TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1924, 3 August 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, July 30. Baron de Worms has announced in the House of Commons that Government will endeavor this session to affirm the principle of autonomy for the more settled portion of Western Aus. tralia, even if the question of the disposal of Crown lands is held over for further consideration, It is rumored that Viscount Chelsea, eldest eon of the Earl of Oadogan, Lord Privy Seal, has been affianced to the Princess Victoria, second daughter of the Prince of Wales, July 31. Mr J. White’s horses have arrived in good condition. i Sir W illiam Robinson has been appointed Governor of Mauritius. Lord Salisbury, in his speech at the Mansion House banquet, said that there was no real danger of the peace of Europe being violated. He repudiated' any desire on the part of the Government to annex Crete, and said it ,was impossible for England to evacuate Egypt, Negotiations are progressing between England and Japan for a new commercial treaty on the basis that the former abrogates its special territorial and judicial privileges, and Japan affords facilities to British commerce between the ports and the interior. America and Germany are arranging treaties on a similar footing.

Lord Randolph Churchill, in addressing a meeting at Birmingham, said a generous concession of popular government with greater decentralisation should be made to Ireland, and he thought the Chief Secretary ought to welcome overtures in that direction received .from prominent members of the Nationalist party, and if local bodies offered adequate security England ought to advance a sum of one hundred millions ; to pay the landlords. He promised to stand for Birmingham at the next election, if requested. Sx. Petersburg, July 31. The report of an alliance between France and Russia is denied. Ten Russian warships are to be sent to Corea, as there is considerable tension in the relations with Chins owing to the occupation of Deer Island by Russia. Berlin, July 31. The Emperor of Germany has sailed for Spithead, accompanied by an escort of ironclads. August 1. It is reported that, in consequence of the strained relations between Germany and Switzerland over the Wohlgemuth incident, the former intends to revoke its recognition of Swiss neutrality. Athens, August 1. The inhabitants of Crete have appealed to Greece for assistance. Yokohama, July 80. A disastrous earthquake has taken place in Kinsu, the southernmost of the three principal islands of Japan, Immense loss of life and property was

caused by the shock. Cairo, August !.

Colonel Wodehouso bas had a sharp skirmish with the Dervishes, in which the latter lost seventy men.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, July 31. Morrison, the burglar who shot Constable Sutherland, will be hanged on August ZOth. A sharp shock of earthquake of four seconds duration has been experienced at Gabo Island.

In the House of Assembly last night, the standing orders were suspended to enable the Payment of Members Bill to be passed through all ptages.

In order to extend the railway system, the Minister of Public Works has submitted a scheme for the approval of Government to ; construct light railways,in remote districts, to act as feeders for the main lines.

: A good deal of opposition is bainS manifested in political circles to lh e renewal ot the contract for the San Francisco mail service.

A Nonmean paper received by the mail contains a splenitic article condemning the appointment of Mr Komilly as British Consul to the New Hebrides. It accuses England of being the indefatigable enemy to commerce in the Pacific, and only intent on supporting missionaries who are engaged in a propoganda Against the French. It declares that Mr Romilly’s appointment is a violation of the Anglo-French treaty regarding the New Hebrides. August 1.

Mr Price Williams the eminent railway engineer, has furnished a report on the” railways of New South Wales, which corroborates the opinion expressed by the Chief Commissioner a few months ago in his report to the Government. Mr Williams condemns the rolling-stock wholesale, and says that it will be nacessary to expend £510,000 on locomotives, and no less than £847,000 on carriages and waggons to restore the plant to its normal condition. Arrived—Wairarapa,

Melbourne, July 31. , In the Budget speech the Golopial, Treasurer announced that tho. duty on kerosene and cocoa bad been abolished. The,, duty has been Increased open eggs 2s per gross; : jams and jellies, 2d to 3d per j Jb;;, pulp ‘/ruits, 2dper lb ; i batter andf lruits and vegetables, 3d per Ib olepmargjarine, la per lb* The duties on .pqtted :meats, tweeds, and> blankets are increased to 25 per cent, ad valorem, . Wopllen pieces, except dress goods, will come in tree. There are also a number of slight alterations which, have not yeti been Jndicalea, Thetonnage duties ate reduced; by,one half., The increased doty<On cereals comes intb operation on September Ist. i j . ■ August 1. ■ : Sailed S.Sjßotomahana, for the Bluff. The Maori football, team; are; passengers by her,; , , , The Presbyterian Jubilee celebrations have been inaugurated. •;< ’ I , ; : (Adelaide, July 81. ; ! : Parliament hasopassedan address 'To Her Majesty the (Queen, (praying that, constitutional!'government be; granted itof Western Australia, The address*! has' been,cabled;home. - o'