TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1788, 11 September 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, September 6.

The British Trades Conference has resolved to. make the payment of members a test question at the elections. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Aorangi arrived all well at Plymouth yesterday with her meat in good condition.

Septembar 6,

Hon, Thos. Holt, ex-member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, is dead, aged 77. It is;rumored that Princess. Louise, the eldest daughter of ’ the Prince of Wales, is to be married to the Czarewitch.

The Novoe Yremya, published in St. Petersburg, states that the whole of the tribes in the northern portion of Afghanistan are in open revolt,' and have recognised as their leader the rebel Ishak Khan, The statement lacks confirmation, and is believed to be dubious.

Sir Charles Tapper, speaking at a banquet, defended Mr Chamberlain’s action on the Fisheries Commission, He farther stated that the Canadian Ministry were united, and would never adopt a fiscal or other policy injurious to England.

Information has been received that the Island of Cuba, has been visited by a cyclone, and serious damage is reported. Tonnage is becoming scarce, and shares in shipping companies are advancing in price.

September 7.

During evictions at Woodford a house was demolished with battering rams, and the occupants driven out at the point of the bayonet. The bailiffs assaulted the tenants with crowbars, fearfully injuring one, who has since succumbed to the injuries received. The affair has created great excitement.

The New Zealand Crown Mines Company, with a capital of £65,000, is announced.

The Hev. J. Viadal, Vicar Apostolic of Fiji, has been advanced to the dignity of Bishop of the Homan Catholic Church.

M. de Lesseps has assured the British Association that the Panama Canal will be opened in 1890.

Information has been received that missionaries engaged in work in the neighborhood of Lake Nyassa, Eastern Africa, were recently barrased by Arab stayers and driven from their posts. The forces attached to the missionary camps, under command of Captain Longard, attacked the slavers, but were repulsed, and several Europeans and a number of native allies were killed. Captain Longard himself was wounded during the engagement. Septembers.

The information received that the Zulu chief Dihissulu bad been recaptured by Boers is believed to be incorrect. An official despatch says that he is still at lagre, but affairs in Zululand are now peaceful. Lord Charles Beresford declares that the recent manoeuvres of the British Nary prove that the present 1 system adopted for training officers and men is unsuited to modern warships and engineering appliances. He also considers that the manoeuvres show the necessity of a large steam or ■ coastal defence by means of volunteers. Paris, September 5.

A shocking railway accident has occurred in the east of Prance. The Paris express ran off the rails near Dijon, and before intimation could be conveyed of the mishap the Italian express dashed into it. Both engines were hurled oyer a viaduct, while twelve passengers were killed and forty injured. Lady Bowen, who was a passenger, was slightly injured. Her daughter, Miss Agnes Zoe Bowen, Was also a passenger, hot escaped unhurt. Berlin, September 8*

It has beeen decided to largely increase the German navy, and an extensive order for the construction of warships of improved type has been issued. St. Petersburg, September 7 . The Czar and his family are making a tour of the southern provinces, and on his arrival at the province of Khartoff His Majesty will hold a review of 200,000 troops. Vienna, September 6. A ring of speculators are operating here for a corner in maize.

Prague, September 7. Disastrous floods have occurred throughout the country, and the crops have been seriously damaged. So far, however, no casualties have been reported, Rio Janeiro, September 5.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's Rimutaka sailed for Plymouth to-day.

PyyAivA, September 6. A Canadian officer has been requested to resign his position for having suggested the capture of Detroit. September 7.

It is considered probable that the Canadian Government will pursue a

policy of inaction with regard to the Fisheries Treaty until after the election of the Hinted States President, when diplomatic negotiations will be resumed.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, September 7

Arrived—Te Anau, from the Bluff, At the Supremo Court, Mary Kompton was charged with the murder of her child at Warrnambool, and was sentenced to death,

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr Munro’s motion for an increase in the stock tax, which the Government accepted as a * wabf of confidence, was negatived by 51 to 25. Sydney, September 7.

The great libel action, G, RJDihbs v. the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph, was concluded last night, after a hearing of ten days. The jury were nnable to agree on a verdict, and were locked up for the night. The alleged libel was published in a leading article on the 10th December last, commenting on Mr Dibbs’s financial statement, and charged him with criminally manipulating the pnblic accounts and estimates. Ten thousand pounds were claimed. A verdict for plaintiff for £IOO and costs was returned,

September 9,

The election of a member for Redfern, rendered necessary by the death of Mr J, S. Farnell, resulted in the return of Mr j. P. Howe, a Protectionist, by a majority of 852 voles over the Freetrade candidate, Mr Martin. : Brisbane, September 7.

His Excellency the Governor has informed Sir Thos, Mcllraith that tbe members of the Government possess the confidence of the country, and he sees no reason lor the stoppage of public business. Be disclaims any responsibility in the matter. A public meeting was held last night to discuss the question. Tea thousand people attended, and a resolution was carried protesting against the Governor’s action.

September 8.

Lord Knutsford has cabled to Bis Excellency the Governor authorising the release of the prisoner, over whom the latter bad a difference with tbe Government. When the message was made known there was great rejoicing in the city at the triumph of the Government.

Adelaide, September 8.

The Rev. James McFie Doflaldson, clergyman of the Church of England at Kapunda, whom the Ecclesiastical Court recently pronounced guilty of conduct unbecoming a clergyman, be having committed bigamy, has been dismissed from the Anglican Church. The charge against him was that in 1866 he married in Victoria, but separated from his wife after three years, and in 1888, at Newcastle, England, without due enquiry or search as to the existence of bis first wife, he contracted another marriage, hi* first wife being still alive.