TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1875, 6 April 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 2 . Justice Sir Charles Bute, of the Admiralty Division, has decided tbnt| the collision in the English channel on. the 6th February,, between the steamer

Glencoe and the barque Largo Bay,

bound to Auckland, was due to the carelessness of the officers of the Glencoe.

In the House of Commons, Baron de Worms, replying to a question, said that Sir J, Napier Broome, Governor of Western Australia, would remain at Perth beyond June if his successor had not then arrived.

The amendment moved by Mr, William Randall Cremer, member for, Haggerston (Shoreditch) objecting to| the increase of the Navy was negatiyed j by 171, and a motion approving of the increase was, then passed.

The British Water Gas Company has !( been subscribed several times over. Count Herbert Bismarck, who is visiting England, professes to fnlly ; agree with Lord Salisbury on colonial questions. The Government of Morocco has agreed to pay an Indemnity to Great Britain for the murder of an Englishman, and permit repairs to the cable to proceed.

A strong syndicate in connection with the Canadian-Pacific roate will form a powerful company to open a new ronte from Australia. The Atlantic passage is to average 6 days from England, to Australia 35 days. The Canadian moment have agreed to subsidise the company, and it is hoped that the Ausr tralian Government will do likewise. ;

April 3,

It is rumored that Sir Robert Stout has been instructed to commence an action against James Clark Brcwn| agent and vendor of the Blue Spur mines, Otago, by the London directors; He has also been instructed if possible to rescind the contract,

Lord Randolph Churchill has refused to accede to the request of the Tory Council of Birmingham to contest the Birmingham seat. Mr John Albert Bright wilt stand for the seat, and (he Home Rule party will pnt forward a candidate,

In the House of Lords Lord Lamington has given notice that on the 15th inst, he will ask the Government, if the colonists are agreeable to pay, would the Imperial Government s'end a few troops to each colony with the view of strengthening the connection between the colonies and Great Britain,

Her Majesty the iQuaen has left Biarritz on her return ho London,

Lord George Hamilton has instructed the Admiralty to prepare a scheme which will render the British navy in in 1894 equal to the largest navies of the world combined.

Arrived Closeburn, barque, from Ximaru (left Dec. 18). The Hon, William Spencer Bateman Hanbury, eldest son. of Lord Bateman, has petitioned for the sequestration of his estate owing to gambling losses. It is reported that at one sitting recently he lost £20,000.

Dr Higgins, of Meath, who has been appointed coadjutor to Cardinal Moran, of Sydney, was consecrated to-day by Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, The clergy of Meath presented Dr Higgins with a purse of sovereigns. Messrs Streeter and Co., the wellknown dealers in valuable stones, bonght a million carats of South Australian garnets from the Hew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company for £5, and offered to re-sell to Me J. Turnbull for £lO.

Arrived R,M,S, Kaikoura, from New Zealand, at Plymouth, with her passengers all well, and her cargo of frozen meat in good condition. Mr Dawes, in reply to the strictures of the Financial Hews, says that it is true that the late Sir W. Pearce’s mortgage of a quarter of a million over the property of the New Zealand Shipping Company has been transferred to him, bat that it is untrue that he has any intention of foreclosing. On the contrary ho is resolved to maintain the independence of the company. Mr 0. K. Strickland will be as manager, and Mr Eyson will continue to act as broker. It is asserted that the company’s shares have advanced 50 per cent since Mr Dawes became a director.

A correspondent, writing to the Financial News, defends the Lyttelton and Titnaru Harbor Boards from the sweeping condemnation by that journal of New Zealand Harbor Boards generally. April 4, In the House of Commons, the Scotch Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill has been read a second time by a majority of three. Berlin, April 4. Brail Trite), a well-known corndealer, has suspended payment with liabilities amounting to 6,000,000 marks, Constantinople, April 4. A plot has been discovered in the city tor deposing the Sultan iii favor of his brother, Mebemmad Kesha d. Bffendi,the heir apparent, to the throne of Turkey.

Massowah, April 4,

It is reported that the Negus of Abyssinia has been defeated and slain in a conflict with the Dervishes, and that Abyssinia is in a state of anarchy. Washington, April 3 . The Senate to-day extolled the late Mr John Bright, AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, April 3. Sailed Wajrarapa, for the Bluff, yesterday.

A man entered a jeweller’s shop in Bourko street, snatched a tray containing a number of rings valued at £BOO, and made good his escape.

April 4.

Arrived—Tarawera from the Bluff.

Lord Onslow arrived last night. His Lordship visited Ballarat tn route from Adelaide.

SyiJnLy,- April 3.

Cardinal Moran in an address to bis congregation, in referring to education, said if the majority of the population of New South Wales were satisfied with the present Act, and approved of the manner in which the schools were conducted, it was their own business, as the Catholics had no right to interfere. For his own part he bad no desire to say one word against those accepting the existing system. His Eminence said that Jhis views were merely an explosion cf opinion and not an ex-caihedra delivery. April 4. It is stated that fully 800,000 sheep perished during the recent droughts, Adelaide, April 4.

Heavy rains have fallen in the «gricnltural districts, and great damage is reported to railways, telegraphs, and roads.

Hobart, April 4

The issue of a million loan was authorised by Parliament last night. It is understood that the loan will not be placed before July, Arrived, at 11 a.m. —lonic, from Plymouth, with 45 passengers for Australian ports, and 63 for New Zealand. She sails again for New Zealand at 3 o’clock to-morrow morning.