TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1718, 31 March 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. Loudon, March 26.

Sir Graham Berry states that he was not aware when he made thei protest to Lord Knutsford against the deportation of rfcidiyistes by France to New Caledonia, that England had agreed to yield the New Hebrides to France on condition that the latter censed sending convicts to the Pacific, fie called the attention of the Secretary of Stale for the Colonies to the deportation of the last batch of the recidivates, earnestly desiring to prevent the Australian Colonies retaliating by legislating for their own protection.

March 27

It i 6 stated that the French squadron in the Mediterranean fired twica at the Italian steamer Soiferino when between Genoa and Nice. The French naral authorities state that the tiring was accidental.

Heavy withdrawals of gold hare taken place for shipment to Germany, Australian stocks are recovering.

The assent of Her Majesty the Queen has been given to the conversion scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Obituary—Mr Dwyer Gray,

Ihe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company propose to increase their capital to the extent of £1,000,000, and one half of this amount will be issued almost immediately. The death of the Sultan of Zanzibar is announced.

At a meeting of the Liberals, the County Government Bill was freely discussed, and it is understood that Ihe rpain principles were generally approyed, Parliament has adjourned for the Easter holidays. The Temperance Societies and Local Optionists are organising a strong opposition to the licensing proposals set forth in the County Government! Bill. |

The ironclad Nile has been launched at Pembroke

The Duke of Sutherland has offered the crofters holdings on twenty miles of deer forests.

The wool catalogue for the next sales is almost complete, and the market is slightly firmer.

Pa*is, March 26.

The enquiry into the conduct of General Boulangor has been concluded, and the result is that he will ba finally placed on the retired list.

March 27.

Prance having rejected the Italian commercial proposals, parleying has been terminated.

Berlin, March 27. The Marylebone Cricket Club have declined to endorse th e rule laid down by the County Clubs' conference in reference to the question of lbw.

Calcutta, March 26. The Minister of Finance estimates a deficit for the year at £700,000. He assorts that the deficit is caußed by the necessity of setting apart a million for the special defences, which are required to be urgently pushed on, Massottam, March 26.

Twenty-six thousand rebelj have surrounded Saati, and it is considered that an attack on that city is imminent.