TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1820, 24 November 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, JN° yem^r 19. The following are the latest quotations;—Bank of New Zeland; shares, £lO ; National Bank, £2. November 20. Mr Cecil Raikes, Postmaster-General, stated in the House of Commons that the Government will be ready to commence a fourpenny postage rate on the Ist January, if the colonies are willing to agree to a uniform reduced rate by the direct services,' ; Mr John who has been indisposed for some time past, has suffered a serious relapse. The Dowager Empress Victoria has arrived at Windsor.

Henry George, who is on a visit to England, attributes Mr Cleveland’s defeat to his vacillating treatment of the freetrade question. ; The costs which the Times bad to pay in the libel action brought against it by Sir J. Pope Hennessy amounted to £BOOO.

The native football team beat Cumberland County by two goals ,and eight tries to nil. i

Jamieson, who succeeded Major Barttellot and afterwards died of fevdr, wrote in April that Stanley was then qafe. November 21.

In the action which was brought for a writ of mandamus to compel the Master of the Temple to rehear the complaint against the new reredos in St.i Paul’s, judgment was reserved. November 22.

A committee, under the presidency of the Marquis of Lome, is enquiring into Mr W. L. Rees’s crofters’ colonisation scheme, - i

Mr James Russell Lowell, American Minister in England, was entertained at a farewell banquet previous to ! retiring from his position. Replying to the toast of bis health, he said jthat the scheme of Imperial federation was a dream) but, nevertheless, be believed that the cohesion of the English rftoes would decide the destinies of the world, Lisbon, November 20.

Portugal will co-operate in the blockade of the East Coast of Africa for the nurpose of suppressing the slave trade. Paris, November 20 -

In the Chamber of Depqties. M. Goblet said France was not pledged to co-operate with Germany and | England in blockading African ports, and he refused to recognise the right of any power to make search for slaves on any vessel flying the French flag, i

M. Andrian, representative of the Rhone district in the . Chamber of Deputies, has been wounded in a duel with one of the writers in La Lanlerne. Berlin, November 20.

A Bill has been introduced into the Federal Council enabling Germany to borrow sixty millions of marks for the army, navy, and railways. / November 21.

The German Government propose to expend 117 million marks in the construction of new ironclads,

According to a forecast of the Emperor’s Speech at the opening of the Reichstag, he will lay stress ; npon the kindly nature of the relations which have been preserved between jGermany and the Pope, and declare that the colonial interests of the Empire will be vigorously upheld, i . St. Petersburg, November 20.

Several large failures of grain merchants are reported here, and also at Moscow and Odessa. i Rome, November 20. The Pope will shortly issue! an Encyclical Letter in favor of general disarmIQga The relations between Italy and France are of a more pacific nature.

Friendly relations between Italy and Zanzibar have been renewed. ; Cairo, November 20.

A force of British infantry i has been ordered to proceed to Assouan; upon the Nile. ' Suakim,' Member 19.

A strong garrison is being established here, and reinforcements are arriving preparatory to another attack on the Arab trenches.

New York, November 20.

lima de Murska, the ; famous singer, is now an imbecile, and in a starving condition in this city. A subscription is being made to enable her to return to her native country, Croatia.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, November 21. By a fire at Chill, a. small town near the Houth Australian border, damage to the extent of £12,000 was caused. The Intercolonial Temperance Convention has opened its silting here, Sir William Fox and other representatives from New Zealand are present. The Presbyterian Assembly have at length arrived upon a basis of federation for the Churches of the different colonies, They have invited prominent English and Scottish divines, Lord Polewarlli, the Hon. W. Q. Smith, M,P., and Sir

G. Campbell, M.P., to attend the Jubilee celebration of the Church.

An explosion occurred in a powder factory at Job’s Gulley, .which blew the end of the building oat. f A man named Meurer was badly hurt,' and lies in a critical condition.

The rainfall this year is the lowest recorded since 1865. On some stations scrnbisnsed to support the sheep, which are dying by thousands, Bush fires are burning in all directions.

A woman named Blake received a letter asking her to visit a neighbour’s bouse and when she returned home she found that during her absence a masked man bad bound, gagged, and criminally assaulted her daughter, affeirl of 17. Ihe bouse bad been ransacked and a quantity of jewellery stolen. The ruffian has not been captured yet.

Rumours are rife of an imminent collapse in the land boom. It is asserted that the bills of several large speculators and syndicates are not negotiable, and there is a feeling of considerable uneasiness in commercial circles. The shares of several banks and finance companies have undergone a slight decline owing to holders being obliged to realise. November 22. The man Meurer, who was injured by the explosion in the powder factory at Job’s gully, died this morning, Enquiries made into the alleged out" rage in the bouse of a woman named Blake, proves that the sole object was robbery, and that the assault was not committed. Sydney, November 21. One hundred and sixty-nine clergy, men of various denominations have petitioned Parliament against the extension of facilities for divorce, It is expected that the crops in A'bury district will give only one-third of the average yield. A large proportion of the growing wheat baa been cut for, hay which is commanding an unusually high price. A large deposit of salt has been discoverd at Ellalong, 120 miles north of Sydney. November 22. News has been received that a German warship has visited the Gilbert Islands and puniihed the natives of Tarawa and Aprang for offences committed against German residents there. A number of natives were seized, and will be held pending the settlement of a long standing dispute between the natives and the Germans. Sailed—Manapouri. Mrs Collins was tried to-day on the charge of murdering ter first husband, Andrews, by poison, but the jury were unable to agree, and she was remanded in custody, Beisiane, November 22. A Bengal tiger, belonging to a menagerie showing in town, escaped last night, and before it , wa» recaptured one of the attendants was severely wounded by the animal. The. unfortunate man was torn from bead to foot. His scalp was removed and his brains were exposed. He lies in a very critical condition. The proprietor of the show was also badly lacerated. Adelaide, November 21.

Two railway employees, named Brown and Ryaa, while travelling on a railway tricycle, were cut to pieces by a (rain near Terowie.

Pert*, November 20, A nugget of pure gold weighing lo7ozs, was found at Pilburra. Thursday Island, Nov. 22.

News per steamer from Hong-Kong states that the Saigon rice crop bas failed in consequence of drought, The. Pekin crops are in good condition, , An engagement has taken place between the Imperial troops and insurrectionists in Formosa. The latter were completely rented and lost a hundred. Two soldiers were mysteriously shot iu the Victoria barracks at Hong-Kong