TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1961, 26 October 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. 1 "London, Oct. 28. t John Burns, who is organising the railway employes, demands that they shall be granted pay when traffic is interrupted I The Local Government Board have issued revised conditions in respect to assisting; pauper emigrants, and have recognised the strong objection of the colonies to the immigration of adult paupers. ■" ' • , Messrs Rothschild issue a Russian, 1 loan of several hundred million roubles to provide repeating rifles and mortar batteries. A collision occurred off the coast of Portugal between the steamers Hercules f and Deronda, The former sank, but all the crew were saved, ; Intelligence, has been received that seven thousand residents in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys, Turkey in Asia,, have died from cholera. Arrived—Agnes Oswald, ship, from Lyttelton (left July 15th); Glenlora, ship, from Nelson (left June 29th), The New Zealand loan is quoted at 98|.

The first of the ten prisoners now on trial for the murder of Inspector Martin at Gweedore has been convicted of manslaughter. The Orient Company have conceded the firemen’s demands. In a letter published in the St. James’ Gazette a statement is made that it will he impossible to produce exact balancesheets showing how the. money subscribed in aid of the dock laborers was disposed uf, as no accounts were kept at the beginning of the strike. The increase fn freights of 2s fid a ton has been .postponed, An important iron and steel company in the north of England is willing to establish works in Australia .and purchase the properties necessary for carrying on their business immediately if the colonial Governments will guarantee their custom for a term of years. Mr Moorehouse is their agent, i The Princess Teck is petitioning Lord Salisbury to‘ grant a pension to Mrs Blanchard, the female emigrants’ friend. Some of the omnibus and tram companies of London are conceding shorter hours to their men. The Baptist Union appeals to The Premier to interfere in Crete. The Australian and New : Zealand Mortgage Company have declared a dividend of 4 per cent. Truth states that the Prince: of Wales is in a precarious state of health. At a meeting of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company a balance-sheet was submitted, showing a net profit for the half-year of £189,000, Tt was announced that the cable between Australia and New Zealand would be duplicated without delay. Mr Gladstone, speaking at Southport, said that Turkey’s misgovernment in Crete was a formidable source of danger to the peace of Europe. Alluding‘to the Irish question, he contended that coercion in that country was directed against a peaceful and necessary system ot constitutional reform. Mr Bradiaughiis ill, and bis condition is regarded as precarious. The Pall, Mall Gazette states that the families of the strikers who were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for intimidating, are receiving from 10s to £1 per week, The balance in hand is slightly under £6OOO. The balancesheet will be published on Nov. 4tb. The Jewish in East London are forming unions for the purpose of obtaining shorter bonrs of labor. ! The strike at Bristol is spreading despite the partial concession by the masters.

The,race for the Dewhurst Plate was run at the Newmarket Houghton meeting To-day with the following result Leonora, 1 ; Villamay, 2 ; Farninte, 3. Oct, 24, Mr'Gladstone, in the coarse of his speech, at Southport, said that it was impossible to expound his policy. The future of the Scotch and Welsh Churches would be settled locally. Triumph was imminent ovfer the Irish question, for it was impossible the triumph gained by bis parly in sixty recent elections was the result of sixty accidents, The Prince of Wales will visit Athens for the marriage of the Duke of Sparta with the Princess Sophia of Germany. The present scarcity of pig iron is unequalled. The Mexican bonds lately stolen have been recovered. Obituary—Dr J. T. Ball, AttorneyGeneral for Ireland in two Disraeli Cabinets, Berlin, Oet, 22, The Reichstag was opened to-day. The Emperor in his speech asserts that bis personal relations with the allied Powers will strengthen the ties that bind them to Germany, and ho believes that the peace of Europe will be maintained during the coming year. Additional expenditure on the Army and Nary will be required, and a Bill dealing with Socialism is promised.