TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1931, 17 August 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. [Per s,s, Haoroto at Auckland,] London, August 8. The Emperor William, replying at a banquet to the toast of bis health, expressed the hope that the friendship which had so long existed between the British and the German soldiers would continue, and he promised to do all in his power to maintain good fellowship between the two nations. His Majesty left the Isle of Wight in the Imperial yacht flofaenzollern on his return to Berlin, The Record states that Canon Saumerez Smith has accepted the Bishopric of Sydney. JR is reported that Sir George Greenfell has discovered documents in the possession of Dervishes, proving that a number of Egyptian officials and many residents of Cairo have been guilty of treason in connection with the recent rising. The authenticity of this report has, however, been denied. News has reached here that Emin Bey ' with nine thousand men and enormous quantities of ivory are nearing the Zanzibar coast. The date of (heir arrival here is at present unknown. Gold yielding an ounce to the ton has been discovered in Norfolk, Cairo, Augusts. Those of the Dervishes who succeeded in escaping in the attack of the British and Egyptian troops were reduced to such extremities that over 2000 voluntarily surrendered, Ottawa, August 8. The Government has decided that Mr Parmalee, an officer connected with the Customs, shall accompany Mr Abbot, a member of the Cabinet, on his mission to Australia to promote commercial relations between the Dominion and the colonies. Beven British men-of-war and two torpedo boats have left Esquimault for Behring Straits to protect British interests and examine into the course pursued by the American authorities. New York, August 8. News from Hayti shows that the revolution continues, and that the southern troops under Legitime are literally butchering the followers of Hippolite.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Sydney, August 9. The Mount Kemble miners have again struck, Melbourne, August 9. The Murray torpedo, mentioned in a recent cable, is the invention of a resident of Warrnambool. Sir J. Hector says the coal veins of Gippsland could not profitably be worked on a large scale, but as an indication of the existence of coalfields are of great value, Customs detectives have unearthed an extraordinary wholesale systematic robbery of goods from lighters used in removing cargo under bond. A valuable plant has been discovered in Port Melbourne,