TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1839, 12 January 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, January 8, The imports into the United Kingdom last year amounted to £386,500,000, and the exports to £233,700,000, St. Cinud, the residence of the Hon. Percy Wyndham, has been destroyed by lire, and the loss is estimated at £IOO,OOO. The directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce have carried a resolution to the effect that a resolution passed at a meeting ou December 19tb, declaring that ail imported goods similar to goods that can be produced and sold in the United Kingdom ought to pay their proportion of the local and imperial taxation, does not represent the voice of the chamber, and that the chamber expresses its entire adherence to freetrade principles. The R.M.S. Aorangi arrived at Plymouth from New Zealand. Her passengers have arrived all well, and her cargo of frozen meat is in good condition, The Maori football team boat the Bright House Rangers by a goal and a try to nil. Lord Rosebery has announced his intention of contesting a city seat under the new County Council Acts. The Manchester Chamber of Commerco is taking a plebiscite in that city on its protection resolutions. Prince Henry of Battenburg has been , appointed Governor of the Isle of' Wight. The Board of Trade returns show that there has been a revival of trade during the year. January 9, Queen Victoria will visit Briaritz in March next. The Union Bank of Australia declared a dividend of 12 per cent, and carried forward £22,000. Colonel Sillery, an old New Zealand campaigner, is dead. Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces his intention to improve the gold coinage. The World says that the quarrel between Lord and Lady Connemarra was caused by the latter demanding the exclusion of her husband’s niece, Lady Eva Quin, from Government House. Lord Connemara at first refused, but subsequently agreed, and the pair have been reconciled. Lady Eva returns to Eng. land. An atrocious murder is reported from Gadalming, a municipal borough in Surrey, An artist named Jonning enticed a young woman, with whom he was keeping company, into his studio, and after outraging the unfortunate girl be strangled her to death, The rumor which was current about four months ago that Lord Harris was. to succeed Lord Reay as Governor of Bombay Presidency, is revived.

Mr Chamberlain and his wife met with au enthusiastic reception at the Town Hall on their arrival at Birmingham. Madrid, January 8. A petard was exploded at the palace, but without doing any serious injury. Several bomb explosions have occurred in the city recently. Paris, January 7. Victoria and New Zealand have been required to intimate before Jan. 15th whether they intend to occupy the space allotted to them at the Paris Exhibk tion. M, Haytian, a Legitimist, has been defeated, and the Boulangist candidates elected for the departments of Somme and Charente. January 8. The Panama Canal contractors are accepting shares in the Panama Railway as a temporary guarantee. January 10. The French revenue for the year shows an increase of forty million francs above the estimate. The increase is chiefly owing to the imposition of taxes on sugar from foreign countries. The Hague, January 8. Latest bulletins respecting the health of King William 111, of Holland, who has been suffering from an affection of the throat, state that he is dying. Rome, January 9. An attempt was made to dynamite the Prefecture of Police at Leghorn but it failed. Constantinople, January?, i The Turkish Government are seizing i the railway from Scutari to Ismid in Asia Minor. January 8. Information has reached here of the wreck of a vessel in the Black Sea, and the loss of 100 lives. January 9, The ScutarMsmid railway is the property of Turkey, and was leased to an English company. It has been seized by the Government on the ground that the rent is in arrear. The matter has been referred to the British Government. Buda-Pesth, January 9. Diphtheria is raging at Najybar.ya, and twenty deaths from the disease are reported daily, Belgrade, January 9. Difficulty is being experienced in

orming a new Servian Government, In the meantime M. Ristics retains his position as head of the Governmont. St. Petersburg, January 7. Princess Helena was driving in a sledge along the Charkoff railway, when it was overtaken by a train. The driver was killed and the Princess knocked senseless. The train actually passed over her, but she escaped uni injured. Rangoon, January 8. General Collet engaged and defeated the rebel force under Sawhipaw, the Burmese chief. The British casualties were twelve*- the ’’Burmese .is estimated, at two hundred killed, Suakim, January?. Colonel Kitchener has assured the various tribes that it is not the intention to attack them, and ho hoped that peace would be maintained and trade revived. He has invited the sheikhs to come and consult him, Capetown, January 7. i The R.M.S. Kaikoura sailed for New Zealand vid Hobart yesterday. New York, January 7, W. T. Barnura, the well-known entrepeneur, has retired on a fortune of ten million dollars. January 8. Kilrain and Sullivan will fight for the championship of the world at New Orleans in July, the stakes being twenty thousand dollars. Washington, January 8. The Senate has, by 49 to 3, adopted a motion bv Mr G. P. Edmunds, Senator for Vermont, declaring that the Senate disapproves of the Government having any connection with European control over the Panama Canal, as it would be injurious to American interests, and requesting the President to express to the European Powers the views of the Senate on the question, January 9, A man named Schaeffer has been arrested on a charge of murdering three men, living in a small village in Washington territory. The accused, who was on bad terms with his victims, blow up the house in which they lived with dynamite.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, January 9. Sailed, yesterday—Te Anau, for the Bluff. The postal authorities are arranging for an exchange of parcels with Now Zealand. January 10. Arrived —Rotoraahana from the Bluff. Sydney, January 9. Arrived, yesterday—Rlngarooma from Auckland. Owing to the last outbreak of scab in New Zealand, importations of sheep from that colony have been prohibited for twelve months. In the House of Assembly this evening Mr Want, who brought a former charge against Mr Fehon, one of the railway commissioners, moved the adjournment of the House in order to complain of the manner in which the Government had conducted the inqouy. Be contended that the inquiry was not a proper one, and reiterated the charges made on the former occasion. Be made a long stntemert of the charges which he considered Government should inquire into and explain. Mr Want made out a strong case, and influenced mem bers on both sides of the House, who called on the Premier to explain. Sir Henry Parkes declined to do so, and left the chamber during the discussion, and returned only as the division was being taken on Mr Want’s motion for adjournment, which was carried by 37 to. 23. Immediately the result was announced Sir Henry Parkes wired to His Excellency the Governor, who is on a visit to Mossville, asking him when he would return. It is believed in certain quarters that the Premier courted defeat as be is disgusted with the recent disclosures and intends to resign, January 10, Arrived—Mariposa from Auckland, Sailed—Fijian for Timaru and Taupo for Wellington. To-day Sir Henry Parkes forwarded the resignation of the Ministry to His Excellency the Governor, and it was accepted. Mr G. R. Dibbs, member for Murrumbridgee, is forming a new Cabinet. Brisbane, January 9A terrible explosion took place to-day at the dynamite magazine at Cloncurry. Several buildings in the vicinity were seriously injured, but no fatalities are reported. Hobart, January 9. At the meeting of Parliament the Treasurer’s statement showed a deficiency on the year’s accounts of £73,000. The estimated total deficiency is £160,000. Government propose to extinguish the debt by the imposition of an income tax at the rate of 9d in the £ on incomes from property, and 4d in the £ on incomes from personal exertions.