TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1972, 21 November 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 18. Malta is being defended with the Brennan torpedo. An ex-mpmber of the legislature of New South Wales writes to the Econo-: mist, stating that if that colony ceased borrowing shb would be unable to meet 1 b?r ! engagements, and that if she con-' tinned borrowing shew:>uld make default: in the payment of interest. The writer terms Sir Henry Parkes " the Vogeljof New South Wales," Plymouth, Nov. 16. Sailed—Abrangi. Paris, Nov. 16. ~. .fEbJ Prince of Wales has arrived in : this city on bis return from Egypt. Berlik, Nov. 16. ■ The Emperor William has returned, Nov. 19. An explosion occurred at a gunpowder! factory at Hanana, a manufacturing town* in Prussia; by which twenty.four persons? were killed and others wounded, Pekin, Nov, 18. The Chinese Emperor refuses to seei tho bride selected for him by his mother,, whose influence is waning. Calcutta, Nov. 18. Serious charges, some of them of a ] most' revolting character, beingi brought against the Maharajah of 1 Dbowumygar. It is probable that the; Supreme Government will make an official enquiry into them. New York, i Nov. 16. Jefferson Davis is in a precarious' state of health. Nov. 17. The Roman Catholic Congress which i has been sitting some time at Baltimore! has decided to hold an international con-; vention in 1892, when a world's fair is ! to be held. A resolution has been! passed condemning Mormonism, divorce,! Nihilism, Socialism, Communism, the : greed of capitalists 1 , Sunday trading, and' declaring in favor of the absolute freedom' of the Holy See as being indispensable < to the peace of the Church and the! welfare of mankind. At the Crotin murder trial Clancy, a' journalist, testified that on the morning! of the day on which the body was dis-; covered O'iiollivan boasted that be bad; known Cronin well for five years and did 1 not believe that he had been murdered. In the evening when the body was found! O'Sullivan sunk into a chair in terror. He'refused to go and identify the corpse ! though repeatedly urged to do bo. Nov, 18. Subscriptions are feeing raised in this city to relieve the poverty of Mr Parnell's mother. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Nov, 18. The steamer'Centennial, which sank in the harbor in August last by collision with the steamer Kanatiooka, has been raised, and towed fifty yards towards the shore, Nov. 19. A heavy rain has fallen! for the past 36 hours throughout the country districts; and considerable damage has been done to the wheat crops, A letter received from Sir Harry Atkinson, re the American company parleying with, the Hawaiian Government for the exclusive right to lay a cable between Honolulu and San Francisco, is engaging the attention of the Government, 1 Newcastle, Nov. 19. Sailed—Cairntoul for Wellington. Brisbane, Nov. 16. Arrived—Wakatipu from Auckland, AtBANY, Nov, 18. J It has been ascertained that Searle is {suffering from sunstroke.