TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1747, 7 June 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.. , London, Juno 3. Sir J. McKeuna, member for Soul!) Moiiaejhan, has written, to the Pr-ss disagreeing ; .with the resolutions! passed at the Home Rufe meeting in iDublin 'which condernneii the Papal JJecree. In his letter he defends the rescript an I "accepts the Pope's condemnation Of boycotting and Plan of Campaign, \ H.M. ships .Underwood and Iris urn to be, stationed in Australian- waters. Th 1 ? new flagship Orlando will shortly sail 4o .relirve' the Nelson. 'She tak.-s. two torpedo floats with her. The Rajah, of Sarawak and Sir Rveiyn Baring have received, the ho'uor of Knight-Grand Cross of Si. Michael and St. George; • \ ■ '< Dr Stainpr' and Mr Charles I Hallo, well-known musicians, have received, the honor of Knight Commander of St. Michaei and St. George. j -■■ June 4. An immense gathering was held in, Hyde P*rk to-day, '■ Kosolutious were carried protesting against enrapepsation being paid to publicans whose licenses may be cancelled under .c'auses of Hie. Local Government Bill. I ]n the cricket match, Australians v. Nottingham, the latter in their first innings scored 215. The Australians in their first innings have, lost two wickets for 37. June 5. In the Bouse of Commons Sir; Jams 'Fergusson denied that the French flag had been hoisted over the Island of Maitre. ■•••"' ;. Mr Gosch°n has declined to i modify the legacy succession duties in favor "of colonists domiciled in Great Britain. Lord George Francis Hamilton lias admitted that tin- English- hja.vy " i< unable to guarantee absolute . protection to tho whole of British commerce, and said that the country would never tolerate the demands m&de by Admiral .Hwnhy for an increase in; thnfl'-el. The press are dissatisfied at the; state-' ment of tiie First Lord of tho Ad : miralty. : Mr John Bright is now: much stronger.. , ' ' The House of Commons has, by »> majority of 121, carried ;a,' vote [for the protection of ports and coaling station*. it is stated that tho copper syndicate ■is being reformed with a limited capital. Edinburgh, June 5. Severe snowstorms have be!en< experienced throughout Scotland.; . | Berlin, June 3. It is reported that Russia intends' to raise,an import duty on refined sugar of 60s per 100 ; kilos, and on raw 40s, ". - ■ Calcutta, 1 June 3. Information has been received that tbe ; '''Thibetans are massing in large numbers in Kapup Valley. ; Durban, June 3. (A conflict has taken place between 'the followers of the Zulu chief Dehizulu and the British forces', resultingi in ; the. former' being routed. The chief Usibfque aIBO encountered,a small forco of 1 dragoons,, and two of the latter were killed. Reinforcements against) Denizulu are being despatched. j ; . San Francisco, Juno 3, Sailed—Alsmeda, for Auckland. .■i ♦ - i AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, June 4.., The Budget thjs year will phow a surplus of half-a-million.. The territorial revenue account will show aninerease of £IOO,OOO. A desperate struggle took place between two robbers and some memb3rs of the police forco early this morning. One constable was disarmed by a stone, and one of the robbers, named Ryan, fired six-times at his pursuers before be was captured. The Exhibition Building is approaching completion. Annexes have been constructed on the eastern and northern sides. The total, aroa covered! by the building is thirty-three acres, which far eclipses the spaco. occupied 'by the buildings of the ■Exhibition of 1880. The space allotted for electric 'lighting will be a marvellous exhibition of the advance, of .electricity. Great progress is being made with the German [Court. The total deficiency of the absconded sharebrokt»rs is £3OOO (sic) The silver crisis involves another to tha extent of £14,000, while several others are arranging; with their creditors, : Sydney. June 4,

• Thomas Strickland, a well-known merchant, was drowned in tho! harbor, near Manly Beach, yesterday, through a boat upsetting. The man Parks, the victim of an outrage in the police cell last week, is dead.

A quantity of wrpoluge,. two casks of beef, branded " E," the stern hlipois of a bo»t made of kauri, mml si 1 lo'iiifs distress wen 1 I >nu<l on tli" beach at L'Tfi Rmvf Island on the ttth .May. Thos. Sullivan, .smother luis-bniupoi connected with lbfs Btitk'iisi up of the VVslgott Hotel, has been urreeteii.

June 5. 'At the New South Wales coursing meeting Rochdale won the Derby, an I Lady of the Like the Oaks, During a'beavy gale the ship Berbice, from Melbourne, went ashore • outside Newcastle harbor early in the morning. The ship became a total wreck, bu the crew were rescued by tho j rocket brigade. McGregor, the bank-note'forger j has been .sentenced ~to seven years' penal servitude. ; . .

At:the inquest on the body ofjParkep, the victim of the outrage in thrj cell, a v-idict of murder was returned -against H.witt, who committed'the offence, ■A committee selected from several '-'of the masonic lodges have agreed upon a basis on which to recommend the craft to adopt tho formalin of a J United Grand'Lodge for N«W South Wiales. Tho Preotrada Conference jopened to-day. Messrs Crooks and Mason, of Christchurch, and Mr Gale, of Wellington, are the New Zealand representatives. The business to-d»y was jonly ol a preliminary character. i . *> Brisbane, Juhe 4. , \ Aib'ack trooper, named Hubert, has been arrested for a brutal outrage on »: tvornau near Eoraa. j The body of a young woman: named Flora Cartwright has been found at the bottom of a well in'Cliaitera'Towers, and a vouug man named '1 hos. Dono-van,-with, whom she had bi en .keeping company, has been arrested on a charge of murder,