TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1949, 28 September 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.: < I ■*' :<) (:: : ! SVpt, 24. , In' tho 'coarse of‘a political speech,: denounced land, natiohalisa-., tion and also (described;- Mr Balfour’s denial of the project lii found and endow a Catholic university . in; Dublin as the' “shabbiest of all the shabby proceedings ” of the present Government. lit haS been discovered./that the Key. Mr Barfield, Liberal-Unionist lecturer, ;who was supposed lo have.been enticed to Ireland .and murdered by lhe> Invincibles, really ; eloped with a girl to ,sj»nada. ' ; " 'll is expected that there will ultf-'' mately be a surplus 1 of £IO,OOO from the strike fund after relieving all cases of distress and repaying the money borrowed from the stevedores and sailors unions. This result is rather startling, and a committee of the dockmen’s union intend to refrain from spending any more until the Australian committee can be consulted. The majority are desirous of applying the balance to assist the strikers 'of other trades. The accounts are being audited. IMr Garland, a member of the New ISouth Wales Legislature, is starting a hew company, with a capital of a hundred thousand, to secure the right to Edison’s phonograph for Australasia. Arrived Asbleigb Brook, steamer, from Timaru (July 20).

The following is the result of the race for the Great Foal Slakes at Newmarket ;—Wishing Gate, 1 ; Pioneer, 2 ; Swift, 3. ' Sept. 26. Eliza Cook, poetess, aged 91, is dead. £200,000 in gold has been shipped to Rio Janiero, and a similar amount will be forwarded next Week. The committee who were appointed by the sympathisers with Mrs Maybrick, condemned to penal servitude for life for' poisoning' her husband, have applied for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that, the sentence is.illegal. Mr James Lang, a Giadstonian Liberal, has been elected- unopposed for Dundee.

In the course of a speech to-day Mr Gladstone said that the coercive measures adopted by the Government in dealing with the administration of Irish affairs bad only induced the Irish to continue agitation for Homo Rule. Lord Brassey has awarded lightermen 6s per day of 12 hours with Is per hour overtime. He has advised the masters and employees to establish a permanent board of conciliation. Madrid, Sept. 25. The Spanish corvette Navaro is seeking to enforce the release of the crew of a Spanish coasting vessel who were captured by Tripolian Moors. The Sultan and envoys accompany the vessel, and will co-operate with the officers in obtaining their demands. Sept. 26. The dispute between Spain and Morocco has been,settled. Brussels, Sept, 26.

It is believed ' here that Emin Pasha has entered the service of the BritishAfrican Company. Constantinople, Sept. 26,

, 'lhe Porte, in deference to Russia, has withdrawn the circular asking the Powers to recognise Ferdinand; as Prince, of Bulgaria. St. Petersburg, Sept. 25.

A conspiracy has been discovered to dynamite the Czar while travelling on the Pertshoff railway, iho plot wos discovered through the man employed to carry it out being killed, Belgrade, Sept, 24.

Queen Natalie arrived here on Sunday last, Ex-King Milan threatens that if she remains in the city beyond three weeks be will take sleps to assert his paternal auth’orty regarding the education of his son, who reigns as king. Athens, Sept. 26. Wholesale arrests of Christians are being made in Crete. : It is reported here that the Christians in Crete’are being ruthlessly flogged and tortured, and women outraged: The prisons are full, and -the Christian population are fleeing for safety to the mountains. 1 Quebec, Sept, 24. The death roll by the accident at Dufferih Terrace has risen to 40. Besides these it is known that 30 other persons are still entombed. There are a thousand honfees beneath the citadel which the latter threatens to overwhelm should it fall; in consequence of the disruption of roclrfrom Dufferin Terrace. The occupanls are vacating them in haste.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Meleourne, Sept. 25. t Sailed—Manapouri, for tho Bluff, Lnndolls, the surveyor, was sentenced to death for the murder of Sherlock, another surveyor, whose name he afterwards freely forged for; the purpose of obtaining possession of his property, Sept. 26. A man named Macnaraara has been tried on a charge of murdering another named Feny, by splitting his head open. A verdict of insanity wag returned.

I Sydney, Sept. 25. I Arrived—Annie Bow;; from Timaru. , ! ■.l ’ ■"i * Sept. 26. A subsidy of £IOO0 f has been voted by Parliaiaont to ihfr A'dk'trnlian United iSljeam., Company for ,ajT‘ inter-island communication with the Npw Hebrides. ■ I !,, , Brisbane,, Sept. 26. been 1 received hero from New Guinea that tbe of Sudest arh'worked hht .7 : ;' A ''