TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1963, 31 October 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, Londqn, Oct. 27. Mr Gladstone formally opened the Workmen’s Institute at Saltney, near his Haivarden estate yesterday, He took advantage of the occasion to review the progress of the workers in England during the last half century, and praised the colonial system of local government, instancing the Americans’ - love of freedom as proof of its immense advantages. , The Queen winters at Florence., Lord Salisbury, replying to representations of the Baplisto’ Union, assured them ,thpt ( the British Consul reports that the ntrocilieu in Crete had ibeen exaggerated, and that Obakir ;Pasha was repressitgjhe license of P.e soldiery. Oct. 28. Mr W, Westgarth, the financier, died suddenly to-day. Lord Wolseley will attend the ceremony of unveiling the statue of [General Robert Lee,, the Confederate Oom-mander-in-Chief, at Richmond, Virginia, Mr Bradlaugh has hern ordered to take a sea voyage for the sake of bis health. > Admiral Fairfax has assumed big duties as Lord of the Admiralty, Oct. 29. In many of the chapels at Northampton yestetday, special prayers were offered for Mr C. Bradlaugh, who is dangerously ill. : It is reported that Mr William H, Redmond, member; for Fermanagh North, has challenged Mr, Edmond Yates, editor and proprietor of the World, to fight a duel, owing to the latter’s strictures on the Parnell party during the recent election for .Brighton, in which the Conservative candidate was successful, The New Zealand conversion loan is quoted at per cent premium. Lisbon, Oct. 27. The body of Louis, late King of Portugal, was buried to-day in the Pantheon of St, Vincent, Lisbon. King Charles, who has succeeded his father, the Papal Nuncio, and 300 clergy and envoys of foreign powers, took part jn the funeral obsequies. Paris, Oct. 26. An anti-French outbreak in Madagascar is feared, Oct. 28. The jurors have awarded silver medals to the following exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition :—Count do Jouffray do’Abbans, ethnographical collection ; Sir W. L. Boiler, birds of New Zealand ; ; and Mrs Mair (ne’e Miss Maori paintings. A report is in circulation that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has been betrothed to the Princess Louise, daughter of the Duo d’Alencon, Berlin, Oct. 27. Bismarck assured the Czar white on his recent visit here, that the triple alliance was only for defensive purposes, and took no interest in the question as to the ultimate fate of Constantinople and the Bosphorus, 0ct.,28, The German,authorities have expelled Count Dillon from Alsace. : . Munich, Oct. 26. Otto, King of Batavia, is in a precarious state of health, Athens, Oct. 27. I The marriage of Princess Sophie, the third sister of the Emperor of Germany, to .Constantine, Duke of Sparta; the eldest son of the King of Greece, was celebrated to-day. -i The ceremony < was attended with much eclat, and immense enthusiasm was exhibited by the populace towards the royal visitors, especially to the Prince and Princess of Wales, ■ • I Zanzibar, Oct. 26. jCaptain Wissmann has defeated a force of 5000 Arabs under Bushire, killing 300. Capetown, Oct. 28. (It is reported that the German Colonisation Company, at Pondolond, a native territory of South Africa, the only independent part remaining of what was formerly know as Kaffraria, has broken up, and their goods and implements have been sold at a great sacrifice. New York, Oct. 27. The New York Herald states that Great Britain and the United States have agreed on a new Extradition Treaty. San Francisco, Oct. 25. Advices received from Samoa state that the election of Mataafaas King is only temporary, until the agreement arrived at . between Great Britain, Germany, and America, at the Berlin Conference, is enforced, when a fresh election will take place. AUSTRALIAN CARLE. Melbourne, Oct. 28. In an article this morning, referring to the remarks uttered last week by Mr Dow, Minister of Agriculture, with reference to using certain portions of Pond’s patent in the construction of casks for the exportjof butter, the Argus hopes that a strong sense of justice will cause the Government to repudiate any

action transgressing the patent rights of Mr Pond, and it urges that compensation should be paid to Mr Pond. - 00t.29. Sir H. Loch was .entertained at an official dinner. Ho said he hoped that the union of the Australian Colonies would ultimately be brought about, and he thought that thC.Federal Council presented the readiest means .of attaining that end. The importation of New Zealand sheep into Victoria and South Australia has been prohibited after November Ist in consequence of the existence of scab in that colony, Sydney, Oct, 29. The Eastern and Australian Steamship Comprny’s Catterlhun has arrived from the East with nearly all her crew suffering from Java fever. Two died on the. voyage and the third officer is in a critical condition. The vessel has been admitted to pratique as the .disease is not contagious. Brisbane, Oct. 28. flis Excellency the Governor, Sir W. Norman endorses the views held by Sir H. Parkes, Premier ,of New South Wales, in regard to the establishment of a Dominion of Australia. Thursday Island, Oct. 26. Information has been received here that the Key. Mr Savage,’ a missionary native teacher, and the crew of the London mission vessel Mary, visiting the nativ.es at Deberre, on the east side of Kiwi, New Guinea, have been massacred. No details are to hand.