TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1746, 5 June 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. LondonJ May 31. The New Zealand Two Million Pour Per Cent Loan, with a minimum of 96£, for which tenders are to be opened on the 7tb, is quoted at a premium of .1 per cent. The pledge given by the Parliament of New Zealapd riot to borrow in the London market for three years ia having a good effect By Order in' tJouncil a certain portion of New Guinea is created'‘ British territory. ', ! The French have taken possession of Menquiers, a mass of uninhabited rocks bstween jersey coaat and France, which hitherto has been regarded a*s belonging to Jersey. The Imperial Government protested against the annexation, to which the French Government replied that they were astonished at the English claim.

| June 1. The Standard spitefully jßtacks the New Zealand Joan, and suggests that the money is wanted toj meet the budget deficit and r sustain' mercantile credit. ( In the House of Commons Mr Me Arthur, having stated in the course of a speech that ex-King Malietoa was aacrificed by England in order to gain Germany’s support in Egypt, Sir J, Fergusson retorted that it was not incumbent upon England to protect Malietoa.

Mr Bright ia still very weak. The race for the Oaks Was run at Epsom to-day and resulted—Seabreeze, 1 ; Rada, 2 ; Mahone, 3. June 2, The Hon, James G. Lee Steere, Speaker of the Legislative pouncil of Western Australia, has been created a K.O.M.G. ; , Lord Salisbury has assured the London Missionary Society that Government are earnestly urging on France to formulate reasons- for the expulsion of the Rev. Mr Jones from the New Hebrides. , Berlin, June 2. The* Eraporor Frederick has gone to Potsdam. Washington,, May 81. Mr Blain has finally declined to be nominated for the Presidency. Ottawa, June 2. Residents in Canada are -agitating in favor of restricting immigration from Great Britain, and ask the to legislate'in ths direction qf preventing the introduction of paupers.

AUSTRALIAN GAMBLE.

June 1. ,Scotl’s Hotel baa been' sold for £92,000. - The sale does not include furniture, stock, or goodwill, ■ Henry George, author of j "Progress and Poverty,” contemplates a visit to the Australian Colonies ! about Christmas. , , | Captain George, of the barque flerq, has been arrested on a charge of starving one of his crew to death on' the yoyage from Brisbane to this port, . A man named Hollier,| who gave himself up to the polios, stating that he had shot dead an aboriginal at Durham, was brought the ,Court to-day and acquitted, it being shown that the native was in (the act of throwing a spear at Hollier, who fired in' self defence.

| June 2. The charge against Mrs! Rapport of embezzling has been dismiskeJ, on the ground that she was not accountable for her actions,

Bernard Sheridan, a publican near Benalla, has bean arrested on a charge of murdering his housekeeper, Mrs McGrath, by throwing her out of a buggy. The sudden crash in silver stocks has resulted in several stock |brokers suspending payment. Two lhave disappeared with large deficiencies. The first isms of tenders jfor treasury bills for £25,000 were opened te-day. The ; amount was oVer-subscribed £178,000. The principal tenderer# were the local banks and capitalists, and prices ranged from par to 28s 4d premium. | | June 3. The Government hatre. decided Ip accept the offer of Captain for the establishment of a cartridge factory, subject, however, to ratification by Parliament, Sydney, June 1. Arrived—Pukaki, from the Bluff. Admiral Fairfax, replying to the Commissioner of Customs, relative to surveying dangerous currents in the vicinity ot the Auckland Islands, with a view to having the chart amended, states that to undertake the work would cost o large sum of money, The survey be mentions has already been made by the New Zealand Government, and no representations have been made that the currents mentioned are more than ordinarily dangerous, whilst the Admiralty’s direciious and chart are as perfect aa it is possible to make them. The Agent-General advises the Government that he cannot select a chief

railway commissioner for the colony at the salary offered, and that a considerable advarice on the sura proposed te be paid will be necessary to secure the services bf a satisfactory man for ( the position," Druitt, Manager of the Commercial Bank, Tinonee, convicted on a charge of embezzlement, hag been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, Messrs, Littlejohn, Thomson, and King have bpea elected Directors of the Australian , Mutual Provident Society, June 2, A man named Burns (believed to be Riley the tueffiiranger, who was noted many : years ago for desperate deeds) has been arrested for horse-stealing near Armidale. He made two desperate attempts to shoot Constable Scormukago, who. shot him, Tho silver stock last month if capitalised would amount to £2,031,000. Sailed—Wakatipu, for Wellington. Brisbane, June 1. The total yield in gold at the Croydon field for the last eighteen months was 64,6000 z. June 3. It is understood that the present Governor of British, North Borneo will be selected as the first Governor ot New Guinea, Hobart, June 2. In the Assembly last night the Treasurer delivered his Financial State-, ment. The financial year of the colony does not close until the end of December. The estimated revenue to the end of June is £606,800, and the estimated deficiency to the end of December is £183,000. The revenue shows a good increase, but the expenditure has also increased. The Treasurer proposes a tax in the £ on personal estate. The ad valorem duties are to be raised to per cent. A million loan is to be floated at per cent.