TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1744, 31 May 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIG^, ■ : London, May j 27,. The, Emperor of 3c*azil li rallying from bis recent attack. ’

The following is the result rif the Manchester ' Uup of 2000 sovs Merry Andrew, 1 ; Selby, 2; Scottish King, 3; ; j ■ i. ! The railway has been' opened to tbo ancient city of Samarkand, Bokhara.

ii ! Mrs i Chippandale, the well-known actress, is de#d. |

It is stated that the Duke of Edinburgh has developed alarming symptoms of blood-poisoning. 1 Mr Gladstone, speaking on the provisions of tho■ Local Government) Bill, ‘sfrongly condemned >the paymeht o( compensation to publicans for forfeiting their licenses.' Such a principle, he asserted, wou ! d be unbearable in practice, and tho effect would be to convert a publican’s license 1 into an estate,, Government, he said, would be able to carry their proposals through; the servile support of' the Unionists. 1 .' The consignment of apples per Rimutaka sold at an average price of 8s 6d per case. May 28.

, Intelligence has been received through deserters from Stanley’s expedition that all wereiwell at the end of October last, and that the party were plentifullyj supplied with provisions. i

The match between the Australians and the Gentlemen of England b gan at Lord’s to-day. The colonials] went in first and were all out for 179—Jones, 69 ; McDonnell, 41. At the close of the day, the Gentlemen had onty lost one wicket for 235, W, G. Grace 1 (not out), 150 ; Shutor, 71. : Paris, May 27.

There are rumors that the copper syndicate has collapsed, stocks h|aving accumulated to an enormous extent, while purchases have been restricted, . Smallpox is raging in Martinique, Seven hundred deaths are reported to have occurred.

May (28.

Successful forgeries of five hundred franc notes on the Bank of France have been discovered. It caused a semi-panic in the city;i and a great ran on the] bank ensued.

At the races yesterday the french Derby was won by Mr P. Donon’s Stuart,i St.; Gall 2, and Gelaor 3. ] : Constantinople, May >27. , Tbo railway line from this : elty to Salonica is now open tor traffic. ; Massowah. May (28. >

It is reported that Osman Efigna’s camp has been destroyed by 'fire, supposed to have been.the act of an incendiary. „ Two thousand of followers are said to have perished. ■ '

Zanzibar, May(2B. General Willoughby, who was recently expelled .from Madagascar on a phflrge of embezzling . Government : moneys, claims,an indemnity,of £40,000. j . Washington, Mayi2B. ‘ General Sheridan, commander of-the army, is reported) to be .dying. : | N*w York, May) 27. - The' Rev. Lyman Abbott," formerly associate editor of the Christian tloiori; has been appointed to succeed Key. Ward Beecher as pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church, Brooklyn. > i Montreal, May 27. - A gasometer exploded here; and killed twenty people and injurecj many others. i

AUSTRALIAN CABLIi ( Melbourne, May 28. Arrived—-Waihora, from New Zealand. j Government hare received intimation from the Indian* Government that 950 horses are required for India at an average price of £53, that sum to include cost of delivery in India, i Sydney, May 28.

Sailed—,Wakstipu, for Wellington. The Rabbit Commission have {reached fiilverton, where experiments are being made with the disease discovered; by, Dr Butcher and Dr Ellis. The Commission are greatly impressed with the effectiveness of the diseasei as a rabbit-deiffroying agent,- . 1 . . At a meeting of the Maritbto Mining Company to-day the syndicate cjeclined to,, accept any recoupment for I outlay. The money will be returned to shareholders to-morrow.

May 29,

At a meeting of the Governnient it was decided to obtain the views' of the various provincial stock boards throughout the colony before taking any!definite steps with regard to M. Pasteur’s vaccine of the Cumberland disease. Newcastle, May 28. gailed—Barque Bells, for Lyttelton, Brisbane, M»y 28.

The general elections are finished. The Nationalists have a majority ol eighteen. Cooktown. May 28.

Two men, named Guretzy and Monteith, were drowned in the harbor to-day through the upsetting of a boat in a squall,

n V Albany, April 12. Partibulajs. to baud by the 1 mail steamer oficlbe collision between the Garonne 1 end*Lucinda, show that the Garonne ” sighted the Lucinda, ten minutes befprp the collision took place, green ligbfo'flhowing to green. The Garonne repeatedly signalled the Lucinda to port ' her helm, but no notice was taken the warning, and apparently, was kept on board the Lucinda. The Garonne struck the Lucinda amidships. iwenty of the Lucinda’s few clambered aboard the Garonne. ||ne ra»n Was killed by the collision, at# another man (a cripple) refused to jlWe the Lucinda because he baid heMvas unable to swim, and went down with the vessel, which sank in ten minutes. Hobart, May 29. The Tasmanian wheat yield is 673,981 bushels, being an increase in acreage and total yield, but is a decrease of 1,20 on the average.