TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1916, 13 July 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. ’ London, July 9. : Tenders to the amount of £4,825j000 were received to-day for, the New South Wales loan of 8J millions at per cenf. One syndicate tendered fcr two millions at £lO7 6s and £lO2 9s. Tenders at £lO9 2s will get 87 per cent. The minimum was fixed at £lo2] The average was £lO2 Bs. ( The first battalion of the Black Watch and the second ’hattalibn of the Esseit Regiment, both of which are stationed at Malta,“ will probably be ordered to proceed to Egypt'to reinforce the posi.tions threatened by the Dervishes. Fifteen thousand railmakers have struck for an increase of wages;' Hartmann, the... Nihiljstj has fevealed fhe'existence of a conspiracy ’ organised to dynamite the Czar, and also a plot to bring about a revolution in Prance. Mr William Iterishaw won the lawn tennis championship of England. 1 ' Bishop Moorbouse, of Manchester, whose name was among those mentioned for the primacy of Anstralia, has expressed himself in favor of the creation of a bishop for that purpose.’ July 10. The council of the Federation League propose to urge the Marquis of Salisbury to invite colonial delegates to London to discuss the question of the closer union of the colonies with Great Britain, The Union Bank of Australia declare a dividend of 14 per cent, and add £29,000 to the reserve fund. Mr J. Gill, M.P, for Louth South, and Mr J. R. Cox, M.P. for East Clare, have been discharged from custody. Mr Gladstone in a letter to the Press, expresß"B the opinion that any attempt to afford industrial relief by legislative alteration of the gold basts of exchange would come to nothiqg. The return match between the Gentlemen and Players was won by the latter by 10 wickets. In a money lending case beard in court to-day, Benzon (Jubilee Juggins), who was called as a witness, admitted having lost a quarter of a million of money on the turf. He also stated that he was about to publish a book of bis experience for the benefit of the ignorant. At the Newmarket July meeting the rflce for the July Stakes resulted as follows; Loupe, 1; Keythorpe,’ 2 ; Salutation, S. July 11. Mr Parnell has decided to instantly establish a tenants’ defence league, owing to the combination of landlords to break down the Plan of Campaign. A national convention has been convened to approve the decision. Paris, July 10. The Army Bill has passed through all its stages in the Chamber of Deputies, Berlin; July 9. Herr Weber; formerly German consul at Samoa, is dead. The Nord Deutsche' Zeitung urges holders of Russian preference bonds to av&il themselves of a clause in the proposed conversion scheme enabling them to demand payment 1 at par. Bombay, July li. : XHsastrons floods have occurred owing to the overflowing, of the river Scinde, and it is reported that forty lives, have been lost at Lankans, 145 miles northeast of Hyderabad. . :: Cairo* July 9. Skirmishes are taking place’ at Assouan between the Dervishes and the British troops. ' July 10. The Welsh squadron and one squadron of the 20th Hussars have started for Assouan. ’ Zanzibar, July 10. Troops under Captain Wissman, who is in charge of German operations on shore, attacked the rebels holding Pangani, and after a' brief struggle captured the village. : WASfilNGTdNJuly' 10. 1 German action with regard to the Marshall Islands' in the Pacific is causing some irritation throughout the States.