TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1754, 23 June 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, London, June 19. A Royal Commission has been appointed to enquire into the working of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The evidence so far shows that two officials received £16.000 as bribes. Sir Graham Berry, Lord Onslow, and an important party have inspected the electrical'tramway at Barking, which is a complete success. ; i , June 20. Information has been received that severe galeflAioTo -been experienced -on the coast of Iceland, and four hundred French fishermen jiaye been drowned. Dr J, H., Zpnkertorl, the 'distinguished chesq player, aged is. dead. Paris, June 19. ... The . election, for-., the, district of Oharento in the Chamber of Deputies took place to-day,, and resulted in the return of a Bonapartist candidate, M. Dourelde, President of the French Patriotic, League. The Radical candidate, was at the.bottom of the poll. June 20, 1 The; Journal des Debate has very little doubt but that the report of Mr Stanley’s death is ' true, and that bis death was owing to treachery oh the part of I’ippoo Tib. Rome, June 19. Cardinal Moran, of Sydney, has had a long interview with His Holiness the Pope to-day, on religions affairs in Australia. Herat, June 19. A British exploring party 1 have crossed the Afghan frontier between Peshawar and Abdyttodor. Calcutta, June 19. . Information has been received that fighting has taken place between the rebel Alliwars "and the British forces. Major Baltye and Captain Winston, of the Bengal staff, corps, and six: men, were killed. Zanzibar, June 19, Unconfirmed reports have reached here that Mr H. Stanley is dead,, Rio pb Janeiro, Jnne|2o. The Doric left for Plymouth yesterday. Her frozen meat was in good condition, , j . Washington, Jun.e 20. The convention at Chicago, is likely to nominate Mr J. G. Blaine for the .presidency., The convention strongly endorses a protection policy, , AUSTRALIAN GABLE; MELBOURNE; June 21. Sailed~le Anau, for the Bluff. The Address -in - Reply has. been adopted by the Legislative Council. The debate on the Address-in-Reply is 'proceeding in the House, where strong exception is taken to the action of the Government in excluding. Chinese from the colony. All claims for damages by the Windsor railway accident have been settled, at a cost to the colony of £125,000. ‘ Sydney* June 20. A disagreement has arisen between M. Pasteur’s represeutatives and the ’Rabbit Commissioners. The former sabmitted certain conditions for testing the efficacy of the scheme, bat the Commissioners decided that a more ; severe test than that proposed should jbe employed. M. Pasteur has been, communicated with by cable on the subject. The experiments will probably begin tomorrow in the presence of the Cpmmi ssioners.

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The weather is cold io New ; Sooth Wales, Victoria, and Sooth Australia. Snow has fallen at Adelaide, and several of the inland towns of the other colonies. Newcastle, June 21. Sailed—Schooner Rio for Napier.