TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1889, 9 May 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 6. Mr Dawes, of Gray, Dawes, and Co., who recently purchased the late Sir W. Pearce’s interest in the New Zealand Shipping Company, has joined the Directorate of that Company. Sir C. Dilke, in a speech at Dean Forest, said he was confident of being enabled to return to public life, and hoped his position would be strengthened by the suffering he bad undergone. Cardinal Lavigirie, who has been preaching a crusade in Europe against slavery, haa convened a conference at Lucerne to consider the best means for the suppression of the eyil. The R.M.S. Kaikoura loft Plymouth to-day. for Wellington, via Hobart; R. M'.S, Tongariro arrived at Plymouth yesterday. Her cargo of frozen meat is in good condition, The R.M.S. Ruapehu has left the Cape of Good Hope for New Zealand via Hobart. The Prince of Wales presided at the annual meeting of the Imperial Institute, A satisfactory report was presented as to the progress of the building and the success of Sir hiomers Vine’s mission to Australia, Up to date £400,000 had been subscribed or promised. A syndicate is being formed in Dublin with a capital of a million, with the object of controlling a portion of the whisky trade. May 7, Lord Knntsford has notified that in future the title of “Honorable” will have currency only in the particular colony in which it has been conferred, and will not hold good in other colonies or in England. The .fire at the City Soap Works extended to twenly-three warehouses, The total amount of damage was upwards of £500,000. The premises of Messrs Stevenson and Sons, of Melbourne, were slightly damaged. Berlin, May 5 . A Bill amending the law relating to elementary schools has been presented to the Reichstadt, It hands over to the Chnrch religious education, stipulating that teachers shall obey the rules of the Education Department. The Bill determines the amount of time that shall be devoted to instruction in each subject, and fixes the ages of compulsory Attendance at between six and fourteen years. Vienna, May 6. Baron Kirscb, the well-known Austrian financier, has sold all the railways owned by him in Turkey to the Austrian Slate Railway proprietary, St. Petersburg, May 6. The Russian Press is assuming a very bellicose attitude in regard to the Balkan difficulty. It is reported that the Czar is shortly to be crowned King of Poland. New York, May 6. Teemer declines to row Searle on the Thames, AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, May 6. Heavy rain is falling generally throughout the colony. Arrived—Te Anau ; barque Lind ns, from the Bluff. May 7. Sailed—Wakatipu, for Wellington. The youth Madden, who was sentenced to death for attempting to poison a man named Fosgrove at Glen Innes, has bad bis sentence commuted to ten years’ penal servitude. Melbourne, May 7. _ The Hon. F. Ormonde, M.L.0., is dead. The revenue from the railways for the financial year just ended is the largest yet earned and exceeds £3,000,000, being: double that earned nine years ago. Perth, May 7. _ A resolution passed by a public meeting has been forwarded to Lord Knutsford intimating that if Chief Justice Onslow is removed from his position in consequence of his dispute with the Governor, a serious loss will result to tfas colony, and such action will affect the indfpendence of any future occupant of the office.