TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1755, 26 June 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 21. I Her Mfljeety the Queen has refused to gire her coDsent to the "Victorian Marine Bill. Mrs Apnes Boucicault has proved b"r marriage to Mr Dion Boucicault in New York in 1855, and she has obtained a decree nisi for dissolution of the marriage. June 22, The death is announced of Captain Leethum, an old New Zealand warrior. It is reported that M. tie Lesseps, who was supervising the construction of the Panama Canal, is dead. The report, however, lacks confirmation. 1 The Southland Estates Company of New Zealand, with a capital of £185,000 has been registered. Paris, June 20. The Panama Canal lottery bonds are being eagerly taken up, Berlin, June 21. The Tagbiatt states that Sir Morrell Mackenzie has stated that he was aware of the dangerous nature of the malady from wbioh the late Emperor wap suffering so far back as February last, but did not admit it in order to obviate the necessity of a Regent being appointed. Shanghai, June. 21. An alarming rebellion ba< broken out amongst the sufferer* by th« r»o«»nfc iuundatiou of the Yellow Hivor, »nd a lan»e number of the troops ore joining the rebels. Washington, June 21. The Republican Convention at Chicago has reso ved to maintain Protection, and oppose any proposals for exemption of wool from duty, as they would prefer the abolition of internal taxation. June 22. , The Republican Convention condemned the Fisheries Treaty entered into with Canada.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Jane 22. Arrired—Mantpouri, from the Bluff. The railway revanua for the year shows an increase of £125,000 above the estimate, The Customs authorities have 1 seized sixty pianos, consigned to Messrs Blackbnry and Co,, and intend to proceed against tbs firm for fraudulent under-valuation of the consignment, Thos. Doolan, a teller in tbs Bank of Victoria, bas bolted. His defalcations amount to closo on £IOOO. A warrant has been issued for bis arrest. A thunderbolt fell at Wilson’s Promontory, close to the telegraph. It fused all the wires for a distance of four posts, wrecked the battery building, destroyed the bank, and knocked down a stone wall, besides doing other damage, The English football team won the match at Bendigo by five goals to one, June 23. Arthur Daly, solicitor, who was arrested last month on a charge of forging signatures to land transfer applications, has been committed for trial. Sydney, June 22. Sailed—larawera, for Auckland. Twenty-five applications have been received for the two Bailway Commissionersbips. Some applications are from New Zealand. The appointment will not be made until October next. The Government will endeavor to give one appointment to a public officer, and the other to a business man and accountant. June 23. Arrived—Wakatipu, from Wellington. A difficulty has arisen with the Wharf’ Labourers Union, who demand fifteonpence per hour for lumping bags of chaff. They say their action is necessitated by the course pursued by New Zealand shippers in sending over produce in extraordinary large bags. Other trades unions are supporting the Wharf Laborers’ Union, and serious complications are likely to arise in shipping circles. A company has been floated to construct artisans’ dwe lings on the lines «f Peabody’s homes at London, Destructive bush fires, fanned by a heavy gale, have been raging in the Kinnia district, eight miles from here, la the country on fire, several accidents have occurred iu which mauy persons have been injured and one life lost. Brisbane, June 22. Mr Moßossan, Minister of Public Works and Mines, has been rammed unopposed, 4. rich tin lode, 40ft thick, bas been discovered at Mount Jeswill, in the Cooktown district. June 24. All the members of the Ministry have been re-elected. Hobart, June 23. The proposed Properly Tax Act is being atrongly opposed in the Assembly, The Opposition is in favor of an income tax. The House has resolved to reduce all the salaries on the estimates by 2| per cent.