TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1967, 9 November 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 4. The ship Opawa, which left Napier on Angus! 24, has arrived all well, and the refrigerator has worked well, consequently her cargo of frozen mutton has arrived in prime condition. The Opawa has made one of the smartest passage* Home for some time, arriving within 72 days. It is reported that the Hon. Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, intends making provision for issuing £1 bank notes. A member of the Stock Exchange' and member ( of the family oc-! oupying a prominent position in racing circles,' have been accused of unnatural' crimes, and have fled the country. J Lady Connemara is petitioning for a' divorce on the grounds of adultery. Her husband has filed an answer denying the charge, The Prince of Wales is returning to ! Athens. His visit to Egypt has been a great success. ~ Nov. 6, ' Engineering states that the railways' of New South Wales are in a 3tate of decrepitude owing to the starvation policy of the Government, It is rumoured that the Parnellite party have made an important discovery, bearing on the Times-Parneil Cora-; mission. i Arrived Steamer Bayley from; Oamaro (August 27tb), Paris, Nov. 5. Comte Jouffrayd'Abbans.late French Consul in New Zealand, has been awarded one gold and two silver medals for ethnological exhibits, e»d he also receives a silver medal in recognition of his valuable services in furthering the exhibition while he was resident in the colony. Messrs Travers, Dougal and, Middlemas each receive a silver medal; for exhibits of fossils. Mr Liardet receives a silver medal for his exhibits, and Mrs Mair for her paintiDgs. Vienna, Nov. 5. Phylloxera is prevalent in Hungary, and has wasted quite half of the vine, yards. It is also extending in the southern provinces of Styria. Torohto, Nov, 5. O'Connor has challenged Salisbury, of New South Wales, to row him in America for £SOO a side. He offers £75 for expenses, and will allow Stansbury choice of water. Colorado, Nov, Q. A terrific snowstoro has been ex: periericed here, and railway traffic is interrupted. From the agricultural districts heavy losses of stock are re? ported. Zanzibar, Nov. 7. Information has been received here that the Gorman expedition organised for the relief of Emin Bey has met with great hostility from the natives at Vitu, where a fierce battle was fought, and Dr Peters, who commanded the expedition, and the whole of his party, with two exceptions (one native and one European)) were killed. _♦ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Nov. 6. ■ ■ Mr T. Neil, of the obsbrvatory, reports that the faint comet discovered by Borson will appear in the southern hemisphere about the 12th instant. Sir Thomas Mcllwraith will shortly leave on a visit to the Dunedin exhibition. A tragedy took place in King street this afternoon, when a man named Andrews, reported to be the son of an English earl, shot a clothier named Bartlett in the abdomen. The latter is dying of his wound. The murderer, who was arrested, is believed to be insane. The cause of the quarrel was the non-payment of goods obtained by Andrews. The Sydney barqae Sea Nymph has been wrecked at Gonen, near Noumea. The crew was saved, Melbourne, Nov. 6. The Stock Conference has resolved that the dipping of seaborne sheep sent from one clean colony to another shall be abolished provided a clean certificate' is produced; also that the restriction against inoculated cattle shall be removed if they bear the inoculation earmark. Arrived Rotomabana, from the Bluff. I Sailed—Wairarapa, for the Bluff. Adelaide, Nov. 6. Major Peter Egerton Warburton, H.E.I.C.S, 76, is dead. Deceased was well known in connection with various exploring expeditions in the colony, and for his indomitable energy in pushing I through the arid desert country between South and Western Australia, arriving in the latter province with his party thoroughly exhausted. He subsequently became Commissioner of Police, and latterly had charge of the Imperial Pension establishment. Red rust is spreading throughout the wheat fields at an alarming rate. In the Legislative Council last night a Bill, making provision for imprisonment for debt, was thrown out on the casting vote af (he Speaker,

Hobart, Nov. 6. It is understood the Government intend to purchase the maid line of railway for £1,125,000.