TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1919, 20 July 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 17. Private Reid, of the Ist Lanark Regiment, won the QueeuV prize !at the. annual shooting competition with a score of 281 points. The New Zealand Trußt and Loan Company baa declared a dividend of 10 per cent. ' The Bill giving responsible government to Western 'Australia has passed the House of Lords. Sir James Allanson-Picton, president of ..the BritiiifeiArcbasological Assocfatiqn, and writer of assays on philological and antiquarian sabjects, is dead. Sir Jamea Picton was 84 years of age, July: 16. A Western Australian loan of £IOO,OOO at 4 per cent is announced to be placed on Thursday next. The, minimum is fixed at £lO7 10s. Sir Edward Strickland, New Zealand veteran, is dead. Lord Harris, in the course of a speech in the House of Lords, averred ihat if Mr Parnell lent his assistance to the detection of criminals, he would lose his influence at once, Paris, July 18. The charges againat General! Boulanger are considered weak. Berne, July 17. The labour congress has been postponed until the spring. Pekin, July 17, The Emperor of China has cancelled the edict preventing the construction of the Pekin Lung Chow Railway, and the work will now be ptoceeded with. I New York, July 16. The reports that Sullivan had been arrested for taking part in the prize fight are premature. Warrants are out for both him and Kilrain, but all efforts to discover them have been futile. ! It is belieyed that their friends are keeping them in hiding. Rio Janeiro, July 17. As Don Pedro 11, the Emperor of Brazil, was leaving the theatre this evening he was fired at with a revolver by a Portugese, The bullet went wide of its mark, and the Emperor drove off uninjured.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, July 17. Heavy easterly gales and sea in Byron Bay have been responsible for several casualties. The brig Pawn and the schooners Baonockbum, Spurwing, Hastings, and Agnes were driven ashore, but no loss of life occurred. The Spurwing and Pswn were broken up, but the others lie on a soft beach. " The Executive Council of Agricultural Education of Victoria has decided to send to the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition exhibits of oranges, lemons, olives, and raisins, July 18. In the Legislative Assembly this evening the Premier stated that there were over one hundred recidivistes in New South Wales alone. Government had communioated with the Imperial Government requesting the latter to approach France on the subject. He intended to introduce a severe Bill to stop the influx of criminals from New Caledonia. Melbourne, July 17. It has been discovered that the Yan Yean water supply is impregnated with the germs of typhoid fever. Sailed—Tarawers, for the Bluff. July 18. A dense fog was experienced in the city yesterday, and street traffic was suspended. Numerous casualties are reported, but none of a serious character. A nugget containing 4610 z of pure gold has been discovered by a poor man working in a mine in Tarangualla township, situsted about 135 miles north, west of Melbourne. Adelaide, July 17. In the House of Assembly last night Dr Cockburn, the Prpmier, announced that the Government intended to pursue a staunch policy of Protection, and that an extensive railway scheme would be proposed. A Bill dealing liberally with both land and mining' would be brought up for discussion, and the Government intended to introduce a Bill providing for free education. Provisions would, however, be made for granting a subsidy of 40s per head, to privato schools, to each child passing the compulsory standards. Thursday Island, July 18. A boat containing the mate and five of the crew of the German barque Kenilworth, wrecked nt the Fly River, New Guinea, and which was reported missing, has arrived safely.