TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1812, 6 November 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN., London, November li The Canadian Pacific Railway Comi pany, pending the result'of. an. appeaf to the Supremur Court, has obtained an; injanotion to prevent the iled River Railway from crossing their line. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Edinburgh, said the difficulty of arranging Imperial. Federation was small'cempared with that of achieving union with such alcountry as Germany and America.] Owing to active operations being raade : against the slave trade of Zanzibar, the English Government have warned all,'Europeans to withdraw iiovdstations on the mainland. Cardinal Newman is suffering from great debility. i In yesterday morning's message, re outrage " New Guinea natives "should read "natives of the Guinea const, West, Africa." ! Besides fining Vizitelly, the publisher; the court ordered Zola's works generally to be suppressed. ; ■ At the annual meeting of the Ot;agol and Southland Investment Company, a dividend,of 10 per cent was declared] Mr Lawrie, of Sydney, who visited England with a view of, introducing colonial timbers into the European, market, has entered into a contract to supply from Australia the * wooden blocks required to pave the streets of Hamburg. ! Arrangements are being made for an Australian eight to visit England in. April to compete at. Benjey, Regatta: It is estimated that the cost of thejtrip will bo £ISOO. J Government intend to proclairh a British protectorate in Borneo. < Cardinal Newman, who has been suffering from general debility, for some time past, fell and struck his head severely, and it is feared he will f riot recover, He has received the sacrament of extreme unction, November 2. The municipal elections now taking plafce are favorable to the Tories. • Mr E, Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, has announced that the British army will be rapidly, supplied,with! the best magazine rifle in existence. i ■ The condition ot Cardinal. Newman is* so serious that no hopes of his recovery are entertained. ! • Paris, November 1: The Revision Committee; by o majority ;of six to one, has ; declared a revision of the. French Constitution necessary. \ Thb Hague, ; November J2. King William ill. of. Holland' is in a critical condition suffering" affection of the throat. ' St. Petersburg, November. 9. M. de Giers,, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who entered the Asiatic branch of the political department in 1:838',; has been honored by the Czar wjth a complimentary'' letter on occasion. of the celebration, of, the, jabiiee } o|f Ki's entry, into the public Russia. His Majesty expresses the belief that if the,peace of Europe is to be endangered it will no't be by Russia, for tha£ country is.,not by .any means, desirous of disturbing the existing order iof things. The letter is of a 'most pronounced pacific character, and in diplomatic 5 ' circles it is regarded, as an assurance 'of* peaceful- intentions on the*; parp'' tof Russia.!- ■■■■-' j ■ /■■ :; j "'"!.' ■) 'Moscow, November i2. • The Czar and Czarina arrived in: this city to-day, and received qu^ejjanjovation. .-.;.. ::>■;') :■:>. v.v.-.x. •■;;■;■ . i V - Vienna,, November Count Taafe, the Premier, expresses indignation at the action of His Holiness the Pope reviving the agitation iwith regard to, the [(temporal power at such a moment as the present when to, approach ltv.would -.leads tor,terrible: crisis. 1 :| 9e, Would, warn all who desired to,preserve the peace of'Europe, not'to'raise a ques* tiori which' would be used as a pretext, for commencing hostilities. .' !. ; , '. 'Rome, November I.' The Pope;hqfi,;appointed, a. Conjinais-. sion.to examine the ; question of reopening diplomatic negotiations jwiih England. ' -■ > ; I ,": Calcutta, "N.dvenib'Br j. ' The failure of the crops in "seiveralj districts'of the 'Madras •Presidency bias • caused, .much distress,' A relief jfund has been started ,in Madras, Troops have; been dispatched to the distressed districts to i prevent! bands of Hooters pillaging the inhabitants. | ,-, Cairo, November jL.;; ; , General Grenfell. has started jfrqra this city with reinforcements j for Suakim. Port-au-Princsj November i2. The Hayti ports have been blockadod owing to the oulbreak'of'rebellibn, I Ottawa, November J. ■Sir John MacjDonaldt, the Premier, scouts the idea of Canadian annexation or commercial union' with the Ignited States', ■