TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1748, 9 June 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

(ENGLISR LoKDONj, June 5* . The execntidir of Maxell for-the! tpurder of.Preller wi|l takje place on July 13th, , j i J.u the match <againsl. the! Notts, /,*he AustMlianieleven concluded thtfir first. inning* (of 76, and then on. In the Second ijjqings they j made 175/ jfayipg the county team,?? fo make to; win. ; This the county managed to do without" the loss of a wipkeL ;, thus Winning the'match by ten.wjckets. ' ' ' j June 6. • Arrivedr-Tainui, at Plymouth, from New, Zealand, , The, duty on, sparkling nines under SO'iiper dozen has been reduced to 2s per dozen. 'Still , wines jare to be exempt. , j , An r immen#qpab.Hcmeqlijig was held to-day to consider the i defences of the city. It was decided that |n the state of the defences there- is grajre cause for anxiety, and to petition the Government to, place jthe security of jhe country beyond a, douh)t. Admiral Aloester endorsed the samaioviews a* held by Admiral Hornby. | The Anglican Synod will hold its first, sitting bn July 3rd, Qno hundred and: forty-four Bishops from jail parts of the British Empire will be present. Mr John Bright is qow out of danger, Mr F. Sexton, M.P., open an exhibition of arts and mappfactures at Dublin. General Sheridan is in a most precarious condition. His death is hourly expected, ; ! June 7. The Lord Mayor of London has invited the Agente-General to a coronation banquet to bo held on tbs 25'h instant. The Bishop of Lincoln has been accused ot ritualism. Lord Wolseley combated the statement of Lord George Francis Hamilton, that the English Channel rend?red ,sqgland safe from enemies, and said the shipping at present in French port* was sufficient to land 100,000 troops in 'England. ; -The Financial Nows continues to make violent attacks on the condition of' New Zealand, 5. The Clumber of Deputies has provisionally accepted; a bill for sugar duty assessment; The Panama Canal Lottery Loan Bill has pasied.

June 6. , .General Boulanger will shortly pay a visit to London.

Berlin, Jane 5.

The Empress is still desirous, for tbs pifirriage n,fjprincess Victoria to Prince Alexander,, end strongly, protests against Prince Bismarck’s attitude in the matter. The Emperor leans to the view .of the Empress. , The,political crisis, has been satisfactorily: settled by a compromise. Jane 7,

This officiai:jonrney of the Emperor Frederick to ( Pplsdam .epmewhat exhausted him, bat ,b« is powt pretty well;

■ Calcutta, June 6,

The Dteoits are again becoming troublesome, and are attacking th r e Burmese, a number of . whom hat# been killed. Ml Powell, one. of the survey staff engaged iarsotvsying jthe recently acquired Burmese territory,' was murdered by a of rflviqg Dacoits, , ; Durban, June 6,

Information has been ; ijecciv^d, that 400 -regulars have 1 been despatched the Zulu bhief. Ileflizulu, vrhosa following ie said to,be 2000. ! .... Zanzibar, June 7.

A difficulty has arisen with. Italy ip consequence of the Sultan of Zanzibar declining the free cession of Kuoaaya to Italy. The Italian Oonstpl pulled the Saltan’s flag and snmmoned a, man-of-war to bis assistance,

Washington, June 6.

The; Democratic Convention at St. Louis has unanimous! y. resolved to renominate President Cleveland for the Presidency.

New York. ..June 5,

The steamer Etruria has beaten the record between Queenstown and New York, having accomplished the voyage in six days two hours.

June 6.

It has been decided to use electricity in carrying out sentence of death instead of the old style of hanging. An hotel at Rochdale, Tetas, has been destroyed by fire ; and eleven persons wdre horned to death. A train consisting of 2fi carriages was derailed at,Taurico, Mexico. Eighteen persons were killed and many injured, AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, June 2. The military estimates ; show an increase of £50,000, including £IO.OOO for permanent submarine miners and permanent mounted infantry. The Crown intends to lake further action against Mrs Rapport, on 'barge of jewebrobbery from the wife of the Hon, Simon Fraper, in January last.

It has .been definitely decided to open the, Opntenmal Exhibition on lbq Ist of August. v , . ' h .The,; jAn.ti-Yivispction Society have, the Agent-Geueral,. warned the Goyernment against l the introduction of M. Pssteur’s disease; iqtptqe colony, on the. ground that it wpnld jbe fatal to birds, and that, the, wholesale slaughter of rabbits is. to the health of hqman, beipgs, ,Tjhq n ßoci?t|r states that they have taken the opinion* of several medical, gentlemen on ,fhe,question, and they, spy there ;is .reason to (fear an outbreak of .(.pestilence. Jronj pntrifying rabbits killed by cholera, j , , ; I June 7. Sailed-—Wairarapa, for ; Bluff. Collections for thoiQueenfs Fund now amount to £IO,OOO. : The men who brought,th« ; charge against,the captain of.the Verona have left town, .They applied to the shipmaster for their discharges,(fearing they would share tbs same,fate as the victim should, they, again go to seaj in the vessel, l Sydnev, Jane 6. In the iHodsonUstf Evening, Mr MoElbone charged, the (Minister of Lands with granting a, miners conditional . purchase of Tearoha (?) coal reserve to some persons contrary to the terms of the ireseryfition clauses of the Act, thereby swindling, country of 7400 acres, worth, at least hjalf a million ot money. A, Select Committee was appointed toinvestigate the, charge. The new company i forrried for the manufacture of . explosives | has been already registered,. The company will make . gunpowder, dynaipite, . nitroglycerin*, blasting powder,! gun-cotton, cartridges, and general i (ammunition'. The factory will probably be erected at Hawkesbury. In the football: match (between, the Bathurst team and the i (Englishmen, played to-day, the, latter (Won by 13 points to 6. Arrived—Rio, from Napier, In the Supreme Court, in the case of Hall versus the .Railway Commissioners, a: compromise has been arrijred at. The claim was!! for £30,000 I for alleged damage and loss by plaintiff through breaches of i a contract in connection with the’construction off thej Glen' InnesTonterfield. railway.! The Iterms of the compromise are that, plaintiff receives £SOOO.

Jane 7.

Dr Black, of. Dunedin, •coepted the Presidency of the Chemistry and Mineralogy section oL tbs A us<Mlaß >* n Association for the /advancement of Science.

The scheme of military defence about to be submitted to Parliament, include* such a complete system : of submarine defence that it is believed it Irill be absolutely impossible for hostile vessels to gain an entrance into the harbor. ! Arrived—-Hauroto from Wellington.

In the" House this afternoon, the Premier delivered a statement of the course Government-intended to pursue. The Land Bill was to bo dismissed lor this session. The Land Properly Tax Bill would be proceeded iwith, and the Chinessißestrictibn Bill would be dealt with to completion. In this matter tbs Government intended, to withdraw from the coarse previously determined on. Amended' standing orderes were to be introduced. He stated/that, the deficit of New South Wales had not-.increased one shilling since: Government took office. 1 'The * deficit - stands now at £2,620,000, and the Treasurer at.-once introduced a ! Bill .providing for its extinction, He proposed to pay off annually for ten years, psymeats to be made every six months. Newcastle, June T. Arrived-i-Thurso from Lyttelton. Adelaide, June 7.

A nautical inquiry was; held to-day into the oircumstahces connected with the collision between the .Gabo and Chary, Which occurred in port on the 26th alt. The bench found the captain of both steamers to blame. Brisbakb, June 6.

Abraham Street, confidential dark, to Mason, Barnett and Co., drapers,- .who was arrested for embezzlement, baa, been, sentenced to' ten years- imprisonment* His defalcations amount to £IO,OOO, and be has. almost ruined his : lata cm-, ployers. '^ s;s!sssssss;;ss i -r