TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1789, 13 September 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, September 8.

Mr Spreckles has given an order for the construction of two eighteen-knct steamers for the Australian-Hawaii trade.

Mr Pritchard Morgan has obtained a license to mine for gold over an area of sixty square miles in the County of Wicklow.

Lord Salisbury has nominated Canon Jayne (? Cheyne) to the Bishopric of Chester, nee Dr Stubbs, translated to the See of Oxford.

A charter has been granted to the Imperial British African Company, formed for the purpose of developing 50,000 square miles of country, ceded by the Sultan of Zanzibar. The territory extends from the coast to Lake Victoria Nyanza.

September 9,

The Prince of Waleß leaves for Tienna on Monday on a visit to the Emperor of Austria. The British Trades Congress, now holding its annual session, urges the exclusion of foreigners from Great Britain who are unable to prove they are capable of earning their livelihood. This resolution is aimed at the " sweating " system evils, which have been so forcibly brought forward lately. The Congress negatives the proposition in favor of the eight hours system. Bishop O'Dwyer, of Limerick, has given his adhesion to the Home Rule Party. The Wesleyans are dissatisfied with the course taken by the Rev. Jas, H. Rigg, a prominent member of that body, in supporting the proposal for an Educational Commission to enquire into tho establishment ot secular schools to be supported out of local rates. An agitation against the proposal is on foot, Lord Knutsford has instructed Sir A. Musgrave that be must be content with asserting the principle of prerogative. Future Governors of Australia and also of Canada will be instructed to act in a similar manner if the Colonial Ministers are unanimous in desiring to retain the power in their own hands.

September 10.

Michael Bavitt, speaking at Knockaroo, said the alliance of Home Rulers with Liberals had not assisted Ireland, The Irish had been handicapped, not shielded. Unless something was done to ensure confidence, the Irish people would be compelled to revert to unconstitutional methods to redress their grievance. The cry of Mr Gladstone as " Gloria in excelsis " had been overdone,

Berlin, September 8*

It is reported that the Emperor William will be acoompanied by Bismarck on bis approaching visit to Emperor Francis Josef of Austria. September 9.

Malietoa and two chiefs, deported from Samoa by order of the German Government, were released on September stb, and return immediately to Apia by the steamer Murnburg. The colonising of Palestine by Germans is giving rise to great uneasiness to other Powers. Germany is rapidly settling that country by forming small colonies in different centres, and holding aloof from the natives,

Prague, September 9.

Stuart Cumberland, who is travelling through Bohemia, has been arrested for ridiculing the Austrian flag, Calcutta, September 9.

News has bean reoeived hers that the rebel leak Khan has been defeated :at Mannana, a town 200 miles north of Herat, and the revolt hag proved a complete failure. September 10.

A telegram has been received here to the effect that the Ameer of Afghanistan is lying dangerously ill. .Rangoon, September 10.

The British outposts have exchanged shots ttith the Thibetan skirmishers. An early engagement is imminent. Yokohama, September 7.

A strong Japanese squadron has sailed for Corea. It is believed the squadron has sailed on some political mission.

Zanzibar, September 9.

A German squadron has bombarded Zanga, a town of Zanzibar, in revenge of the murder of German subjects. Havaiwah, September 8, A cyclone which passed over Cuba tbis week wrecked most of the public buildings in this city, and severely damaged the shipping in the harbor, many vessels being driven ashore. Railroads were also destroyed in many places, and a large number of people killed.

Washington, September 8. The House of Representatives passed the Retaliation Bill, aimed at Canada, only four members dissenting. September 9. Mrs H. B. Stow, authoress, is suffering from meningitis, and her recovery is regarded as hopeless. September 10,

President Cleveland,, in accepting nomination as Democratic candidate for

the Presidency, disclaims any alliance with the Freetrade crusade. He said the tariff reforms he would advocate would aim to relieve people from unjust and dangerous taxation

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, September 10.

Intelligence was received here that a vessel, supposed to be the Derby Park, a barque of 1292 tons, bound from Paget Sound to this port, h*s been wrecked on Penrhyn Island, The cap. tain's wife was drowned. The remainder were rescued and taken to Tahiti.

Sydney, September 10. Arrived—Tarawer a. September 11. Mt Dibbs, plaintiff in the recent libel iotion against the Sydney Daily TeleRraph, has commenced another action against the paper, having served • writ on the proprietors for £IO,OOO damages for alleged libel, contained in an article published by the Telegraph commenting on the decision in the recent case.

The sentence of death passed on Robert Helvert, for the murder of a fellow prisoner in a police cell, was carried out to-day. The condemned man protested his innocence to the last,

Newcastle, September 11.

The laborers who went to work at the Greta coal mine this morning in place of the men out on strike, met with a warm reception at the hands of the mitvra, who assembled in force at the mouth of the pit. The laborers were jostled by the strikers, and stones were freely used in the mlti which ensued. One laborer was seriously injured by a stone. Brisbane, September 11.

In obedience to the instructions cabled out by the Colonial Office, the prisoner, about whom the recent difficulty between His Excellency the Governor and hie Ministry arose, has been released, and the Premier has withdrawn his resignation.

Perth, September 10. A pearl diver named Kerr was stabbed to death by a Malay at Cossack, a northern port.