TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1783, 30 August 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, August 25. Dr, McDonald, the Hod. Treasurer of the Crofters’ Aid Society, is organising • deputation of crofters to visit fiustra'ia and New Zealand for the purpose of raising funds for immigration purposes. r The steamer Great Eastern has been beached in .the river Mersey prior to her demolition. Sailed from Plymouth fpnganro, for New Zealand, Sir John Rose, Bart., Privy Councillor, formerly Minister of; Public Works in Canada, is dead. He was aged 67. General Lord Alfred Paget, ;Equerry to the Queen, is dead. Augtjsl 27. His Holiness the Pope crea'od Launceston a separate diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, August 28. Her Majesty the Queen has forwarded letters thanking the women; of the United Kingdom and the Colonies for their gifts in connection with thq celebration of the Jubilee. The Anglican Bishop of Michigan is dead, 'i he deceased prelate was visiting England as a delegate to the Anglican Conference recently held at Latjibeih. Glasgow, Auguft 24. During her visit to this city, her Majesty was presented with ja loyal, address by the Freemasons of Glasgow, s Paris, August 26. A train running between Lyons and St. Etienne was bur led by a land slip yesterday, bat no casual! i s, are reported . j Berlin, August 25. It is notified that a Gormauj trading company has occupied Adela, » district in the kingdom of Dahomey, Western Africa, The ann-xation will jiave the effect of cutting off the trade fijom Fort. Accra Ip Tnlagla, and also the! interior of Africa. [ Accra is a British settlement on the Gold Coast of Africa. The principal trade consists in the ex port of palm oil and bone dust], A destructive fire broke out tin srmo factories at Hamburg to-day, causing immense damage. It is estimated that the loss amounts to several million marks. Six lives were lost. August 26. The Emperor William, addressing a meeting in connection wish thejOrder of Saint John of Jerusalem, appealed to the nobility to help him in realising the ideal of a nation whose people possessed a high sense of honor, whose} religion was based on true Christian principles, and whose moral standing was unimpeachable. Berne, Augtjst26. A factory at Aarburg, on j the Aar, took fire, and before the flames were subdued, a whole street, comprising a number of large factories, was destroyed. Ten thousand operatives are thrown out of employment by the disaster. Calcutta, August 25 . News has been received to the effect that the Tibetans have refused to negotiate with the British at Guatong, and a desperate engagement appears to be inevitable. Capetown, Augcjst 25. A special session of the Capo Parliament, convened to reconsider ttys African Customs Union Bill, hare passed the measure. : August 26. The officer who was commanding the Boers when they invaded the Khamas territory in Transvaal last month, explains that the engagement which took place against the Natives aros.e out of a misapprehension, and that there was no desire to invade the Khamas ! territory. President Kruger has sent a niessage to Sir Hercules Robinson, expressing his willingness to cordially co-operate in a’laying the excitement occasioned, New York, August 26. Patrick Ford, editor of the New York Irish World has transferred his allegiance from the Democratic party to the Republicans. The Freelrade Press has in consequence published &■. damaging attack on Ford, in which; the latter is accused of deserting his, regiment daring the American Civil W>r. This statement, it is considered, will destroy Ford’s influence in the Presidential contest. San Francisco, Augpst 25. The steamer Oceanic, while entering the harbor, came into co'lision with the outward bound steamer Chester, and the latter.was so badly injured that she sank in a few, moments, while the former was fearfully 1 .damaged, aodjwas only with difficulty prevented from foundering. It has been ascertained that thirty-four of the passengers, and crew of the Chester were drowned, the remainder being rescued by the crew of the Oceanic. August 26. Sailed — Alameda for Auckland with English mails.