TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1803, 16 October 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. Lonodn, October 9, It is officially denied that Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor of Manikins, will succeed the late Sir Anthony Musgrave as Governor of Queensland, Sir William Robinson, it is thought, is more likely to be appointed to! the position. | October 10, , Mr Cecil Raikeg, Postmaster-General,, states that if;the colonies are agreeable be will propose, should the: mail contract be ratified by Parliament, that the rate of postage by direct mails to (Australia be reduced to 4d,per half ounce. Lord Rosebery in his speech at Lehds expressed the opinion that the colpnies ought to he allowed a much Iprger voice in foreign affairs, Even |if k entailed a sacrifice on the part of (England, the colonies should supefsedl the foreign policy, Australia, he ssaid, must be paramount in the Foj-eign Office as regards Pacific questions, although it would diminish insular freedom, A It has been found impossible to maintain or establish an arsenal an'd dock at the Jeddah, station for the flotilla service to the Red Sea,: i October 11, It is expected that the proyisiojns of the new mail contract will twopenny postcards between England and Australia to commence in January. The postage on newspapers will remain unaltered, and postcards via Brindisi will be fixed at Bd. | Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Glasgow, said that the construction of twentynine warships, aggregating 10(},000 tons, would be completed in December next. He said that England ought to follow the colonial example, and organise an efficient body of vessels for the'local defence of trade centres. Bight o|f the largest warships were awaiting gnus, the production of which must be accelerated.

Sir Francis Dillon 801 l is in treaty with Canada and the Pacific Company in reference to a mail service in jNew Zealand. The company have expressed their willingness to deliver mails in Brisbane under thirty-four days from London, and, to establish branches at Fiji and Auckland at a moderate; subsidy,. The delegates of the Chamber of Commerce have conferred with the committee of the Imperial InsMtute, it was unanimously to immediately establish a commercial intelligence department in connection with the! Institute. Sir Francis Dillon Bell* and Sir Saul Samuel were present at the confererence. The Imperial Government ihave notified M. Goblet, the French Minister for- } Foreign Affairs, fhat ' Oahada, Newfoundland, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, and New Zealand, will adhere to the submarine cable convention, Paris, October 11. Tbe demands of Admiral Kfantz, Minister of Marine, for an increase in tbe Navy Estimates, have been} conceded. : - Berlin, October l!0. It is officially announced that the German squadron stationed in the Mediterranean, will immediately proceed to Zanzibar, 1 , . I October 11, Doctors Berghraan and Gebhand will enter an action for libel against Sir Moroll Mackenzie for slatememjs recently published by him regarding the late Emperor of Germany. St. Petersburg, October 11. The attitude of the Emperor WjllHm at the reception in Vienna is causing A marked reaction throughout Russia against Germany. Rome, October 11 • , , Tho Emperor of Germany was wel : oomed by crowds at the railway stations from Vienna to Rome,' and the greetings on bis arrival in this city were of the most cordial description. , Pekin, October 11. It is reported that Corea has granted Russia tbe exclusive use of the harbour of Nuncbi (? Piughai). Utah, October 10. The Supreme Court has decreed the dissolution of the Mormon church pro-

perty, which will be estreated. ■ Tbe Mormons will appeal against the decision. New York, October 11 . A collision occurred' between two excursion trains on Leigh Valley Railway, Pennsylvania, resulting in sixty persons being kilied and one hundred injured, Many of the carriages were telescoped. News has been received here of a Kf-rious accident, which occurred at Quincy, a town in Illinois, A stand containing 5000 people collapsed. 160 persons were injured, but fortunately no deaths resulted.