TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1782, 28 August 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN; London, August 22. Mr Edward Wakefield, of Welling ton, writes a letter to the Times, in which he s»js the agitation against (he Chinese injtho colonies is uncalled-for, and that it has been created to serv political ends. August 28, Mr Pritchard Morgan, one of; the owners of the Welsh Tgold mines near Dolgelly, is announced as the Unionist candidate for the Merthyr Iyd vil feeat, vacant by the death of Mr Illnnry Richard. Arrived—S.'S. Fifeshire fromOanjaru. The contract for the Midland railway, New Zealand, has been sighed, ■ -Tenders for (be necessary capital to construct the line will be invited in November, Mr W. L. Rees has made a request to the Imperial Government that they should guarantee three per cent, tjpon £1,000,000 to be raised with a viefr to assisting colonisation. Lord Knutsford has referred the proposal to Mr Gosohen. Mr Reeves will shortly commence a series ot lectures in England, and is an nonneed to address Ibe British Association at Bath, and the Trades Congress at Bradford. August 24, Freights to the colonies continue "to rise, and an advance from 25 to 50 per cent, is reported. Shipping is Wy scarce. £IO,OOO worth ,of bonis stolen from i a city firm in October last, have been recovert-d, the thief, a lad named ;Caeey, baying just recently confessed toi the robbery, and supplied informothn at to where the bonds Wore ( to bo fbiin f. It is expected ilist the cruisei!* jn course of cmatruch n for the Australian squadron will be completed in fight months. , The Queen visited Paisley on Whdnesday, And was accorded a most enthusiastic reception. Barry Sullivan, the tragedian, la reported to be dying. Mr Charles Bradlaugb intends to resign his seat in Parliament, as he cannot afford the expense. , GtAsaovr, August 22. The Queen was received with great enihusiasm on arrival in the city tojopen the new Town Hall. Her Majestyi will pay a visit to Paisley to-morrow. L Paris, Auguit 28. General Boulanger ‘announces j (hat he will contest every electorate at the next general election, August SU. :

A number of bombs exploded; in (be streets of the city to-day, but fortuc|ately no harm was done. No" one baa j been arregtedin connection with the efvenl, the cause iof,,which remaina a mystery. This Hkdtjic, Aogtfat 23, King William is seriously ill, and it is feared that he may not recover, | Munich, August 2j4. King Otto, pr Bavaria, is 'lying dangerously ill, , , Rome, August 23. A number of villages op the frontier bare been destroyed by fire, and the inhabitants reduced to great distress,

Tibnka, August 23. Heavy floods have been experienced in the country <districts. Several villages have been submerged, and many j lives have been lost.

St, Petersburg, August 22. It is estimated that the winter hbeat crop throughout Russia will be lup to, the average, and that the summer! crop will also giye a good yield, I Oabul, August 22V 7; ■ Thri TUrkestan trodps will remain faithful to the Ameer, and the {overthrow of Isbak Khan is considered to be Certain, ; Calcutta,' August 21. ■ An attack on the Tibetan position ; at Makolato Pass is momentarily eXpectedr^T^v Cholera nas broken out in Bdrmah and is decimating the population, ; August il4. Information has been received j that the tibetans, lsjooo strong, are massed in the neighborhood of Gdatorig arid d«mind that the British forces evacuate that district. Durban, August 22. Dinizuln surrendered himself to Sir A, Havelock, but subsequently escaped and Bought refuge in the tohombo mouritaios. A force, mainly composed of Boors, has gone in parstiit. , August 24. , The force of Boers despatched iri pur suit of Dinizulu,. who bad fled : to,the Lohombo Mountains, have sncceedjed in capturing’ him, and have banded him over to the British authorities. Zanzibar, August 22 . , , News has been received here j that Major Barttelot, .with three Europeans and % force of 600 natives, left |S ambatri early in Jane bn his way to relieve Stanley. Capetown, August 22. Mr ft* l ? h«a been e ected President of the Orange Free Slate. Washington. Aliens' 22. The House ot K>-prt-sen a iv»s ' have passed the Chinese Prohibition Bill.

Enormous damage has been done by hurricanes in the Eastern States. San Francisco, August 23. The glotfl contest between Tom Meadows, light-weight champion of Sydney, and Billy Meehan, a local light-weight, took place to-day, ;and resulted in * victory for the Sydney man,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, August 24. Arrived—Wkirampa, from the Bluff. Sydney, August 24. The case Davies v. National Insurance Company of New Zealand, an action to recover the amounts of po icies on the plaintiff’s butierine factory, burned, down some time ago; was beard in the Supreme Court ir-day,r, AfWerdict for £BOOO was returned for plaintiffs. August 25. The drought is causing |ad havoc. In the Western districts the aeaaoh is the worst known for many years, and the outlook ia very gloomy, are dying In hundreds. Special prayers for rain will be offereid up throughput the colony on August 31st. Marquis de RoisUng, French ViceConsul, is dead, Newcastle, August 24. Sailed—Hauroto, for Lyttelton. UOB ART, August 25. Sailed—Tainui, for N'w Zealand;,