TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1736, 12 May 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 8. Professor Leone Levi, the celebrated statistician, aged 67, is dead. In the House of Commons the Marquis of Hartington has given notice of bis intention to introduce a Bill for regulating the sale of foreign meat. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales opened the Glasgow exhibition to-uay.

Splendid weather was experienced for the cricket match against Thorn Jon’s eleven. The Australians’ first innings closed for 133 and the second innings of the English for 63. The Australians required 76 to win in their second inning*, and these were obtained with the loss of four wickets. May 9. Mr Parnell was banquetted at the Eighty Club. In his speech he counselled moderation in advocating Irish rights and to remember that (hey had the assistance of the English Liberals who invariably succeeded in carrying reforms. Referring to Ear) Carnarvon he said his memory was very defective. The Earl had invited the now celebrated interview during which he had expressed the opinion that a local parliament was the only solution of the difficulty in Ireland. Mr Parnell said he knew nothing whatever of the Plan of Campaign until it bad been some weeks in existence. Had be been aware of it being established, he would have opposed it on the grounds that it provided an excuse for the .carrying of the Coercion Bill. He considered the Plan of Campaign had been an effective weapon, but it was neither the work of the National League nor the Irish Parliamentary party.

Mr Baritl is arranging for a collection of Irish wool goods to be forwarded to the Melbourne Exhibition, A deputation of the members of Parliament urged that the country should be placed in a proper state of defence, Mr (Stanhope, in rcp'ying, said that the country had confidence in Lord Wolselej and Major-General Sir .Redyers Bullet, who were paying close attention to the matter. Sufficient sums had, be said, been placed rn the estimates to carry out the defence of ports and coaling station®. The defence of the leading mercantile ports were almost complete as intended, and be thought that an attack on London by means of the Thames was impossible. The scheme for mobilising the array was bring preceded with, and rapidly approaching completion. It would, he said, greatly depend on the patriotism il l intelligence of the volunteers if their lumbers were adeqaate, and the only disadvantage under which they would suffer would bo from incomplete preparation, Berliit, May 0. The Emperor continues to get worse sad is now much weaker.

Constantinople, May 8. Instructions have been issued to construct an immense entrenched camp at Ichataloji. Ottawa, May 8. The Committee of the Imperial Federation League pe'itioned Lord Lansdowne, Governor General, to invite the Governments of the several colonies of Australia and New Zealand to send delegates to the Imperial Federal Conference to bo held here, at which the promotion of trade reciprocation with Canada will be one of the chief subjects discussed. ♦— AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne. May 9.

The Wesleyan Conference opened today. The principal questions for discussion are the Tongan difficulty and the desire of the New Zealand church for a separate conference. A number of representatives from the latter church are present.

May 10, Sailed yesterday Rotorafthsna, for the Bluff. It is estimated that the sum of £228,000 will have been expended on the Melbourne Exhibition before the day of opening. Mr Irving, of San Francisco, has written to Government stating that he has discovered a method of exterminating rabbits by means of inocnlation. Sydney, May 9.

M. Pasteur’s representatives, who here been investigating the disease known as Anthrax, or Cumberland Rot, have decided that the disease is identical with the disease met with in Prance, and known as Fevier Oharboneuse, The Australian Mutual Provident Society have resolved to divide the sum of £385,000 cash bonuses among its members.

Sailed Cable repairing steamer Sherrard Osborne for Wellington. A portion of the crew of the Thunderbolt arrived here to-day in irons, having attempted to mutiny on the voyage. May 10,

A woman named Park, who is said to huv ■ been of unsound min !, threw herself in front of an approaching engine

on the southern line of railway to-day, and was literally cut to pieces. The Hon, Francis Abigail, Minister of Mines, has sent a cable to M. Pasteur, asking the terms on which his representatives would be permitted to instruct the authorities here as to the cultivation of the virus of the Cumberland disease. It is estimated that if the yirus is successful some 800,000 sheep, which die. annually from the disease, could be saved.

The mutineers, who arrived in chains by the barque Thunderbolt from London yesterday, threatened the lives of the captain and officers, after throwing a quantity of the ship’s stores and deck fittings overboard. ' The annual report of the Australian Mutual Provident Society eives the profits f*r the year at £614,000. The amount assured was £3,152,000, The report recommends that a sum of £239,000 be carried to reserve, and the establishment of an officers’ provident fund, to which sfficers should contribute at the rate of per cent, on their yearly salaries, the society giving £25,000 as a nucleus to the fund. A largo number of forged five pound notes on the Australian Joint Stock Bank are in circulation in this city. A man named McGregor has been arrested on o charge of forging and uttering them. The notes are marvels of penmanship, Brisbane, May 9.

The National Association has decided to take no action in the direction of advising the Government to prevent the importation of hay from Now Zealand to avert danger of introducing the Hessian fly. May 10. •Mr J. R, Dickson, Colonial Treasurer in the late Government, has been defeated for Engogera,