TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1951, 3 October 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 30. Prince Albert Victor is about to pay a visit to Barmah. The Great Forth Bridge is now finished. The Earl of Galloway has been charged with assaulting a girl. The will of Richard Pigolt, the forger of the Parnell letters, has been proved Under £2OOO. Mrs Georgina Weldon has obtained an injunction against the New York Herald for alleging that she was married three times and twice divorced. The paper also slates that the death of Weldon, her third husband, about which there Were circumstances which drew public attention to the widow,* was duo to natural Catises. i

Mr J. E. Burns, the Socialist, has’ forwarded 8000 florins in iid of 1 the Bbttei'daia dockttien who ; have gone! out on strike. Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs has been Elected Lord Mayor of London, Got. i. ; Canon Smith, who' has been selected for the Primacy of Australia, states that bis ordination will be deferred until the Archbishop of Canterbury has ascertained in what the alleged irregularity, of bis election consists. A verdict ot ! wilful murder has ‘ been returned against a police inspector and a constablel for shooting a boy dating a disturbance 1 at a Sale on a farm in Tipperary, from which the tCnahts had been evicted. Warrants have been issued for their'arrest.

The cotton strike in Lancashire is only partial. The operatives are attempting to Coerce the non-onion'ibastersi into employing none bat unionists. : The' 'proposed cotton corner ! has col-, lapsed. The foniily of the Prince of Wales will attend the marriage of Princess Sophie, of Prussia, third daughter of, the late Emperor of Germany, to Prince Constantine, Duke of Sparta, heir to the throne of Greece, which will shortly take place in Athens. Lieutenant Francis Tottenham, who had just been appointed to H.M.B. Royalist, has committed suicide at' Devonport. No reason is assigned. Madrid, Sept. 30. It is reported that the Moors of Tripoli who captured the crew of a Spanish coasting vessel have, in, response to the demand of the captain of a Spanish war vessel, set the men at liberty. Paris, Sept. 30. At the Exhibition to-day President Carnot awarded the grand prizes awarded by the jurors. The ceremony, which was witnessed by about 40,000 persons, was most imposing. Oct. 1, The Tribunal of Commerce has condemned the joint directors of the Oomptoir d’Escompte and the Sooiete des Metaux to,pay to the liquidator of the first named institution the snm : of 12,000,000 francs, the directors of the Comptoir d’Escompta to pay 6,000,000 francs, and the auditors 1,000,000 francs in addition, Rotterdam, Sept. 30. The dock laborers have struck for au advance of 2|d. In consequence, of their stoning the police, the latter fired on the rioters, and also bayoneted some of them. Socialists are excluded from the movement.

The dock laborers have been offered 4d per hour and demand sd. English dockmen are being imported to supply their place. Belgradb, Sept. 30. On her arrival in town ex-Queen Natalie received an enthusiastic welcome by the populace, and the city was illuminated in her honor. King Milan and the court officials were absent from the ceremony. Oct. 1. Ex-Queen Natalie has paid a visit to her sou King Alexander, of Servia, Naples, Oct. 1. • A terrible railway accident occurred at Ariano, a town of southern Italy, Two express trains collided in a tunnel, Twenty carriages were smashed and many occupants were killed. Rio Janeiro, Sept. 28. The R.M.S, Aorangi sailed for London yesterday. Washington, Sept. 28. A negro riot has taken place at the Pratt mines, at Birmingham, a town of the United States. The place was set on fire, and in revenge the white population are murdering the negroes. A force of military has been ordered to the scene of the disturbance.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Sept. 30. An armed bushranger stuck up a number of persons near Dubbo and three were bound and robbed. A cabman who bad been stuck up procured a revolver and pursued the ruffian. While lying in wait the police came up, and, in the dark, the cabman being mistaken for the bushranger, sub-inspector Cameron ghot him in the shoulder. The,

wound is believed to be serious. The bushranger is still at large, ; Oct. 1. ! Owing to the stonewall of the'supplementary- estimates the prorogation of Parliament has been indefinitely post- 1 poned. The weather authorities predict an extensive drought, lasting from the middle of next year to the end.of 1893. The police have received a cable advising them of a mysterious passenger by the Mariposa, who is wanted for heavy embezzlements in Ban Francisco, A man named John Stephens has been arrested, believed to be the actual murderer of a Chinaman, who was killed last November. Adelaide, Sept, 80. Arrived ■— Massilia. Passengers for New Zealand, Messrs Rhodes and Ennisley. * Government has received a despatch from the Colonial Office stating that it bos been deemed inexpedient to alter the method of appointment of Governors. The Home Secretary points to the op-, position of Victoria, and the probable opposition of Canada ; also to tbe fact that no representation on the subject has been received‘from New Zealand and Tasmania. In Benzon’s book recounting his colonial experiences, just received by the mail, “ The Jubilee Plunger ” refers to the size, bone, and substance of the New Zealand horses and the beneficial effect of tbe totalisator on racing in that colony,