TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1909, 27 June 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London - , Jane 24. A summons issued against Lord Mandeville by the Public Prosecutor on a charge of fraud has been dismissed. Searle is in splendid condition,, He regards O’Connor as a dangerous opponent, but expresses himself confident of winning. He is prepared to make matches after the race for the championship. He considers Stansbury is the coming champion. Captain Woodward, of H.M.S. Bake of Wellington, the flagship at Portsmouth, was fined £SO and costs for contempt of Court in not producing, under a writ of habeas corpus, Seaman Thompson, who was wrongfully sentenced for desertion. Payable gold has been discovered at Orookhaven, near Cork. Tbe shipmasters on the Clyde are locking seamen out, Howard was sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude for the Electric Sugar) frauds. i Lord Qerscbell presided at the annual dinner of the Federation League. The Agents-General were absent. Sir W. Jeryois said it was useless to ask the colonies to contribute to the Imperial expenses. At a large meeting held on the site of the battle of Bannockburn, atttended by 10,000 people, resolutions were carried demanding Home Rule for Scotland. Professor Blackie addressed the meeting, ayd his remarks were received with great enthusiasm, Desperate rioting took place during the eviction of tenants of the Ponsonby estates, County Cork. Seven of tbe ringleaders were arrested. June 25, Tbe Lester silk mills at Bradford were burned down to-day. Tbe damage is estimated at £40,000. Two firemen were killed and many injured by tbe falling walls. An apprentice of Sberrard’s was examined before the Jockey Club, and admitted pulling two of Sir G. Chetwynd’s horses, under Sherrard’s orders, and asserted that Wood, the jockey, was cognisant of what was done. Owing to neither Mitchell nor Smith being able to fight Slavin, Thomson has withdrawn his deposit on behalf of the Australian, but the challenge still remains open. I’be nominal capita! of the Charlotte Sound Goldmining Company of New Zealand has been reduced from £200,000 to £135,000. The Windsor Agricultural and Pastoral , Show was a great success, the exhibits of stock being really splendid. The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 5 per cent per annum. In the House of Commons the Bill providing for the appointment of a Board oi Agriculture has passed through Committee, Mr W. H. Smith, leader of the House, has abandoned the District Councils of England Bill. In reference to the issue of a summons against the Duke of Cambridge for assaulting Mr G. R. Sims, Lord Chief Justice Coleridge holds that it is necessary to assert the principle that in the eyes of the law; all subjects are on an equalityFather O’Connor, a priest at Firies, deposed before the commission that members of the local league were afraid to condemn the murderers; of Curtin, lest they should be killed themselves. Paris, June 23. MM, Germont and Loir complain that their mission to Australia was thwarted by the law in New South Wales preventing the introduction of microbes, They assert that this proved to ha the forerunner of systematic hindrances. The Commission refused to make a public test of Pasteur’s I system. They accuse the Government of making extracts from their letters. June 24. A Boulangist disturbance took place yesterday at Begiers, M. Derould, the well-known deputy, was arrested but afterwards, released. Berlin, June 24. The Wablgemuth frontier difficulty is at an end, the declaration of the Swiss Government that they would take steps to make liberty of asylum respected by refugees, having satisfied Germany. St. Petersburg, June 24. It is feared that attempts to kidnap tbe Czar will prevent his being annointed King of Poland at Discha. Cairo, June 24. The garrison of Assouan has been reinforced, owing to the appearance of two thousand dervishes at Sarras. New York, June 23. The prohibition law has been repealed in Rhode Island Slate by a large mßjori,y - June 24. The Clan-nft-Gaol Society is being reorganised, It:-; leaders propose to t ~op an active policy and support Mr anic i in his constitutional agitation. ice Vatican has authorised the Bishop of Chicago to declare the- Clau-na-Gael m

.opposition to the Church of Rome, The Bishop reported that the society had recourse to every species of crime to further its own political ends. Chicago, June 23. ! A man named George Brooks ban come forward with fresh evidence regarding Dr Cronin’s murder. He says he, and his sweetheart saw the trunk containing Cronin’s body placed on a waggon and aftewards deposited in tbe sewer, He enu identify the men who were engaged in thedeed. June 24, Arrangements have been made for the immediate extradition of Burke, who is in custody on, suspicion of com : plicity in the murder of Dr Cronin. Rib Janeiro, June 24. Sailed last night—lonic for London, with her meat in good condition. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Jane 24. The New Zealand Native Footballers played a game under the .Rugby rules to-day against tbe Arfonia Club, and won easily by 27 points f o 3. During the game three members of the Arfonia team bad ribs broken. i June 25. Sir H. Parkes absolutely denies that the Government made extracts from M. Pasteur’s letters, as alleged by bis agents, MM. Germont and Loir, since their return to France. It is rumored at Noumea that two Frenchmen named Label and Rossi have keen killed, and a third named Samaroli poisoned, by natives at Ambyn, in the New Hebrides.

Another desperate affray took place this morning between the police and burglars, It appears that at an early hour in the morning Constable Slater surprised a burglar attempting to force an entrance into the residence of Mr Justice Stephens. The constable closed wilh the man and a desperate straggle took place. Two accomplices of the burglar came to the rescue of their man, and fired twice at Constable Slater, both shots taking effect in the shoulder. This caused the constable to relax his bold of his man, who with his accomplices made off, and has not yet been captured. The constable is in a serious condition.

Melbourne, June 25. Sailed—Wakatipu, for New Zealand. Mr J. T. Brown, formerly member for Mandurang, is suing the Age for £20,000 damages for libel, and McOarrow and Bird, publishers, have also instituted a similar suit against the same for £IO,OOO damages, The late Mr Francis Ormond bequeathed £113,000 to charities, churches, and colleges, including £40,000 to the Ormond College and £IO,OOO to the Workmen’s College. Adelaide, Juno 24. In consequence of tbe adverse vote the Ministry has resigned, Thursday Island, June 25. News from New Guinea states that the Tojari tribe attacked a village on Kilow river, but wore beaten off by the native missionary and two men, who killed no less than.so of their assailants.