unionist, In the House of Commons last night the new rules were introduced, and on the motion of Mr W. H. Smith, leader of the House, they wore referred to a Select Committee. The propoaed new rules provide for a reduction in the majority demanding the application of clotme to one hundred instead of two hundred as

formerly; they also authorise the Speaker to suspend or expel from the chamber any member guilty of grossly unruly conduct. Mr Thomas Sexton, M.P., has now completely recovered from his recent serious illness. Sailed —Oamaru, ship, for Auckland. Sir Charles Tupper agrees with the treaty entered into between the United States and Canada regarding the limits of the fishery boundaries, and he considers that the decision is a fair and reasonable one. The treaty will probably be ratified immediately after the election of the United States’ President. Plymouth, Feb. 16. Arrived— Done from New Zealand, with her cargo of frozen meat in excellent condition. Madrid, Fob. 16. The Government intend to convene •n international Congress to consider the fraudulent trade marks used in connection with the wine trade. The English Government have been requested to ask the colonial Governments if they desire to be represented at the Congress, Paris. Feb. 17. The Halles Centrales in the Sue de Rambuteau and the Rue de Berger were almost totally destroyed by fire to-day. Over one hundred thousand head of poultry were destroyed. hAN Remo, Feb. 16. Ihe Crown Prince is suffering from a severe ccugh, and he is much troubled with phlegm. His medical advisers fear that bronchitis may set in. Berne, Feb. 16. Heavy avalanches of snow have fallen the last few days, and the loss in property and dwellings is very great. It is reported that numerous lives have been lost. Constantinople, Feb. 16. The Porte insists on the proposed amendments in the Suez Canal Convention ; but’ as both France and England are not inclined to accept the Sultan’s suggestion, an early settlement of the dispute is considered doubtful. Washington, Feb. 17. The Fisheries Treaty with Canada provides, inter alia, for the free admission of fish. Commercial reciprocity is not conceded. Mr Bayard, Secretary of State for the United States, expresses himself satisfied with the terms of the

treaty. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Feb. 17. Arrived—Mararoa from the Bluff. The strike of the Tramway employees has ended by the Union men giving way. Many of those, however, who went out have lost their positions, as a large number of vacancies had been already filled, Feb. 18. The two recently constructed harbor steamers Ozone and Courier, between which there is a considerable amount of rivalry, had a race over a twenty-five miles course to-day. The Ozone won easily. Sydney, Feb. 18. A team representing the 6rst regiment of New South Wales, won the Rifle club’s match with 403 points out of a possible 500. Over 80 teams , competed,

During the Melbourne Exhibition season, a. review of the Colonial and I Imperial forces will be held. The other colonies, including New Zealand, have been invited to send contingenis, It is expected five thousand men will be encamped, Br'SBANE, Feb. 18. The barque Bells, which arrived here yesterday from I'imaru (Now Zealand) passed some hundreds of kerosene tins floating about. On Feb. 2nd the Bells sighted a vessel’s hull burned to within a foot of the water’s edge. The bowsprit was still standing. The captain of the Bells in his report to the collector of Customs expressed his opinion that the derelict remains were those of the hull of the ship “J, T, Berrp,” burned at sea on January 9 last, while on the voyage from Philadelphia to Japan, and I that the floating wt'eck was exceedingly dangerous to navigation,