TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2032, 12 April 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 9. Stanley has started for Brussels, via Brindisi. He has expressed his indignation at British sportsmen destroying the game on the banks of African rivers, on the ground that it will be needed in the future for the support of navvies engaged in (he construction of railways. Emin has written to the Relief Committee, declining to visit England, Arrived—Ship Piako, from Tirmru (December 20th) ; ship Orari, from Napier. (December 7th); and Ochtertyre, from Wellington (December 21st). All in time for coming wool sales. It is hoped that Mr Parnell will inaugurate the new builling at Tippe. very built for the reception of evicted tenants.

A British League bas been started at Cardiff to promote the representation of labor in the House of Commons. The Victorian loan of £4,000,000, issued at par, is already quoted at a premium of per cent. Obituary—Edward Lloyd, the famous tenor vocalist, aged 45. The Duke of Manchester’s n-mains were buried at Kimbolton. The Queen and Prince of Wales sent wreaths. The Oalli ripe’s men were warm'y received at Portsmouth. The ship wi i probably be visited by .Royalty. Bishop Parry, of Dowr, is recovering. The brewers are agitating for a reduction of taxation. At a labor meeting to-day, representing 120,000 employes, resolutions were carried in favor of amendments to the factory laws as adopted by the union, and the creation of • sick and accident assurance fund. The congress of the Labor Electoral Association, sitting at Hanley, recommends the payment oi members of the House of Commons. Paris, April 8. It is said that the cordial treatment of the French delegates to the Berlin Conference has done much to soften the bitter feeling between the two nations. It is expected that President Carnot and the Emperor will confer at Brussels shortly. Berlin, April 8, The Kaiser intends to appoint an Imperial Ministry, with the Chancellor as Premier. He hopes to persuade the Czar to meet the Emperor of Austria at the Silesian manoeuvres in the autumn.

It is repotted that tho Lmpprnr is not adverse to a responsible Ministry. He dined with Count Bismarck yesterday. The Rmperor has forbidden duelling in Germany, unless a military Court of Honor sanctions the men going out, in the case of a b'ow or an insult to a lady relative, April 10. A high German official declares that Uganda, Unigoro, and all the head waters of the Nile appertain to tho English zone in East Africa, £t. Petersburg, April 10. The Oz*r is visiting Poland, Vienna, April 8. The strikers pillaged a dcz-m Jewish shops in the suburbs, and demolished two police stations. The police were power'ess until tho military arrived and dispersed the mob. Many were injured. Poke, April 10. A financial crisis, resulting from the building mania, is imminent in this city. Morocco, April 8. A rich resident of this city murdered sixteen of his mistresses, and, with two accomplices, packed the headless trunks in cases, which were sent to Mazagani, where they were opened, Washington, April 8. iho Pensions Committee recommend a gratuity to Mrs P-mie 1 (mother ol the Irish leader} (if fifty dollars per month. April 10. The Pan-American Congress has decided to have recourse to arbi'ration in all disputes except where the independence of a country is concerned. Wew Aork, April 9. Ivilrnin, the pugilist, has issued an open challenge for 5000 dollars a side, in hopes that Slavin will take il up. Ottawa, April 9. The Dominion Ministry propose a renewal of the modus vivendi with tho United blales in regard to the fisheries. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, April 9. Yesterday a boat capsized on Lake Macquarrie, and before succour cou'd arrive three of the occupants, named Ihompßon, Spencer, and Dalv were drowned. * ’ It has leaked out that something approaching a mutiny occurred ou board Ii.M.S. Egeris, the survey ship of the Pacific station, during her voyage from this port to Auckland. The Egeria which is at present at Auckland, has been ordered back to Sydney, where tho ringleaders in the affair will bo tried by court martial, , . April 10. Arrived—Lubock, from Samoa, All is quiet in iho iglandpj and bugiuegg is dull,

live protracted voyage of the American warship Iroquois, four mouths out from Honolulu, is causing anxiety. A rich stiver lode has been found at Gingelic, An important salt deposit, said to bo tqual to that at Liverpool, has been discovered nt Tumberumbo. Arrived—Waihora from Auckland, Melbourne, April 9. It is feared that as damp cold weather sets in influenza will become a very serious menace to public health. The epidemic is spreading rapidly, and there is no sign of it abating, April 10. Sailed vasterda^— Tnr;a s,et.a, Jgr..„t.b.a. Bluff,' -- Brisbane, April 10. The nautical enquiry into the loss of the steamer Quetta is still going on. The diver who examined the vessel reports that in the whole length from the engine room to the bow of the steamer there is a huge cavity, to the width of (wo or thre plaios, which are cut oat, and the whole hull is badly twisted.