TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1723, 12 April 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 7. Sailed—Tongariro, from Plymouth, for New Zealand via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart. April 9. The Porte wishes to re-open the Egyptian question, but Lord Salisbury declines to risk another check. The Northumberland miners, who contribute to the maintenance of their Parliamentary representatives, have again held a ballot with the result that it has been decided to continuo the payments to Messrs Burt and Fenwick, tho members for Morpeth and Wansbeck. Mr W. H, Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, replying to Mr Hugh Watt, M.P. for (Jamlachie (Glasgow), said that the gold recently discovered in Wales, was found in land belonging to tho Crown, and that steps were being taken to secure the right to work the ground. Sailed Colonial A.S. Company's Ashleigh Brook, and the ship Trevelyan, for Noiv Zealand. Paris, April 9. General Boulanger has been elected for Dordogue, though not a candidate, He received 60,000 votes. It is almost certain that ho will also bs elected for the Nord. The dispute between the Americ«n Government and the authorities in Morocco has been referred to arbitration. Some, April 9. The Italian Press reasserts that a maritime alliance has been entered into between England and Italy. St. Petersburg, April 7. Tho Russian Government, it is understood, are willing to undertake not to use coercion in the settlement of Bulgarian affairs, but, on the other hand, are anxious for a speedy settlement of ihe present matters in dispute, and will overlook past actioDS. The Government will agree to leave the people of Bulgaria free to elect any Prince to the Throne who is not a Catholic, and are willing to treat with any party direct or through tho Porte.

April 9. Russia has suspended parleying ou the Bulgarian question, anticipating a sudden revolution, Ottawa, April 7. The Domiuion House of Commons rej cted the motion tabled by Sir Richard Cartwright favoring unrestricted trade reciprocity with the United States by a majority of fifly-s-'ven. Washington, April 9, The Housa of Representatives has been sitting since Wednesday last, debating the Tariff Bill. It has been proposed to refund proportionate sums to the various States, or make a general reduction in taxation in order to decrease tho surplus, and 60 obviate the necessity for a revision of the tariff. '. » AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, April 9, A mass meeting of railway bands on Saturday carried resolutions protesting against the administration of Mr Alison Smith, Assistant Locomotive Superintendent, accusing 'him of causing an accident by altering the balance of wheels, and viewing his retention in the service With alarm. A further resolution demanded that a Board of Railway Experts should enquire into his fitness for the efficp. 1 The Ballarat coffee palace fire was a very serious affair. The inmates were imprisoned in the burning building by the falling in of the staircase, but a sailor who happened to be m the building made ropes out of clothes, and succeeded in keeping most of the rest cool till they were lorvered. Afc-w, however, leaped from the windows and were hurt. The spectators for a long time feared th'at a number must be buried. Two walls fell in, but the firemen escaped injury. The insurances arc—Colonial, £3OOO \ New Zealand, £ISOO. The loss is estimated at double the amount of the insurance.

The charges against the administration of Mr Alison Smith are scouted in railway circles, and Bome specific charges are preferred. It is improbable that any notice will be taken of the resolutions passed by the mass meeting of railway hands held on Saturday. April 10.

Two little girls crossing the railway line at Sandhurst during a dust storm were knocked down and killed by the train.

Four Chinamen stack up and murderously assaulted another on the high road, near Shepperton, to-day. Sacks aud tomahawks were freely used by ihe assailants. '

The express from Sydney to-day r<»n into and smashed several trucks a* Wadongo. The engine was dis.ibl-d. It is alleged that 'he driver the danger signals at the elation. Sydney, April 0,

Cardinal M'oran l«aves on Bih Miy on a visit to. the Pope, returning in November next.

Sir Henry Parkes, Premier, in apdregsing a public meeting at Wagga Wagga, said Government recognised the soundness of the principle of imposing a tax on land, and it was intended to ask Parliament to amend the law in that direction,

News from New Britain slates there has been fighting among the natives, and that at last they invited the American Consul to arbitrate. The latter was set upon by a party and had a narrow escape of losing his life, only escaping by making a retreat through the bush. The others returned ir. force and killed* the chief of the parly which attacked the Consul. The Rabbit Conference will commence its sittings on Moudav next. April 10. Arrived—Hauroto, s.s„ from Weilington; Intercolonial freight is scarce in consequence of freight hardening. Approximate rates . are as follows :—To Auckland, 8s 6'l ; to Lyttelton, 7s 6(1 \ to Wellington, 8s; to Napier, 10s 6d ; lo Timaru, 9s ; to Dunedin, 7s 6d f

Two thousand nine hundred tons of coal have been sported from Newcastle to New Zealand during the past month. The overland line is interrupted owing to heavy storms. The Government have decided to restrict foreign warships from coming up the haibor. They will be compelled for the future to rotnain at the quarantine ground near the heads. The quarantine station will probably be removed to Broken Bay.

Brisbane, April 9.

A case of email pox has broken out on Thursday Island -among .the quarantined passengers landed from the Taiguan,

Adelaide, April 9.

Mrs Rout, a lady from Ne-v Zealand, who had booked as a passenger by the P. and O. steamer Parramatta, for London, died yesterday of heart disease, and was buried to-day in Woodville Cemetery.

Perth (W.A.), April 10.

The debate on the question of responsible government for the colony has been concluded in the Legislature, and a resolution has been passed demanding a constitution for the whole colony without the necessity of special legislation for lb- i\orthem Territory or the administration of the waste lands of the colony; declining the Secretary of State's proposal for a single chamber, and rejecting the suggestion for a board of control for the oborogines independent of the Ministry.

Hobart, April 9,

The Government have agreed to adopt the resolutions en the Chinese question submitted to them by Mr Gillies, the Premier of Victoria.