TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1964, 2 November 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 30. In tbe breach of promise case against Viscount Dangan Miss Pbillis Broughton, the actress, has accepted £2500 and costs in full settlement of her claim. Mr M. Davitt’s address before the Times-Parnell Commission is not yet concluded, Mr Westgarth will be buried in Dean cemetery, Edinburgh, on Friday. Mr Steinfeld; formerly President of tbe Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, who has been investigating the technical education system of America, Germany, and France, considers that of the firstnamed country is best adapted to the requirements of the Australasian colonies, The ; dispute at the Albert Dock is settled, Wages are not Jo, be altered. The statement that Lord Wolseley will visit Richmond on the occasion of the unveiling of'the statue of General Lee, is not confirmed, The Prince of Wales, accompanied by bis sons, has started for Egypt, The Duke of Edinburgh has recovered from his recent illness. The Press generally applaud Sir Henry Parkes’s utterances at Brisbane on the subject of a federal army for Australia; The Australian cruiser Phoenix was launched at Glasgow to-day, Meadows, the Australian light-weight pugilist, met White to-day, and was disqualified for bugging. A fond is'being raised for the widow of the late Mr R, A. Proctor, astronomer. Tbe County Cricket Council will not consider Boyle’s letter relative to the formation of another Australian eleven for England until December,' . Lord Harris infers from this that tbe counties are not unanimous in favot of the proposed trip,. The London and North Western Railway Company have increased the wages of the drivers and firemen on their line 8s per week. Arrived Barque Oloncaird, from Lyttelton (Jane 19th). Tbe R.M.S. Rimutaka will cake up the running of tbe R.M.S, Coptic’ which went ashore on the Brazilian coast, Seyerai wharfingers having refused to concede the terms agreed on by the Mansion House Committee, it is expected that 700 laborers will go out on strike. A fund is being raised in aid of Mr Brad laugh. The Lisbon correspondent of tbe Times says that the Duke of Edinburgh fainted in Lisbon Palace, and severely bruised bis face by falling, ;; It is reported that the outrages by Turkish soldiery in Crete have been put a stop to. Oct. 81, Mr Treeves Edgecombe, barrister, contends that Mrs Moybrick is entitled to unconditional release, and he advises her friends to apply for a writ of habeas corpus, Paris, Oct. 29. The miners in the North of France, who lately went out on strike, have resumed work. St. Petersburg!, Oct. 29. A rumor has been lately current that the Czarewitcb is to marry the Princess Merie Grade, bat is not confirmed. 1 Sebastopol has been reserved exclu* sively as a railjtary port. Its commercial trade will be removed to Feodosia, a port on the east coast of tbe Crimea, Athens, Oct. 29. The Emperor of Germany will leave for Constantinople en Friday. The Sultan has sent a present to tbe Empress of a diamond collar worth £40,000. Washington, Oct. 30. The American warship Mohican, stationed at Honolulu, has been ordered to proceed to Samoa. Reports from Dakota , state that the harvest has failed and 20,000 persons are threatened with famine. It is reported that Krupp, tbe wellknown German cannon founder, intends to establish a gun factory at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Oct. 31. > Further reports froth Dakota: district state that 100,000 persons are threatened with famine owing to failure of tbe crops. ‘ Bubnob Ayres, Oct. 31. ; There is great mortality in the sheep throughout the Argentine Republic, and it is estimated that fully 20,000,000 have died,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Oct. 30. Sailed yesterday— Manapouri, for the Bluff, Id replying to the deputation of tbe Chamber of Commerce, Mr Gillies, the Premier, said that he would communicate with tbe other colonies, and tbe Imperial Government, that, conjointly, they should share the cost of erecting a lighthouse on tbe Snares. Oct. 31. Arrived—Wairarapa, from Now Zealand,

" Sydney, Oct, 29. ,Sailed~R.M.S. Zealandia for Auckland.' The Irish delegates are passengers by her. In ’ the Supreme.* Court to-day the 'charge,of manslaughter preferred against Captain Lessing .of the steamer Centen : nial in connection t with the death of the cook of the vessel, ; thrpugh her sinking, was heard, when 'the jury brought in a verdict acquitting .|c.cbscd, '' ‘ : , Oct. 31, An ammonia cylinder at the Pyrmout ice works exploded last night; the chief engineer, Bourn,’ had bis head blown off, and three men jtvera half suffocated with tbe escaping gas,j ( , The sculling match, between Stephenson, the, New; Zeaj'Wtpj oarsman, and McLean, of 1 Riehmoh|/tbr £IOO a side, took pls.ce yesterdays,■ Bjtephenson led, 'for the firstrmilv when* McLean, who was in grand form, caught him, and won by four, lengths, Time—2lmin. 54sec, The teller of the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand has suddenly disappeared,,and an investigation of.the accounts hag revealed that he has embezzled, the sum of £18,454. The defalcations, are attributed to speculation in mining stock, but the bank authorities have succeeded in recovering scrip from the defaulter’s broker, representing between £7OOO and £BOOO, and they expect to get more, At present there is no trace of the absconded Brisbane, Oct. 30. The stonewalling on the Railway Loan Bill continues. ; . Oct. 31. An escaped prisoner named Flick, who was called upon to t surrender, resisted, and in a struggle which ensued shot dead Constable Wovill and a boy. He was not captured, Adelaide, Oct, 80. Tbe Payment of Members Bill and,. Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt Bill have been read a third time in the Assembly, 0et.31. The Bari of Kintore, Governor of South Australia, was installed Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons by Lord Carrington. The celebration was made the occasion of an imposing ceremony. Hobart, Oct. 31. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura; arrived at 7 o’clock this morning, and sails for NeW Zealand at daylight to-morrow. Thursday Island, Oct. 31. The reported massacre of the Rev. Mr Savage, some native, teachers, and the crew of tbe London mission vessel Mary, by Debeer natives near New Guinea, is generally discredited, as the same tribe caused I a similar scare some time back.