TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1779, 21 August 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, August 15. Dr. Brudonell Carter, an eminent oculist, claims to bays discovered a core for blindness. Recent experiments conducted by Dr. Carter on the nerve sheath of the eye have been marvellously successful, Mr Simmonds, aeronaut, accompanied by six experts,' intends to travel in a balloon from Vienna to Margate, The journey is undertaken for scientific purposes. The Times states that ‘the recent manoeuvres has provetf'tbat vessels of the Archur class are.%s' iotal| failure as fast cruisers. The naval manoeuvres baye virtually Concluded, Admiral Tryoa' being victorious. Sir Mrrell Mackenz't has published in an English paper a reply to the attack made on him by the German Press in connection with bis attendance on the late Emperor, The ceremony of., receiving the. Princess Christian into the Roman' Catholic Church will be i conducted privately. August 16. Messrs Thomson and Co;, of Clyde Bank, have obtained the contract for building two cruisers for the Australian Squadron. Mr Tyser, of Tjser and Co., has joined the board of direo'ors of the shipping ring, and will undertake the management of New Zealand shipping, Paris, August 15. Serious labor riots took place at Oallas to-day, and the authorities found it necessary to call out troops to disperse the mob. August 16. Two French ladies had! a quarrel, owing to jealousy, and fought a duel with pistols. Both were seriously wounded. Berlin, August 15. A German expedition for the relief of Emin B<*y is being organised, Belgrade, August 15. It is thought probable that should King Milan and ex-Queen Natalie become reconciled, the divorce inquiry will be opened again, Sikkim, August 16. Further reinforcements of British troops have been ordered here. Calcutta, August 16. It is considered that an attack by Tibetans on the British position at Ggratong is imminent, Durban, August 15. A force of 400 British troops engaged a body of Zulus on the 10th Twelve Zulus were killed in the engagement. Port-au-Prince, August 15. A temporary Government has been appointed to administer the affairs of the island, Washington, August 15. An American expedition for the relief Of Stanley is being organised, It is doubtful if the Republican party will introduce a Tariff Bill to replace the Mill’s Duties Bill, which it is ; probable will be talked out, Mr Blaine is desirous to confine the issue to Protection and Freetrade.

New Yobk, August 15. By an accident on the Erie railway, forty persons were injured. 1 A quantity of blood stock belonging to Mrs Langtry, rained at £40,000, on the tram at the time, was killed, August J 6. The steamers Thirnwnlla* and Geiser came into collision during the night, off Sable Island, 90 miles south-east of Nova Scotia. The Geiser sustained serious injury and sank wi hin a few minutes.: Sevenly4wo of the passengi-rs and4hirly-lhree of tbs crew went down with'the vessel. There were thirty-one survivors from the sunken steamer, and these, together with lour hundred and fifty passengers on board the Thimwalla, were taken on board the steamer Willatd and brought here. The Thimwalla sustained damage in the collision, ahd j th? captain decided to make for Halifax, Nova Scotia.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, August 17. In the Legislative Assembly Sir James Manro, member for Geelong, tabled a motion for an increase of the stock tax. Government; accepted the mo'ion as a want of confidence, and the debate is now proceeding. August 18. Government. has decided to increase the impor; du’y on oats and barley, but decline to increase the stock tax. Warbrick’s football team has sailed for England in the Cuzco. August 19. The Hailway Department have been promised an unlimited supply of coal from Tasmania. The threatened strike has caused Now Zealand coal to advance 15s per ton. Sydney, August 17. Arrived—To Anau, Lord Carrington has been elected ihe fir t Grand Master of New S ulh Wales Masonic Lodg e.

Mr Seddon, late captain of the Eng Hib Football team, was buried at Maitland yesterday. The ceremony was of an imposing chatacler. A fund has been atarted with the object of placing a memorial stone oyer the grave. August 18. The Government of New South Wales is willing to renew the San Francisco mail contract for twelve months. No trace has. been discovered of the escaped prisoner Gasparini. The French Consul has expressed the opinion that insufficient care was taken of Gasparini, who was allowed the freedom of the ship. He doubts the suicide theory, and thinks it more likely that he has been carefully secreted by friends made on board the vessel.

August 19. A crisis is irtfmSn°nt »t Bronkong station, owing to the difficulty amongst the shearers. A night attack is expected, and it is feared that the result will end itt bloodshed, The besieging force numbers, 800, and tbe defending force is comparatively small. Newcastle, August 19. Sailed—Taupo for Wellington. Hobart, August 17. A movement is afoot in Launceston to get the colony annexed by Victoria, on the ground of the incompetence of the Tasmanian legislated. Brisbane, August 17. Ihe Governors of the Bank of England have made representations to the Queensland Agent-General in London to the effect that it is desirable tbe colony should discontinue placing loans on the London market at such short intervals, and that if this suggestion is not complied with the Bank will find it mcessiry to rid itself of the responsibility of undertaking loans. The debt of Queensland is now higher per head than that of any of tbe colonies. Adelaide, August 17.

The Treasurer delivered his Budget speech last night, The statement shows a surplus over estimated revenue of £170,000. Tbe railways show a profit of £432,000, or nearly per cent on tbp,.capital. The Customs revenue shows an increase of revenue of £127,000. The Government propose to place a loan on the London market in April of a million and a half at per cent. The Treasurer estimates the surplus on the Public Works revenus for the ensuing year at £22,000. A terrible tragedy,was committed in the city, to-day. Charles Lawrence, who has been in a depressed state for some time owing to indisposition, took a revolver and shot his three children, Nellie, Wilfred, and Milliceat, and then shot himself. His wife was absent from home at-the time,