TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2023, 22 March 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March Id. Lord Salisbury declined to propose a vote for the relief of starving inhabitants of the Soudan, March 19. Another anonymous gift of £50,000 has been received by (he Hospi'al and Convalescent Patients Home. '1 lie Duka of Manchester is in a critical condition at Naples, Tbs Globe states that M. Da Capriri has been appointed to succeed Prince Bismarck. Obituary John Rogers Herbert, R.A., aged 80 years. It is stated that the conference of Conservatives summoned for Thursday is to consider the propriety of a dissolution. Lord Salisbury will probably threaten his party with it, unless the Government is loyally supported and business advanced. Mr W. S, Caine, Unionist whip,! states that Mr Goschen is in favor of dissolving after Easter. The Government suffered, defeat by a small majority on a clausa in the Rights-of-Way Bid in Scotland, Arrived—Fifeehire. Paris, March 18. The Government formed by M. de Preycinet advocate stringent protection in matters agricultural, M, de Freycinet promises legislation to ameliorate the condition of the working class and to provide for the indigent ! in old age. He has a majority of 250. March 19. News has been received that a French outpost on the Congo has been attacked by the natives and eleven of their number massacred: Calcutta, March' lß; A rumor has obtained publicity to the effect that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been killed, together with several of his entourage, and that many others had escaped to Persia and Bokhara. Cabul, March 18. Ishask Khan is preparing; to make an incursion over the Afghan frontier. Washington, March 18. The sentence of twelve months’ imiprisonment on Sullivan for fighting Kilrnin has been quashed by the Court of Appeal. The Committee of Ways and Means of the American Congress advise the reduction of the sugar duty by sixty per cent, and condemns the payment of bounties. Ottawa, March 19. The Ontario Assemby has prohibited the sale of liquor to members. San Francisco, March 19. The American laundrymen have coalesced to underbid the Chinese;

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, March 19. Admiral Scott, in the course of au interview with the Minister of Defence, said he bad no objection to local officers joining the Imperial warships for short periods when accommodation could be provided for them, The Don. G. Bell suggested that a larger number of colonial cadets should be received in the navy, also that sham fights should be arranged on the arrival of the five Aus-. traiian cruisers in August, i March 20, Sailed—Te Anau, for Auckland. A serious railway accident occurred on the railway to-day. Mrs Parsons, wife of a settler at Penrith, was attempting to cross the line, when the buffer of the approaching train caught her arm, and she was thrown round under the engine, and cut to pieces, death being instantaneous. The meeting of Bishops resolved that they would best serve the interests of the Church by concurring in the election of Canon Sauinerez Smith to the Primacy of Australia. The committee endorsed the resolution, Several assaults on women have been reported to the police, but no arrests have yet been effected. The criminal is supposed to be an escaped lunatic. Melbourne, March 19. The Argus, reviewing Captain Russell’s remarks on federation, considers the New Zealand alliance only postponed, not finally rejected, and that time will lessen the objection which that colony has to joining the others. When ISew Zealand is ready to join it considers that it is very unlikely the Dominion Parliament would discard the proposed alliance because of her present action in bolding aloof. Arrived—Rotomahana. Sailed—-Manapouri. Hobart, March .19, Arrived, 10 a.m.—R.M.S. Kaikonra, from Plymouth, en route for New Zealand ; Acacia, from Lyttelton. The Kaikoura sails for New Zealand tomorrow.