TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1741, 24 May 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. ; London, May 19. Bannerman, of the Australian cricket team, was injured in the knee in the matbh against Oxford University yesterday, and will tie unable to play for some, time.

In the Houie of Oommops laxt bven-, ing, Sir James Fergusson, in ‘ reply to a question, said the Government bad declined to recognise ,tbe claims of Portugal to certain territory in Central ! Africa, or to comply ! with the request of the Portuguese Governmpnt, that , the ’free passage of the Zambesi should be (Stopped, j The Egyptian Government .have confirmed their refusal to pay the hblders ot/the Gordon bonds which were given by i,the late General /Gordon to enable him to provide the necessary funds for the defence of Khartoum. , ’ The House of Commons bas adjourned for the 'Whitsuntide holidays, ' : The P. and 0, Company have declared an interim' dividend of 5 ,per cent per annum. •

May 20.

Liberal concessions have been granted by the Government to enable; Mr Morgan resume work in the : gold mines recently discovered in Wales. May 21.

The Admiralty have decided to strengthen the Mediterranean Squadron by the addition of two ironclads.

The Prince of Wales has loft, for Berlin, to be present at the marriage of Prince Henry of Prussia to Princess .Irene of Hesse.

A large lunatic asylum in Pifefehire, struck;' by lightning', Hook file,' The 'building was destroyed, but the inmates were all rescued. . The match between Yorkshire and the Australian Eleven'began to-day; | The County team went first to the wickels Snd scored ] 25. When the stumps were drawn 1 the ' Australians had lost 7 wickets .for 259 ; Bonner 94, Blackham 37. f ;■ : * May 22.

Fourteen of the largest steamers of the Messagenes Maritime and Transatlantic Companies are about to be prepared for immediate equipment as auxiliary cruisers. A commission is now sitting td decide as to the strength of their armaments. Admiral O’ißeilly is dead.

The correspondent of th& Daily Telegraph! wiring from Berlin, says that the betrothal of Prince Alexander of Battenburg and Princess Victoria will be announced on Thursday. Paris.. May 22,

The following is the result of the Prix de Diane (French Qaks): Solange, 1 ; Widgeon, 2 ; 10, 3, ! • >'■ Berlin, May 22.

The health of the Emperor is improving, and he is able to take daily drives. His voice is also much stronger, ' St. Petersburg, May 20.

The Government in end claiming indemnity for Russian subjects killed in the recent conflict on the Afghan frontier, and threatens to r demand the dismissal of the Governor of Herat. . . Belgrade, May 20.

The Emperor of Brazil, who has 'been on a visit to King Milan, is now recovering from his recent severe illness.. ■ ,' _ New York. May 21, The yield of wheat for this winter is estimated at 27 per cent below the average for previous years. It 1 is estimated that quite 250,000 acres of land were flooded in! consequence, of the embankment of, the Mississippi river bursting, and the damage is put down at, 4,000,000 dollars.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, May 21.

A youth Dimed Wm. O’Brien h«8 been sentenced to death for robbing and wounding a rate collector at Oakleigh. A cowardly murder, .was perpetrated near Inglewood on Saturday. It appears that a number of men were proceeding along, the road when a well'known criminal, named John Dillon, jumped out of the scrub and struck one, Goghill, a terrible blow on the head, killing him on the spot. Dillon immediately made off into the scrub again, but was. subsequently caught. The placing of exhibits in the various courts is being proceeded with, and already two hundred and "fifty exhibits received from New Zealand have been placed in the space allotted to that colony. ;

May 22,

Particulars respecting the Inglewood tragedy show that the murder of Coghill by Dillon was the result of a quarrel between the men. Dillon was brought before the Magistrate’s Court and commuted for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The Rabbit Commissioners have gone to Adelaide. The Hon. A. F. Clark is dead. Sydney, May 21. Arrived—Te Anau, from Auckland.

The lad Spragg, who during a quarrel killed another boy ijamed Crompton, has been committed for trial fpr manslaughter. j , John Tait, the well-known sporting gentlenian, dipped dead to-day. j The ’bricklayers have struck for an increase of wages, but to this the employers have demurred,, and are filling up any vadahOies from the ranks of the unemployed , Kemp declares that he is willing to meet Teemer oh the Parramatta River, hut dates' that',so far ho has ceived any communication from | h|Di and that nothing can'be done until 'a, challenge has been received. Hknlan stated he was commissioned to back Teemer against Kemp on the Ndpean River.

The evidence as to the cause of ideath of Giilott, who died in a restaurant recently under somewhat suspicious circumstances, reveals the fact that the deceased had'made a will'Heaving the sum.of £3OOO to Mrs Spanm, thei proprietress, who subsequently poisoned Giilott by administering water acidulated by drops of glacial acid, which admits that she gave by accidetit as medicine. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against Mrs Spaum, |

May 22.

The Daily Telegraph publishes the full text of Professor Brown’s paper read at the Otngo Institute, oh the wealth and resources of New Zealand, and in an article criticising the jpaper says that, whatever may be the outward aspect of the prosperity of the colony, the productive powers of New Zealand will stand the strictest management and exhausted finances will not lessen the resources of. the country, which still go on prod (icing, while wealth accumulates though stagnation may be general. Thus in thh end a genuine slate of prosperity will be brought about, resting on a more lasting basis than expenditure of money borrowed abroad, !

Tbe City Council proposes to apply to tbe Government for permission to raise a large loan, for the purpose of widening the main streets of the city, Brisbane, May 21.

A settlor named Kirkham has I given his son, aged nineteen, into custody on the charge of murdering a girl named Jilley, who, it is alleged, had first been outraged. It is said that the youth was in the company of the young lady on the afternoon when she was discovered murdered.

Adelaide, May|2l.

A fraud has been discovered in connection with the South Australian Central Broken Hiil Silver Mining I Company. The promoter of the company stated that the reef to be operated on was twenty feel thick, but on examination by the directors it was discovered there was not the slightest trace of silver in the reef. The moneys already paid in calls, Ac., will be returned to the shareholders. The promoter will pro* bably be prosecuted for fraud.