TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1766, 21 July 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London. July 7. The Doric arrived at Plymouth to-day from New Zealand. Sir Dillon Bell is trying to engage Professor Long, of Cirencester, to proceed to'New Zealand to report on the dairy factories in the colony. The House of Commons has, by a majority. of fifty-seven, ejected the motion proposed by Mr Charles Fenwick, M. P. for Wansbeck, providing for the payment of members of the House. In speaking to the motion, Mr Gladstone advecated paytog:tbelabor members. During the debate in the House of Commons to-day. on (he motion for payment of members, Admiral Fie’d, M.P. for Eastbourne, slated that a very able man, and ode of great wealth, residing in Victoria, had told him that any number ( f men could be bribed in tho Victorian Assembly. The Bdl introduced into the House of Commons by Viscount Lymington to regulate the sa'e of foreign meat has been read a first time. Mr Loany has been elected to represent Sligo South in the place of Mr E. J. Kennedy, who resigned. The Church Association is applying for a mandamus to compel the Archbishop of Canterbury to continue the proceedings commenced against the Right Rev, Dr King. Bishop of Lincoln, for ritualistic practices, July 9. With five days’ notice thirty-eight men-of-war assembled at Spilheid and thi'lyone off Portland ready for active service, Admirals Btird and Rowley being in I command, A s'rcoger squadron will! endeavor to blockade a fleet under Admiral Tryon and Obtain Fitzroy, after tho coicudon of the celebration in connection with the tercentenary of the Spanish Armada on (he 19th imt, . Mrs Gordon Badlie and Mr Percival Frost have been further remanded, and wete removed in custody. The police state that there are unpaid bills in all p.rts of the United Kingdom, espec ; ahj in Scotland. The frauds will probably reach the extent of thousands. It is alleged that Mrs Baillie hired a gentleman’s house, and while in possession mortgaged the furniture. The Earl of Carnarvon, writing to The Times on the defences of Australasia, states they have put England to shame. Mr Parnell, writing to Captain Rhodes, of Capetown, says, if the colonies are willing to share the costand responsibilityof being represented in the British Parliament, the privilege ought to be accorded them.

Ships are scarce, and consequently freights are hardening. Mr Manrieville, formerly Secretary to Mr O’Brien, and who was recently cosfined in Tollamore Gaol, has died, and it is alleged by his friends that death was accelerated by ill-treatment he received while in custody. It is staled that M. Qrrfrj is making large investments both in British and colonial stocks. The R.M.S; -Kaikoura steamed from Wellington t® Plymouth in thirty-six and a half days. The barque Jane Sprott, bound from Adelaide to London, has put into Lima, a portion of her rigging having been damaged during a heavy gale. The vessel shipped a large quantity of water, some of which found its way down the hold, A portion of her cargo had to be jettisoned. The: barque Bertha, bound from New York to Brisbane, also lost a portion ot her rigging during a gale, and bad to run into Mauritius for repairs, • July 10. Mr W. H. Smith, leader of the House of Commons, proposes to abandon almost all Government business on the OrderPaper except the Local Goven raent Bill, which is, however, to be further reduced, Par'Ument will reassemble early in November. Tenders for the Melbourne Tramway Loan of £250,010, at 4£ per cent, with a minimum of 107, wore opened to-day. The amount subscribed was £845,000, the average being £lO9 15s lid. The death ia announced of Sir William Wellington Cairns, K.C.M.Q,,ex-Governor of Queensland and South Australia. July 11. The Liverpool Cup was won by Satiety, Ashplant 1, Tommy Tittlemouso 3. It ia rsported that Stanley has advanced three days' march nearer .Khartoum and that the Soudanese are gathering to attack bis expedition. Severe snow storms have been experienced in England. The Presbyterian Council has protested against the sale of firearms to aborigines. July 12. Canon Harrison has been elected Bishop of Glasgow. The trade returns for June shows that the imports have increassd by 10£ per cent, and tho exports by 9£ per cent on the previous period. Sir Julius Togel’s son won the Charterhouse School R fla Cup. It lias previously been won by two of his brother?. Arrangements have been successfully completed for building a railway'from Perth to Euc'a, in Western Australia, on the land grant system. The line is to be finished in two years. The Powers have taken no heed of the Pope’s threats that he will leave Italy. Six hundred pauper children have been sent as emigrant-) to Canada. ■ \ ■ July 13,

Sir Julius Yogel, on behalf of the New Zealand Government, is. making enquiries as to the process in vogue in England and Germany of dealing with refractory ores. The Piimate has wilhdiawn his invitation to a gaidon parly at Lambeth Palace upctdentaliy sent to Colonel HughesHallet, {July U. It ia staled that negotiations between the New ZMiami GovernmeuL and the

Midland Railway Company have beo practically sestled. It is considered likely that Mr Robert Wilson will represent the company in New Z laland. Cholera has broken out at Naples. July 17. At the Wimbledon meeting, the Queen’s Prize was won by Private Fulton, of the Queen’s, Westminster, with a score of 208 points, being 8 more than the winning number last year. July 18. The Local Government Bill has passed through Committee. The Union Bank of Australia has d - dared a dividend of 12 por cent. Tenders have been accepted for the owers of the Imperial Institute bui'ding at a cost of £IB,OOO. Paris, July 9. The police have seized a manifesto Fsued by a committee of mayors of Parisian municipalities condemning the republican form of government, and asserting that a raonaichcal government only can establish a durable government. July 12. General Bou'anger has resigned, in consequence of the defeat of his motion fur the dissolution of the Chamber. M. Floquet challenged General Boulanger for calling him a liar in the Chamber of Deputies, and tke duel w-’S fought with swords. After a fierce encounter General Boulanger was slightly wounded in the thigh, and rather seriously in the throat. It is feared tetanus may set in. M. Floquet was slightly wounded in the hand, foot, and breast. July 13. Sara Bernhardt states that she will visit Australia in 1889, The sla'ue elected to the late M. Leon Gambetta was inaugurated in tho city today. General Boulanger stands again for the Department of Le Nord, In consequences of the general charges of immorality against monastic houses in France, the Chamber has declared a Bill urgent to suppress all male religious orders.

The barque Border Chief, bound from Sharpness to Melbourne, was abandoned at sea, and the crew landed safely at St. Helena. July 15. General Boulanger is improving, The French national fate, to celebrate the faking of the Bastile, passed off successfully and without disturbance. July 16. Admiral Krantz, the Minister of Marine, asked the Chamber 'of Deputies to vote the sum of 67,000,000 francs for the purpose of strengthening the harbor defences of Brest, Cherbourg, and Toulon. The vote was granted,. Berlin, July 7. : A : Bill has passed the German Federal Council providing for allowances being made to the aged and sick workpeople. July 13. : The Emperor William has decorated Drs. Bergmahu and Gerhardt. This action is regarded as an endorsement of their reports attacking Sir F. Morell McKenzie. July 15, The history which Sir Morrell McKenzie has been requested to write by the Dowager Empress Victoria on the illness of the late Emperor is for the purpose of correcting inaccurate statements which have been published. Capetown, July 16. Sir Jehn Henry Brand, of Orange Free Slate, is dead. Washington, July 16. In the House of Representatives, the Republican motion to omit imported raw wools from the free list in the Tariff Bill was defeated by 120 to 102. It is proposed that the clause admitting wool free shall come into operation on the Ist October. New York, July 11. The Education Committee of the Senate has adopted an amendment to lire American Constitution recommending that all dealings in alcoholic beverages should be entirely prohibited. July 18. An anarchist plot to dynamite prominent officials connected with the recent execution of anrachia's, has been discovered in Chicago. lt:was also intended to demolish a number of public buildings. Twenty conspirators are involved, and several arrests have been made. St. John, July 11. A Newfoundland cruiser seized two French fishing vessels for purloining bait_

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne. July 18. A man named John-Audrey has been arrested, charged with attempting to murder August Heifer, a publican. There is a great rush for tickets for the opening ceremony of tha Melbourne Exhibition, which are being sold nt a guinea each. Twelve hundred were disposed of in two hours. July 19. Dailed—Tarawera for tho Bluff. Mr Millets, a mining speculator, has been robbad of £BO6O worth of scrip. A man named Elaland was to-day cut in two owing to a circular saw breaking, Sydney, July 18.

A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against two aboriginals, charged with killing another black during an intertribal fight in Bellinger district. it is believed that thn extensiye frauds discovered in the Government tramway service have been committed' during the past eight months. The Intercolonial Conference of delegates from various Seamen’s Unions has commeno d its silting. The proceedings are not open to the Press, The Chinese question and the stamen’s difficulty in New Zealand are being discussed. • The railway retu'-ns show the inter st on capital for the past ten years to have been 4,13 per cent. July 19. Sailed —Manapouri for Auckland,

A horrible murder has been committed a*Waniring. A man named Reid chopped hi 3 wita on the head with a tomahawk, smoehing in her skull. Reid, who is evidently insane, was immedialily arrested, whereupon he coolly remarked “ that ho had chopped bor until he was tired.” Newcastle. July 18. Sailed—Janet Nichol for Ttmaru. July 19. A fire broke out to-day on board the American barque Minny, and considerable damage to the vessel and cargo was occasioned before it was subdued.