TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1794, 25 September 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, September 19. Tenders are called for a municipal loan for the town of Hobart. The amount is £50,000, with 5 per cent interest, and the minimum-is fixed at 108. Tenders will be opened on September 28tb. September 20. Mr Gladstone pays a visit to Birmingham shortly, for ibe purpose of delivering a political address. A public demonstration in his honor is being held by the local Liberal Clubs. Mr Chamberlain, speaking at the Unionist Conference at Bradford, said that the healing of the breach i between the two branches of the Liberal party would now seem to bs impossible, - September 21. A telegram has been received from San Francisco stating that the French flag has been hoisted on the Marquesas group. kxtracts from the late Emperor Frederick’s diary have been published in Berlin. From these-extracts it is shown that be initiated the project of the federation of the German States against the opposition of bis father and Prince Bismarck, Mr G adstone’s colleagues repudiate his statement that Mr Parnell was re-j leased from custody in 1882 because the Cabinet was convinced that lie was not associated with the criminal outrages in Ireland. The Bank of England has received £250,000 in gold from Australia,'* General Boulanger is paying a visit to Gibraltar. Riots have occurred among the troops quartered in Dublin barracks. Several men were severely injured, and a number of arrests were made. Mr Gladstone is credited with having made a remarkable utterance in the course of an interview the other After declaring that the friendship between England and Turkey had not lessened, be stated that the day before (he bombardment of Alexandria by the British fl j et, he urged upon Musurus Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador, that the time was opportune for the occupation of Egypt by Turkey. The Sultan, however, refused to adopt the suggestion.

It is asserted that a waiter at the Imperial Hotel, Dublin, gave the Times forged letters re Mr Parnell. September 22.

The German expedition for the'relief of Emin Bey hopes to leave Zanzibar in January next. The Times urges the British East African Company to take steps to forestall it, It is denied in Rome that Cardinal Moran, of Sydney, has any mission to Ireland except to recruit for priests. A stowaway naraad McKill has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the; death ot the man King, found dead along the Midland line. It is rumored, despite the denial of MrChamberlain, that he becomes Lord Highbury. Enquiries made at San* Francisco show that the reported disturbance at the Marquesas group is incorrect, and that, when the last mail left, the islands were all quiet. The debentures of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have been partially subscribed. Mr Gladstone is producing written testimony to verify the statement he made concerning the.release- of Mr Parnell from gaol. . Latest telegrams say that the Ameer baa' now recovered 'from his recent severe illness. Paris, September 20. A German gendarme has been found shot dead near Luarce, a French frontier town. It has been ascertained that be committed suicide. September 21. M, Floquet has announced that Government have decided not to suspend * the! import duty on cereals. The workmen engaged in construct- 1 ing the iron tower projected by M. Eiffel to commemorate the destruction of the Bastile, have struck work for’ higher wages, owing to the unusually dangerous character of the work. The tower, which is be 1000 feet high, has already reached a sufficient elevation to dwarf all surrounding objects. A' general strike has taken place among the miners of the Loire district. Berlin, September 21. A train conveying fifteen hundred soldiers was derailed near Werlieg and upset. Only slight injuries, however, were sustained by the troops. Vienna, September 22. Count Kalnoky has returned to this city. Athens, September 21. A Turkish war vessel baying seized a Greek fishing vessel in the ißgean Sea. Greece has demanded redress for the outrage. September 22, The Turkish Government have refused a demand from Greece for redress for the seizure of a Greek fishing vessel by Turkish war vessels, and in

consequence eleven Greek war ships arej being equipped to compel a speedy! settlement of the dispote. Rome, September 19. 1 Bishop Strossmayor, of Djakovar, has been summoned to this city. Simla, September 21. The reported death of the Ameer of Afghanistan, is discredited here, Sikkim, September 22. An encounter has taken place between the British forces and a large number of Tibetans at Jelapla Pass. Twenty of the latter were killed, and the rebels! then retreated. Rangoon, September 20. The Dacoits are still troublesome in Bnrmab. Lieutenant C. N. Bevor, of the Royal Engineers, has been mur-i dered, and several officers and men have been wounded, All the outrages have apparently been committed by the same gang of Dacoits. Pekin, September 21. It is officially announced that the Chinese Government have refused to ratify the American-Ohinese treaty. Sdakim, September 20. Severs fighting has taken place on 1 the-outskirts of this town. Two hundred marines and several thousand natives are reported to have been killed, September 21. Osman Dlgna is harassing the residents of this city, and is curtailing the water supply. Washington, September 19. The Foreign Committee of the S ualo bag referred the Retaliation Bill to a sub-committee.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, September 22. Arrived—Waihora And Aratapu. Sydney, September 21. One of the crew of the bsrquentine Hector, from Port Sarding, New Hebri des, who bad been detained ashore fo misbehaviour plunged into the sea to swim off as the vessel was sailihg.and was fired at from shore, but without effect, Those on board the vessel returned the fire, but no casualties arc reported. It is not known whether lbs firing party ashore were whites or natives. A fierce thunderstorm passed over Ibe city to-day. Wimble’s warehouse and the National Bank were both struck by lighting, the flsg poles on the top of the latter building being shattered; During the storm sn immense quantity of rain fell, and considerable damage was done to the stores and low-lying buildings by the floods. September 22.

A boy named Kelly was struck by lightning in yesterday’s storm at Leichardt, a suburb of Sydney, and killed instantly. It is estimated that since the men went out on strike £70,000 bas been withdrawn from circulation in Newcastle.