TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1939, 5 September 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Snpt. 1. A man named Stewart, who confessed to murdering another man in Otepopo Bush, Otago, is reported to be unreliable, The Orange papers are furious at (bo proposal to endow a Catholic University, and oppose it bitterly. Beuzon, the ‘-'Jubilee Plunger,” in his bonk narrating how he lost a quarter of a million of money, says that a well known Melbourne sportsman advanced him £ISOO and demanded £IO,OOO in repayment. He accepted £SOOO. Another demanded £BO,OOO and accepted £SOO, Benzon considers Flemington racecourse superior to Epsom. Peter Jackson, who is now in London, challenges the world, but expresses a preference to meet Slavin. Sept. 2. The Emperor of Germany has conferred the order of the Black Eagle upon Prince George of Wales. The friends of the father of Wills, the explorer, prefer that he should receive a grant of £SOO instead of an annuity as proposed. It is rumored that General Boulanger intends to surrender himself to the French Government. A match is being arranged between Slavin and Goode, the pugilists, Mr Wolseley, inventor of the shearing machine, is arranging to float his patent in a company with a capital of £350,000, Paris, Sept, 2. Government have decided not (o accede to the petition praying for the annexation of the New Hebrides by France. Berlin, Sept, 3. The Post states that it is intended to ask the Reichstag to create two now army corps. Constantinople, Sept. 3. Thirty thousand Turkish troops have been placed on the frontier lino at Kosava and Nutroviza watching the movements of the Servian troops, Bucharest, Sept. 1. It is reported that Servia and Bulgaria are moving troops to the frontier and the situation is regarded as critical. Hong-Kong, Sept. 3. Railway construction with China is advancing. Tenders have been received for a lino to connect Tchang Kueng with Pekin. Zanzibar, Sept. 2. The Sultan has ceded Lamu Island and that portion of the coast stretching from Kipene to Meuiti to the British East African Society, New York, Sept. 2. Great difficulty is being experienced in selecting the jury to try the men in custody on charges of being concerned in the murder of Dr Cronin. Victoria (8.C.), Sept. 2. The public here censures the action taken by the Imperial Government in respect to the seizing of fishing vessels in Behring Sea,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Sept. 2, Arrived—Wskatipu ; Hauroto, from Wellington. Herr Branders, formerly of Samoa, baa arrived hero en route for the Marshall Group, where be is to represent Germany, Captain Lessing, of the steamer Centennial, has been suspended from duty for twelve months. A remarkable article appears in the Centennial Magazine by wire respecting the interference by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy and priesthood with ordinary affairs having no connection with religion. It publishes a circular issued by tho Catholic synod to the priests forbidding their followers joining the Foresters, Oddfellows, Druids, Good Templars, Kechabites, or kindred societies, on pain of deprivation of the rites of the church at their funerals. Tho circular approves of certain insurance companies. Sept. 3. Farther search in the ulebe pit resulted in finding the body of the man Hudson. It was discovered entombed in a small apartment, and from a beaten track it was apparent (hat the poor fellow bad paced up and down until starved to death. The bodies of Beaumont, Grant, and Meadows are visible, and it is believed they died in a similar manner, Heavy floods have been experienced. Tho country between Albury and Wodonga is submerged, and a farmer named Sheather was drowned. Melbourne, Sept. 3. A civil engineer named Landell has been arrested for the murder of Shearlock, another engineer, who was found dead at Kingwood. He admits tint be accidentally shot him. The Grand Lodge of Druids have granted a charter for the formation of a , District Grand Lodge of Canterbury. This is the first instance which -a charter bag been granted io New Zea-' land.