TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1713, 20 March 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 15

Mr Gladstone has been invited to formulate an Irish policy, bu' he refused on the ground ib'at it was a trap which could only catch the blindest, ; The Irish offenders recently liberated from #aol have been entertained at a banquet at Manchester by their sympathisers in that city, Communication with Suskim has been restored, end despatches received state that the town has not been captured and (hat all is quiet there, Certain stones which were consigned to the Bank Aus'ra'ia here have been pronounced garnets, and worth about two shillings per carat. The bankruptcy of Lord Augustus Loftus has been annulled.

Prince Oscar, of Sweden, has linen married to Miss Ebba Munck, at Bournemouth. Trains have been embedded in the snow in the North of England, where exceptionally bad weather prevails. The trustees of the women's jubilee offering have decided to expend £9OOO in personal ornaments for Her Majesty the Queen,

Plymouth, March. 15. Arrived—Arawa, from New Zealand Paris, March 15.

Jn spite of the opposition of Government, the Chamber of Deputies bus, by a large majority, agreed to a motion for the abolition of wir,o duties. By this action a loss of 160,000,000 francs is caused to the revenue, A motion is proposed to increase the duty on alcohol. ( President Carnot has removed General Boulanger irrora his command of the 13th Army Corps stationed at Clermont Perrand in consequence of his having visited this city in disguise without having obtained permission to leave his corps. General Boulanger declares that he was removed from his command because he was popular with the electors.

March 16

A subsequent motion to that agreed to by the Chamber of Deputies abolishing the wine duties was tabled proposing an increase of duty on alcohol. After conMderable discussiou the laiter motiou was rejected, thus upsetting the com mittee's whole scheme.

The dismissal of General Boulanger from the command of the 13th Army Corps at Clermont Ferrand, is generally approved. General Boulanger publishes a statement that his visit to the city in disguise was in conseqmnce of his having received news ef his wife being seriously ill, and that he had been refused leave to visit her,

Brussels, March 16.

Seventy differeut countries will be represented at the tariff conference. Austria, Germany, and France, however, will not be represented, It is proposed to publish the tariffs to the world in the French, English, German, and Spanish languages, Florence, March 15.

Signer Pinsuti, the composer, died suddenly here while playing the piuno. His death is attributed to heart disease.

Hong-Kong, March 15,

The Chinese Government have directed the Thioetians, who have been raiding oikhim, to evacuate that State.

Washiwtost, March 15,

The treaty signed by tho Chinsse Minister and tho Secretary of otate, excludes Chinese laborers from the ilnited States for a period of tweuty years.

New York. March 16

Scores oi trains containing over a thousand passengers have been blocked by snow-drifts in the States. A number of passengers were frozen to death iti the embedded csrs, There has been groat wreckage on the telegraph lines and business is entirely suspended in many places.