TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1824, 4 December 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND, FOREIGN. London, November 28.

Mr W. H. Smith announced in the House of Commons that the proposed wheel tax would be abandoned, timp not permitting the proposal to be snfficipntly discussed.

The Bill to extend Lord Ashbourne’s Act has passed through , the committee stages.

The New Zealand Native football team beat Liverpool and district by 1 goal and 6 tries to nil.

The committee of Admirals award, the victory in the rocentjnaval manoeuvres to Admiral Tryon. who commanded the squadron originally blockaded. | November 29. Henry George, land reformer, , has been addressing crowded meetings in various parts of the Kingdom, ancl was received with, great enthusiasm in. Lorn don. At a meeting.-last night be said he was astonished at 'the growth of land nationalisation in England, Referring v to Irish affairs Mr George that the attempt of the Tories to compensate the Irish landlords showed .that; they realised the necessity of dealing with the, problem. He approved of taxing the landlords out of jreland, rathef than kicking them out, In the. course of the, address; he was by clamor at the back of the hall,i from whence he was called opon to explain his action of approving of hanging the ( Chicago dynamiters. “ I approved of' that coarse.being, taken,”-said G ( eorge, because those men were nothing jbetter than murderers,’’ and this"declaration was received with deafening cheers from the audience. Mr McArthur, member Jor St. Anstell, intends to introduce the Samoan question in the House of Commpns. , ■November; 30. Replying to a question; Sir James Pergusson said that Governmeqi had instructed Mr Wilfred Powell, British consulnt Samoa, .to .abstain, from intervention in the native, disputes of that country except where snob intervention was considered necessary for the proleclion of British life an i property.,-, Sir James added that Government,,,w«s unable to say what measures yrpuld be adopted by the Powers to restore) order in Samoa,

Mr Gainsford Brace, a Tory,i was elected to the Holburn seat in the House of Commons, vacant by the death of Col. Francis Duncan, polling- j 4398. Hie opponent, Lord Compton, a Gladstonite, polled 8433. Thirty-five thousand pounds Vforth of spurious silver is current in England; Two hundred tenants of the E|ev. M. McLeod,,,on the island of Skye, haye refused to pay rent, and have compelled the landlord's factor to withdraw.

Arrived—B.S. Balmoral Castle, from Lyttelton (left Oct. 4th). Lord Salisbury delivered a political address at Edinburgh last night, and was received with much . enthusiasm, ,3e said that he believed Mr Gladstone had no plan of Home Rule rendy. To Separate the legislatures of the two countries would involve entire | separation and endanger the safety, (|f England. One result would probably be civil war in Ireland itself. Looking at every consideration, Home Rule wag, he :i contended, absolutely .impossible. Hence jt bad been considered advisable to make the Crimes Act. permanent. If only Scotland were’against thje Home Rule policy it would, collapse,; He stated , in contusion that, t|ie , next session would , boi occupied chij-fly with Scotch business. He Renounced in strong terras the maudlin sympathy expressed towards political offenders. Referring to womens suffrage, His Lordship said that , personally be was in , favpr of it being granted, December 1. Mr John Bright/, is recovering in health.

A football match between jibe New Zealanders and | Irish 5) was .played at Dublin to-day. The visitors won.by 4 goals and, 1 try to 1 goal and 1 try. From his seat in (he House, of Commons, Lord Randolph Churchill protested agftinß^, tbip.’ British troops to Snakim, and, also , jto Great Britain meddling in Soudan affairs, Mr J. Morley’s motion condemning the , action of Government in connection with Suakim was negatived by 35, Pabis, November 29. The French Banks have agreed to help to float the, |)alance m of the Panama Canal. Loan, Madame Boulanger has rejtired into 4 convent. . Her husband is seeking to compel .hey, to acquiesce in a divorce, December 1. M. de Freycinet, the French Minister of War, will ask! the Chamber of Deputies to vote an immediate war vote 6f 400,000,000 francs. M. de Lessens, in a letter to the shareholders in the Panama Canal Company,.states that a moment’s hesitation i by them-in finding. funds., will enuander I |he enterprise, —^

Berlin, December |. The * bitterness displayed by the Austrian and German Press towards France has led to official interference, and the tone is now much calmer. , A French ex-attache has been excelled from Alsace. Munich, December 1 .

One of the local papers asserts i that the German New Guinea Company are in trouble owing to mismanagement, and that they have offered their territory in the island to the German Government for 4,000,000 marks. St. Petersburg, December 1.

The Russian Government are | pre. paring to build a bridge across the River Danube. Belgrade, November 80. King Milan’s divorce has j been quashed on the ground of irregularity in the proceedings, - Cairo, British troops have been ordered from here to Snakim, and it is generally believed that another Sondan campaign is impending. Zanzibar, November . • The Germans have commencejl the blockade, by bombarding Linde, on the southern coast. Washington, November 25. At a trial in Chicago of a dynamiter named Krock, an informer gave evidence that on a previous occasion the prisoner was about to throw a bomb at President Cleveland’s carriage, and was only with difficulty dissuaded by bis companions.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, November 30. In reply to letters from exhibitors, Sir James Mcßaio, President of the Exhibition Commission, states that he is anal)!©! at present to say when the Exhibition is likely to be closed., The commissioners are desirous of keeping the Exhibition open till the end of February, but many exhibitors are anxious to proceed to the Paris Exhibition at the end of January, when exhibits from the German couri and the British loan pictures will be despatched from herel Mr Oowen, musical director, leaves about the same dale.

December L Three specimens of gold, valped at £2O were stolen from the New Zealand court at the exhibition during yesterday.

Decembjer 2. In the yacht race yesterday |for the prize given by Sir W. J, Clarjte, the Madge in first, with the palates second, and Assegai third. The feather was extreme'y boisterous, and the Auckland yacht, the Akarana, which came in last, had no show whatever, Sydney, November 80. The coal trimmers difficulty has been amicably settled. Another shooting case is reported from Wallan-Wallan, a about three miles to the north of this city. It appgats that in a fit ot jealousy 9 draper named Rive met a man named and drawing a revolver fired pt him, wounding him dangerously. December 1.

The Legislative Assembly .sat all night discussing Mr G, R. jDibbs’s motion that the Financial Statement be referred back to Government. Ultimately the motion was by 42 to 18, December 2. Arrived—Tarawera, from Auckland. Brisbane, November 30. Sir Thomas Mcllraitb has Resigned the Premiership and Treasurership, owing to ill health. He will, 'however, retain a seat in the Cabinet! without portfolio, Mr B. D. Morehead.j Colonial Secretary, succeeds to the Premiership, Mr William Pattison to the Treasurership. Hobart, Decemjber 1.

A destractive fire broke out in Latrobe street last night, and before the; brigades mastered the flames, seven j business bouses were destroyed. The damage is estimated at J 63000. The Nevy Zealand Insurance Company have a line of £I3OO on the destroyed property.