TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2021, 18 March 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, March 13

The Cape loan is for one million, at 3-| per cent, not 'hree and a half millions. Tenders will be opened on March 20th. The minimum is fixed at par. Victoria is unwilling to raise two loans this year in the manner proposed when the announcement was first made, and will try to obtain the full amount in -\pril, when money is expected to be cheaper. ihe Standard, in referring to the remarks of Lord Rando'pb Churchill on on the Parnell Commission, characterises him as a deadly enemy of the Ministry, and considers that os he has forfeited' the respect of the Conservative party it would be belter and more consistent if he crossed to the opposite side of the House.

Phelan, the Nationalist, is dead, S;r Howard Elpbinstone, passenger by the New Zealand steamer Tongariro to Tcneriffe, was swept oyer by a heavy sea and drowned. The South African Gold Trust has declared a dividend of 100 per cent.

The Standard states that a modus vivendi has been arrived at with Prance respecting the dispute over the Newfoundland fisheries.

The barque Golden Fleece, which left Kaipara for Glasgow, on November 27th, with a large cargo of timber, arrived there to-day.

March 14

Viscount Dunlo, who created a sensation iu London on the Ist July last by marrying Mies Billon, a singer at the Alhambra Music Hall, is petitioning for a divorce on the ground of his wife’s adultery with a bric-a-brac dealer. In the Commons to-day the motion of Sir E, K. Haraley, member for Birkenhead, favoring more liberal treatment of volunteers, was carried, ihe Government opposed the motion, bat many of the Conservatives end Unionists parties voted for it,

The election for Stoke-upon-Trent caused by the resignation of Mr W, L, Bright, resulted in the return of Mr Leveson Gower, a Gladstone-Liberal, who polled 4157 votes against 2926 by Mr Allen, the Tory candidate.

It has been discovered that the explosion in the Aorfa colliery, resulting in a large loss of life, was caused by a miner firing a shot without permission. The discovery has caused a great sonsaticn.

The Glenrock Company have decided to reform with a capital of £315,000, and propose to absorb the Premier Goldraining Company of New Zealand. Paris, March 13.

M. Pasteur denies that he sought any reward for his remedy for the extermination of rabbits in Australia, and alleges that the two assistants sent out by him were prevented from making necessary experiments to show the efficiency of hia system.

March 15

A Frenchman out walking crossed the German frontier line near Belford, and was arrested by the German rangers on a charge of poaching. After being handcuffed be was taken to Mulheusen.

M, Tirard, Ihe Premier, Iras decided to resign, and M. do Freycinet has undertaken the task of forming a uew Ministry. Johannesburg, March 13.

Three of those who took part in the recent riot have been charged with treason. There is great excitement among the British population of the Transvaal,

Lima, March 13

Indians attacked and sacked the town of Huanla, murdering 100 of the residents.

New York, March 13

Heavy floods have been experienced in the Mississippi river, and thousands of cattle drowned. The river was 40 miles wide at Memphis. Arkansas was inundated to a depth of two feet. The American dynamite cruiser, Vesuvius, has been subjected to a trial trip with excellent results. San Francisco, March 15. In the glove fight to-day Billy Murphy, of New Zealand, knocked out Tommy Warren, of San Francisco, in four rounds.

Ottawa, March 13. Birchall and his wife, convicted of murdering an English tourist, have had the sentence of death commuted,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Melbourne, March 14. Detectives have discovered « complete coining plant in the city. Spurious half-sovereigns, supposed to come from it, are in circulation.

Arrived yesterday—Manapouri, from the Bluff,

March 15. The barley yield last year exceeds that of the previous year by 676,659 bushels,

Sydney, March 14

The B.s. Lubeck reports that the recent treaty entered into by America. Great Britain, and Germany is regarded by the residents act satisfactory.

Thursday Island, March 15. The rock on which the British India Company’s steamer Quetta struck lias been discovered half a mile from where the vessel lies.