TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1827, 11 December 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, December 1 6. The present season in Eugland is unparalleled, the weather being oppressively warm, and the temperature that of midsummer. - . i December 7. Lord Ashbourne's Act has t been passed by the House of Lords, i The Right Hon. John Bright is hourly becoming weaker. Sir Waiter: Buller has disposed of ton New Zealand Antimony Company's gold mine for £50,000 cash and 125,000 paid up Bhar.es'in the company which is now being formed with a capital of £250,000, to work the property. i The committee appointed to enquire into the circumstances of Mr D. Sheeny being served with a summons ih the precincts of the House of Commons, in their report attribute blame to the Government for not taking steps to ensure I respect to Parliamentary representatives December 8; i

Professor Axe, who was delegated by the Agents-General to report on a disease which is decimating rabbits on the Cholmondeley estate in Cheshire, reports that the disease has died! away, and he feared that any remedy he might suggest for the destruction of rabbits in Australia would be useless, ns the disease which be has had under examination appears to be only local. The Marquis of Salisbury, in referring to the election of » repTesenUfcite for tiolburn (Finsbury) district, stated that in his opinion the reduced majority of the Conservative candidate, as compared with that oi last election, was mainly due to the Liberal candidate selected, while their previous nominee ! was a Parsee. He added that at the last election it was asking too much for the English to vote for a man of colour, The Liberals resent the sneering remarks of the Marquis of Salisbury directed towards an Indian subject, and his speech has created' some excitement amongst the Indian Press. ' December 9, Thb Lancashire County Club defeated the Now Zealanders by a try to riil, Paris, December 6. In the Chamber of Deputies fast night, a 6cene occurred between two members named M. Sussini aind M. Basley. The former called the latter an ass, whereupon M. Basley jwalked across the floor of the Chamber and struck M. Sussini in the fac?, The president ruled that the word Jass was rude, and the matter might have ended there but for the blow given, \ A duel was fought between the two witbjout any serious result, and to-day the aggressor apologised to the Chamber for his misbehaviour, ! December 8.

M. Floquet, the Premier, has intimated bis intention of introducing a Bill, providing for rendering assistance to M. De Lessepß' canal scheme} Brussels, December 7.

A number of Socialist leaders, connected with a plot recently discovered, have been taken into custody, ! Amsterdam, December 9.

The members of the States iGeneral have urged the Government jof The Hague to oppose a British protectorate over North Borneo. The Minister of Foreign 1 affairs, speaking on { he question, said that their interest and dignity demanded that the mtegrily of Dutch power in the Indian Archipelago be maintained. '

Rome, December 7. The Italian Government in a circular note to the Great Powers j protests against any European agitatiob for the restoration of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope. \ Belgrade, December 7.

..( The result of: the Servian elections has enormously increased the! Radical majority. i Washington, December 5. The Senate has resumed the tariff discussion at the point where it was broken off last session. >

New Yobk) December 6.

In February last Amos |Sneil, a millionaire, was murdered at The house had'been broken) into by burglars, and the theory at the time of the murder was that they had been surprised by Soell,'and that in an attempt to effect their capture tbe latter was killed. Since then no iclue has been obtained to the murderers, and the widow now offers a reward of; £50,000 for their conviction.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Decemb-r 7. A man named Agierhas been arrested on suspicion of theft. A large quantity of jewellery stolen from the Exhibition was found in his bouse. The Chinese Bill has passed the Assembly. The rerenua for tbe last five months has swelled in a somewhat sensationul manner, The r-tnrns show an increase of £798,(100 «»vnr the corresponding period of last jear. The AustrulaMiin iu on article on the present agricultural outlook in Australia

says that New Zealand is evidently the favoured colony this season, and} that with a prospect of good crops and; high prices the silver lining is apparent in the cloud which has so long hung over the "•« Greater Britain." The general opinion here is that the N w Zealand erops will be as universal I v good as in Victoria they will probably be thp opposite, and it is assumed that New Zealand will have an immense bulk of wheat and oats for export. i

The Worth Rochester district felt th« drought more severely than the southern division of the province. In the vicinity of Bamawan many crops will notj yield more than a bag to the acre, and will noi be harvested. In the "black blocks " the prospect is very discouraging, whilst in the eastern and northeastern districts of the colony the season has been the worst ever experienced, and large areas of crops are an . entire failure. Along the Murray and Gonlbourn rivers, the yields have been comparatively satisfactory. f < Sydney, December 7. Arrived—Taupo. i f

It has bsen discovered that Bradford, who perpetrated a large series of frauds on a municipal corporation some. years ago, aiso committed others to the amount of £I3OO which have only just been brought to light, ■ A special auditor, who for many months past has been engaged in a searching examination, reports that the frauds would have been impracticable had not the examiner of accounts disregarded bis duty. : Rain is, still holding off, and generally speaking the weather to-daj has been fine and hot throughout the-Con-tinent.

The Bulletin newspaper is inaugurating a lottery scheme for the purpose of raising the £BO,OOO required to complete the Sydney hospital. ' < December 8. Patchy rains are reported in the district. The heat up country is intense. Mrs Louisa Collins, who was charged with the murder of ber first husband Andrews, three weeks ago, the jury being unable to agree, was to-day indicted with the murder of her isecond husband, Collins. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and His Honor!passed sentence of death. December 9. Sailed—Wakatipu, for Wellington, Peetk, December 7, Further particulars of the boiler explosion on board the steamer Albany at Hamlin show that the boiler was forced through the main deck, and i carried away the chart room, main bridge, and funnel. The foretopmast was shattered and fell over the stern on a man, who was cut in half. Another had his head cut off, and two others were so horribly scalded that the flesh fell off their bones and they died. Thus four men in all lost their lives by the explosion,