TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2011, 22 February 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, Feb. 18.

Baron De Worms promised tc enquire into the alleged flogging of natives in Western Australia, The Morning Post thinks that South

Australia will become the wheat country of the future. Referring to the Colonial Divorce Bill, Earl Derby thinks it would be unwise to veto it, and he says the veto ought to fall quietly info disuse. Both

Earl Derby and Mr J. A. Froude believe that the Victoria Divorce Bill will be assented to quietly without fomenting religious opposition.

The gas strike cost the Metropolitan Gas Company £75,000, In the House of Commons to day, Mr Balfour said that at present there

were only forty persons in gaol for offences under the Crimes Act . As to boycotting, the number of offences had

decreased from 4900 to 150, Tbe amendment to the address in reply was 1 negatived by 307 to 240. * Mr Tonhey, the London reporter of * the Freeman’s Journal, has been fined ,J £IOO and costs, for commenting on ' Captain O’Shea’s divorce case. 1

A deputation from the miners’ federa- f lion, waited on Mr Gladstone, Lord Randolph Churchill, and Ear| Dunraveo, 1 \ relative to the Eight Hours’ Bill now * before Parliament. Replying, Mr Glad- i stono said ho would reserve his judg- ( ment for the present. Lord Churchill,

without committing himself, expressed • sympathy with the movement. Lord 1 Dunraven said the measure would have 1 bis support. i Feb, 19. j Mr Gladstone, replying to a depots- ( tion from the Miners’ Federation, said ‘

that be thought eight eight hours a - reasonable period for underground labor, (

but that the public would be opposed to I a general limitation of workmen’s hours. ( He doubted the policy of invoking the 1 assistance of the public, 2 The colonial and English Churches 1 are making strong efforts to prevent the • Queen’s assent being given to the Vic- ' torian Divorce Bill, the Bishop of ' Reading asserting that the whole f Christian community of Victoria are '

adverse to tbe Bill. Later. The Cabinet advise that Her Majesty has given her assent to tbe Divorce Bill, i

Information has been received here i that 40 persona have been killed by an < explosion of gas in a colliery at Nervas. Mr Henniker Heaton asserts that it would be feasible to reduce cable rates to Australia to one shilling per word if the ' monopoly enjoyed by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company were terminated. Government have invited each colony

to send delegates to tho International Telegraph Conference, at Paris, in May next, Berlin, Feb, 19. It is intended to ask the Reichstag to spend 13,000,000 marks on workmen’s

dwellings. Feb. 20. Most of the Great Powers agree with the principle of the Emperor William’s

proposal for a labor conference. Pretoria, Feb. 18. President Kroger fears that owing to tbe large number of newcomers tbe Republic of the Transvaal will be secured by Great Britain in a few years. Washington, Feb. 19. The Senate of the United States has ratified tbe Anglo-American Extradition Treaty. Ban Francisco, Feb, 20. After a desperate fight to-day, extending oyer two hours, Jack Dempsey knocked out Billy McCarthy in twentyeight rounds. New Orleans, Feb. 18, In the boxing match to-day, Corbett knocked out Kilrain in the sixth round.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Sydney, Feb, 19. Searle’s estate has been proved at under £I2OO. Dr Fisher, of Collins Street, has been arrested on a charge of malpractice, Tbe patient is in a dying condition, Feb. 20. Reports to band show that tbe yields in the district between Gorowa and the Upper Murray will be little better than, in the previous year. Some wheat returns are most disappointing. Crops which were estimated to produce 15 to 20 bushels per acre only return half that quantity, Tbe quality of the grain is also stated by millers to be inferior. Brisbane, Feb. 20. What are known as the “ Hopeful prisoners,” who were sentenced in 1884 to terms of imprisonment rangjng from life to seven years for kidnapping and murdering natives in the South Sea Islands, hove been released. Perth, Feb, 20. A. rush has set in on Oakever, a tributary of the DeGrey River, where five men found 700 ounces of gold in a few days besides discovering a rich reef. A general stampede from tbe other gold field* ip being made.