TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1791, 18 September 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, September 13.

The rumor that tbe Canadian Government intended to ask tbe Imperial Government for a subsidy towards tbe Dominion railways is denied. A man named King, who arrived as a steerage passenger from tbe steamer Ormuz, was found dead alongside the Midland railway line, and it is believed he was thrown out of tbe railway carriage by a companion of his named Hnwdy, who was a fellow passenger to the colony. Howdy has disappeared. It is reported that Mr W, H, Smith, Leader of the House of Commons, is to be raised to the Peerage and that he will be succeeded as. Leader by Mr G. J, Goscheo, Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is stated that rumors respecting the Chinese invasion of Australia is a hoax, and that there is any chance of collusion between China and Russia is ridiculed,

The first step in the action Parnell v. The Times has been taken at Eiinburgh. The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 12 per cent., and carried £13,000 to the reserve fund. M. Persico, the Papal Delegate, will not return to Ireland. In connection with Mr Goschen’s election to the Leadership of the Hou*of Commons, it is stated that Mr Balfour, Secretary for Ireland, declined the posi ion, and that u would have been offered to Sir M. Hick>--B‘ach had he been able to undertake the duties. Baron D« Worms will probably succeed Mr Goschen on tbe Ireasury Bench. Mr Wi ham Redmond, M.P. for Fermanagh, has sentenced to three months* imprisonment for conspiracy. 'The impunity with which the Whitechapel murders committed has drawn general attention to the inefficiency of the detective force, 'ihe Daily Telegraph, in a scathing article on the subject, exposes the glaring insufficiency and disorganisation of that branch of the service, and declares the pub'ic will tolerate it no longer. The Telegraph considers that Mr H. Matthews, Home Secretary, as an administrator is a fantastic failure, whose repeated displays of miserable weakness have brought the Government in'o general discredh. A company has been formed, with a capital of three millions, for the purpose of purchasing the Cheshire salt fields. Sentember 14.

fbc amount subscribed towards the O’Connell memorial church is £12,500. America and Australia subscribed £4500 each, and Ireland £I9OO. At the request of Cardinal Moran, Dr Higgins Meath has been appointed auxiliary Bishop at Sydney His Lordship will take with him to Sydney a valuable marble altar, one of the Jubilee presents to His Holiness the Pope. The latest statistics show that during the quarter ended June 30'b, the Irish population decreased 37.000. The P. and O. Company’s steamer Nepau', commander S. F. Cole, ran ashore at Marseilles to-day, but was floated off again, The captain, who suffered from apoplexy, di>d shortly after the accident; A steamer came into collision ' at the Canaries, with the Italian steamer Sod America, from Monte Video, and ninety Italians lost their lives. September 15.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are offering a quarter of a million 4 per cent debentures at 97.

The Daily News, in an article on the Australian Eleven, rates Turner as one of the greatest bowlers of the! present generation. Mr W. 0. Robert Austin, F.R.S., chemist and assayer at the Royal Mint, will accompany (Sir Francis Dillon Bell to Freiburg,,in Saxony, cm Wednesday, for the purpose of reporting on the refractory ores of that town, Paris, September 12.

A French aeronaut claims that he has solved the problem of balloon navigation, and asserts that by bis scheme ho will be able to travel in a balloon in any direction .at the rate of sixty miles an hour. A public trial of bis invention will be made shortly.

Vienna, September 14.

The Emperor has publicly administered a sharp rebuke to the Bishop of Dakacovar, the head of the Psnalavist party in Austria, for wishing: Russia God Speed in ber world-wide mission,” JRustchus, September 12.

Serious floods have occurred through? out the Tyrol and the whole of Northern Italy, The damage is reported to be very severe.

Belgrade, September 12.

The Servians are sympathising with ex-Queen Nathalie in reference to her divorce from King Milan. Calcutta, September 12.

Bight thousand tropps wijl b« mobilised for the purpose of punishing

the tribes who murdered M«jor Battye and Captain Ormiston. Cabul, September 13.

Ishak Khan is reported to have 80,000 troops at his command, and the Amaer has collected an mmy of 50,000 tnep, It is asserted that the heads of the army at Cabul are s crelly devoted to the cause of Ishak Khan. The Ameer has captured Kanmdeford, the chief stronghold ot the rebel, and lb? prisoners captured on the occasion included Ishak’s fnther-in-'aw.

Suakim. September 14.

A body ot cavalry under Osman Digntv sudden'y attacked this place bu' were repu'&ed by the garrison, and a largo number of the rebels were killed. No casualties aro reported iu the ranks of the defendeis.

Capetown, September 12.

A fire broke out in the bunkers of the steamer Pembroke Castle, lying off tbe shore. Ten coolies were sufficaled before they cou'd be brought from below.

Washington, September 12.

Very heated debates have occurred during the progress of the Retaliation Bill. One speaker declared that the United States cared nothing for tbe British Navy, whilst another condemned the colonial and foreign policy of England, whoso interference lately in several matt rs had brought her into unenviable prominence. Tin: speaker last referred In crunselhd the House to deal with the Dominion <1 Canada and to ign rn Britain in arriving at the e-t'lenu nt c f the question.

New York, September 13

Yellow fever is reported to be raging in Forida, and the people are panicstricken at the ravages of the disease, OtTAWAj September 12. Sir John Macdonald, Premier ot Canada, will probably visit England at an early date, with the object of urging upon Lord Salisbury the desirableness of granting severe' mtMt’ons' to tit" Government of lh° Dominion, i° r the purpose of constructing strai'-gto and commercial railways, which should be part of a system of defence.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Melbourne. September 14.

Itx the Assembly last night the Government were defeated on tbe tariff proposal in Committee, where an amendment to increase the duty on horses and sheep was carried. The Premier announces that should the House agree to the amendments the Government would drop the tariff proposals and bring in an Electoral Bill and advise the Governor to dissolve Parliament,

September 15. Sailed Cairnsmere, barque, for Timaru.

Sydney, September 14.

Mr Turner, Freetrader, Was elected for Gunnedah, vacant by the resignation of Mr T. H. Goodwin.