TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1802, 13 October 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London,.October 9. Professor Andrews, of the Melbourne University, died near Aden on the 9lb of September on the passage, Homo. Death resulted from an attack; of apoplexy, engendered by the intense heat. The deceased gentleman was buried Bt sea,

The report of the Howard Association for the improvement pt the condition of prisoners eulogises the Australian treatment of juvenile criminals.

The Right don. J. A. McDonald, O.C, Lord Advocate of Scotland, has been'appointed to a judgeship and will be succeeded by Mr J,;P, R, Robertson, Q.C., Solicitor General. Mr W. H. Smith, speaking at Gloucester, expressed the opinion that after the Presidential ejecuon is oyer ! America will conclude a just treaty with ■ Canada on the Fisheries question. The Goldsmiths Company have declined their intention to endow the Peoples' Institute in South London 1 with a sift equal to £90,000. MY W. H. Smith, speaking at Gloucester,, aaid that carrying o|ufc the colonial defence scheme, meant practically Imperial Federation, as the rnlrnies, bad become par-ners with England in defending their mutual interests. As evidence that the attachment between the Mother Country and the colonies was enhanced by the distance which separated them, he quoted the fact that New South h»d Rent a contingent to the Souclan. He said the colonies were the life-blood of England, and must eventually become stronger and supersede the Old Country. The bloodhounds employed by the police to discover the perpetrators of the recent murders in Whitechapel, and elsewlure, have been tested, but were unsuccesfol.

It :b rumoured that Sir William Robinson, Governor of Sonth Australia, will be appointed in place of the late Sir Anthony Musgrave, Berlin, October 9. Four frigates of the German navy have been ordered to proceed to Zanzibar to protect Gertmn subjects there. Calcutta, Oatober 9. Information has been received here that the Black M untnin expedition baß ocupied Cbittabut after a severe engagement, during which iho ensrry saffered a serious los«. New Tori, October 9. The expedition which left Labrador some.considerable lira" back, nnder the command of Lieutenant Wiggins, in order to ascertain whether the Arctic ocean was navigable so as to open a route from Labrador to the mouth of the Yeniesi river, .Siberia, bis returned. Lieutenant Wiggins reports that nnder the most favorable circumstances it would be impossible for vessels to reach •he northern portion of Asia. During » ceremony in •a i Catholic church in Pennsylvania on Sunday,the platform collapsed; and over, a hundred persons were injured, twenty-three fatally. Archbishop Ryan, who was conducting the services, narrowly escaped, AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, October 11. Sailed—Tarawera, s.s., for the Bluff. At the Congregational Union, last ijyening, Mr |George' Taylor, • resident of this city, offered to subscribe £IQ.OOQ yearly for three years to establish a Congregational, College at Melbourne University, provided a similar amount were subscribed; by tfae public. Hej also promised to give £20.000 on the same conditions for the establishment'' .of &i school. ' £IO,OOO was subscribed in the room. ~,,.,.. ~ i Sydney, October 10., ; The Port Darwin cable is interrupted: and it is believed to have \ been broken by the repairing steamer Sherrardi Osborne while grappling for the old oable. October ljl. Arrived—Waihora, from Wellington, the'Chamber of Commerce have received a cablegram which is understood to announce that the London wool brokers have agreed to the proposal of Australian growers for farthing bids at the wool sales, ' Messrs Ohaffey Bros, are inspecting a site on the Nepaan river, with a view to establishing a larga irrigation settlement there. Tha young man Arthur Coulton, who shot his stepfather, Patrick James K p enahan, a publican at Moor Creek,. Taraworth, on September 3rd, the tatter having, it is alleged, gedaced prisoner's sister, has been convicted on ■ charge of manslaughter, and sentenced to two years' and nine months' imprisonment. The sentence will probably be commuted, as Coulton is said to be in a rapid decline, and cannot live ioi any length of time, Brisbane, October 10. The strike at Walertown colliery has been nettled 1

| The funeral of Sir Anthony Musgrave took place tc-day, with military honours, and the ceremony presented an imposing spectacle. The sreets of the city were crowded with spectators. October 11. The tramway' strike has been settled satisfactorily to both sides. Perth, October 11. The Legislative Council wbb opened yesterday. The Governor's speech announced that there wuu'd probably be a deficit of £30,000 at the tnd of the financial year, an! that it was proposed to meet the deficit by the issue of Treasury bil's to the amount of £50.000. The speech referred hop fully to the prospect's of the colony and iis resources, which were expanding, whilst business was being conducted on a,sound basis.