TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1836, 3 January 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, December 30, As an instance of the vase business of the English postage department it is stated that 102 million letters passed through the Manchester Post Office alone on Christmas Eve. i Twenty-five m?n of the Berkshire Regiment paraded the streets of Killrush, County Clare, Ireland, singing “ God save Ireland,” The police dispersed the mob, who were cheering them, but the soldiers defied their efforts to arrest them. December 31. It has transpired that fully one-third of the British cavalry are without horses. The Duke of Westminster intends to present Turner’s picture to the Melbourne Art Gallery. The official enquiry into the circumstances attending the issue of defective swords to the British troops, has dis-1 closed the fact that the weapons in question were manufactured in Germany. The London Standard states that an Australian shipping firm of some standing lias become involved in difficulty. Its liabilities are estimated at £120,000, Mr David Clarkson, a merchant of Christchurch, New Zealand, h?s called a meeting of his creditors for Wednesday. The estate shows a surplus, subject to the valuation being realised. It is baliryv'd his liabilities are under, £IOO,OOO, and that he may possibly be' able to pay 20 shillings in the £. January 1. The Bank of New Zealand has appointed Glynn, Miles it Co., its London agents. A Soudanese refugee, has offered to restore General -.Gordon’s, clothes and papers, which, were concealed at Berber, where the focal tribes are, friendly. Mr E. Harrington has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for reporting the proceedings at a meeting of the National League. Canon Baynes has been sentenced to four months imprisonment for passing s fraudulent cheque. Mr Bright’s health is still improving. The Board of Trade oppose the Channel tunnel scheme.

Madrid, December 31. A dub house in this city has been dynamited. Paris, December 30. There have been many disputes lately between the Panama Canal Company and one of the contractors, and the quarrel culminated in the latter discharging two thousand out of nine thousand workmen. January 1. The Panama Canal Company have been guaranteed twen'y millions by the bond holders, pending the re-formation of the company. A convention of senators, members of the Chamber of Deputies, aldermen, and newspaper editors is being held for the purpose of selecting a candidate to oppose General Boulanger for this city. Berlin, December 31. In deference to the wishes of the Emperor the Berlin racing clubs have decided not to hold meetings on -Sundays. Vienna, December 31. Austria intends to place ttvelve monitors on the Danube. January 1. Austria is re-fortifying the Danube. Rome, December 30. By an explosion in one of the forts near Messina, in Sicily, a captain and sixteen soldiers were killed. December 31. Mr Gladstone, who is now on a ■visit to Italy, has written to an Italian nobleman in which he expresses an opinion that the present attitude of the European Powers is of sufficient importance to warrant a grand appeal to the arbitration of nations for the purpose of averting a sanguinary European war. King Humbert invited Mr Gladstone to witness a review of cavalry, and the latter, was highly pleased at the display made by the Italian horsemen. Madras, December 31.

Lord and Lady Coneraarra, according to current reports, have separated, and her ladyship is now staying at an hotel here preparatory to returning to England. The husband is generally blamed as being the cause of the esclandre. New York, December 80. The Boston Commercial. Bulletin estimates tho American wool supply this year at 60,000,0001 b, compared with 110.000,000 last year. In the match with McAuiiffe, Peter Jackson, the Australian champion, fought twenty-four hard rounds. He is to be pitted against Jake Kilrain for the championship of the world.