TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2008, 15 February 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 11

Distressing scenes took place at the funerals of the miners killed in the Newport colliery accident. Sir Arthur Gordon retires on a pension.

The returns just published show that seven and a half millions extra were expended on alcohol in 1889. Mr Parker Smith, Unionist, has been elected for the Patrick division of Lanarkshire, rendered vacant by the death of Mr A. Craig Seller. His opponent, Sir C. Tonnant, was defeated by a majority of 219. [At the last election Mr A, Craig Seliar, the Liberal Unionist candidate, was elected by a majority of 801 votes over the Giadstonian candidate, Mr R. A. McLean.] A testimonial and purse cf five hundred sovereigns, raised by the Sportsman in recognition of Slavin's plucky conduct during the fight with Smith, has been presented to the Australian.

Orders have been issued to the Woolwich arsenal to construct sixty Zalinski guns, an American invention lor throwing shell containing a powerful charge of dynamite to long distances. Mr Lewis Henry Isaacs, M.P. for Walworth, was to-.iay fastened in a room by his paramour, and as he refused to sign a cheque at her rpquesi; she shot him with a revolver. His injuries are not of a serious nature.

Pakis, Feb. 11.

It is probable that the Duke of Orleans will be committed to prison, and finally expelled from France, The Czar has implored leniency on the Duke's behalf.

Tho Commission appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Panama Canal aud tho prospects of the undertaking will report iu favor of the continuation of the work. Later.

The Due d' Orleans has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment, lhere was great excitement in court, and he has beeu granted ten days in which to appeal,

Sofia, Feb. 11. If Prince Ferdinand had been dethroned, those taking part in the conspiracy had arranged to murder both him and Panitza, Panitza and the other officers concerned in the abortive plot have been cashiered and handed over to the civil authorities. St. Petersburg, Feb. 11. Nine thousand two hundred and fortyone pounds weight of gold, raised in the Siberian mines, has been received from Trukska,

Zanzibar, Feb. 11. Mwanga has been restored to Uganda, Washington, Feb. 11. Mrs Parnell, mother of the Irish leader, is moving Congress for the payment of monej alleged to bo owing to her father.

Scout reserve hag been opened for settlement, and fighting among the claimants of sections is feared.

The Gentiles have sustained a majority in the State elections in Utah. The trial of the persons accused of attempting to bribe the jury in the Cronin trial has begun at Chicago. The principal defendant has fled. New York, Feb, 11. Mr Andrew Carnegie, "The Iron King" of America, who owns rich mineral territory beyond the Alleghany mountains, has offered £200,000 as a donation to the Pittsburg public libraries,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Feb. 11. Sailed—Mararoa, for the Bluff. The four-masted ship Holyhead, inward bound from London, has been wrecked on Point Lonsdale, All the crew are safe. She was commanded by Captain Williams, who was at one time captain of the ship Coringa, well known in the New Zealand trade. The cargo is valued at £60,000, and the hull at £25,000, but as far as is known at present these are covered by insurance. Mr J. T. Brown, ex-member of the Legislative Assemb'y for Mandurang, has recovered £SOOO damages from the Age for alleged libel. The amount claimed by Mr Brown was £20,000. An intercolonial conference will probably meet during the first week in March to make iaqairies into red rust, which has been playing such havoc with wheat crops in the agricultural districts. Though typhoid fever is more prevalent than last year, the disease is not so fatal.

Sydney, Feb. 12. Sailed—Wakatipu.

•d • « Feb - 18. .Trices of silver stock have declined, and the fall is believed to be due to the operations of a ring. A baloonist named Williams had a narrow escape at Ashfield to-day. He had asconded to a considerable height and something went wrong with the ropes, and he could not descend until after ho had reached a height of 12,000 feet, He fell into the George river, but was rescued. At 10,000 feet he says the cold wag intenge.

Albany, Feb. 13

Arrived—P. and O. steamer Oceania from Plymouth. Passengers for New Zealand—Messrs Chow (2), Turner (2), Blackett, filler, Smith, Read, Aitkcn' Mcßetb, Spencer and wife, Miss Knight] Mrs Richardson, and three boys.