TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1876, 9 April 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, April 4 Her Majesty baa returned from Biarritz.

Brokers have token tbe bilance of the Adelaide loan at par, paying in addition small interest. The stock is quoted at one and a-half premium. Mr Tebbs, of Auckland, won the Treasurer's Exhibition in anatomy and physiology at Westminster Hospital,

At the Elswick works, an experiment has been made with a new process of plating iron with copper, which has recently been patented in England by Captain L. Prout, the well - known mining manager and speculator of South Australia. The experiment was successful, but it is doubted whether the process is applicable to large plate?. The appeal of Mr D, Kilbride, member for Kerry South, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a clurge of inciting, has been 1 dismissed.

The Marquis ot Ely is dead. Information haß been received that the Arab traders who have arrived at Stanley Falls, declare that towards the end of February fiey saw Mr H, M. Stan'ey and Erain B?y marching in the direction of Zanzibar. They were lollowed by thousands of men, women, and children, who were carrying with them 6000 tusks of ivory.

April 5. At a meeting of the Bank of Australasia it was stated that tbe Bank had experienced unexpected difficulty arising from advances on land in Melbourne,

Two hundred and eighty crofters have been despatched to Canada by the Assisted Emigration Society.

Her Majesty the Queen has much improved in health by her recent trip to Biarritz. Before leaving the latter place fler Majesty made a donation of three thousand francs to the poor of Biarri.z. The Pail Mall Gazette has been cast in £ISOO damages in a libel action. Miss Mary Anderson is reported to be recovering. The statemeut that she is suffering from a mental affection has been denied.

April 6. In his letter to the Royal Geographical Society, Stanley describes the new region through which he passed on bis march to the relief of Emin Bey. The tribes inhabiting the forests, he says, are dwarfs in stature and cannibals. I'hey are very numerous and are great experts in the use of poisoned arrows. The Duchess of Cambridge is dead. At the nautical enquiry into the circumstances connected with the ship Sir Waiter Raleigh going ashore on the French coast, the board found that the master of the vessel was to blame for the accident, and suspended bis certificate for nine months.

Sir Francis Dillon Bell, the New Zealand Agent-General, has gone to Paris, where he will remain until after the opening of the exhibition. Mr C, T. Ritchie, President of the Local Government Board, has appointed a Royal Commission to enquire into the working of the Vaccination Act. April 7.

It is rumored that notes of the value of 10s will shortly be put in circulation. Berlin, April 7.

Captain Wissman bap assumed supreme command of the German operations on shore at Zanzibar, The Nord Deutsche Zeitung denies that he has hoisted the German ImperU) flag there, and states that the flag hoisted was only a mercantile one, Rome, April 6.

Signor Crispi confirms the nows of the death of the Negus of Abyssinia, and states that although the moment is auspicious, Italy is not to be seduced into rash adventures in Abyssinia. Buda-Pbsth, April 4. The Hungarian Diet has passed the Army Bill by a large majority, Bucharest, April 5. The Loumelian Ministry have resigned. ~ . .. E New loek, April &. Terrible prairie fires have occurred in Dakota State, spreading over a vast extent of country. Hundreds of inhabitants have been rendered homeless. Ottawa, April 6. Twelve of the counties and two of the cities of Ontario have decided in favor of the adoption of the Temperance Act. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, April 5. Ex-Gaoler Dick has been sentenced to death for the attempted murder of a warder at Mudgee, Two men, named Arnold and Kelly, were killed in & lift accident last night, A third lies in a critical condition.

News from Fiji states that the hurricane did not visit that group. Ihe tea crop is expected to be abundant this season.

A hoavy thuudersiorm lias been experienced at Gunning, midway bstweoo Gouibourn and Y»sh, during which a boy was killed by lightuiug.

Mr Clarke, clerk of the Town Council at Blayney township, near Bathurst, committed suicide by blowing his head off with dynamite.

April 7. Arrived Mararoa and Wakatipu from Wellington. Mr Butler's racehorse Manton arrived safely.

Melbourne, April 6. Lord Onslow has been entertained by the Masons of this city, Brisbane, April 5.

Tbe strike among the printers is extending, but the master printers have docided to hold out, Newspaper runners have also gone out on strike. The West End sawmill was destroyed by fire to-day. The insurance was £2250, but the estimated damage was over the insurance by £IO,OOO. Both the New Zealand and South British officos baye a line of £SOO. on tho premises.

Adelaide, April 6. Sir William Jervois has been entertained by the acting Governor,