TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2037, 24 April 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 20. The Prince of Wales has returned to London from his visit to Cannes. April 22. Mr W. O’Brien is engaged to be married to a Parisian heiress. Paris, April 21. Latest news from Dahomey is to the effect that the French beheaded five Amazons out of revenge for the beheading of four French sentries by Dahomeyans. M. Lemoine, editor of Leg Debats, a Republican organ, in an article on affairs in Egypt, advises France to dismiss the idea of Egypt being evacuated by England as an empty dream, and says that it would be far better for Prance to submit to the inevitable and cultivate the friendship of England. France created the position and the spoils belonged to the victor#, L*» Liberie says that the position of England in Egypt is similar to that of France in Tunis, and that it is absurd to press for the evncuaiion of the country, . An anti-Semitic agitation has been set on fool jn France, Ihe Rothschilds are specially denounced, The Portuguese and Italian flee’s escort the President to Ajaccio, in Corsica, Berlin, April 21. The Beetroot Sugar Refiners’ Union protest strongly against the proposed rxpnrt bounties. Prince Bisnmck will became ■ candidate for a seat in the Reichstag. Herr Plessen, the German naval attache accused of buying plans from a Russian officer at Cronstadl, is about to bring libel actions against the newspapers which published the report. Calcutta, April 19.

The work of piercing a tunnel 'hrough the Khojak Pass be'ween Quetta nod Oandahar bos been finished, the completion of the work removes the last obstacle to railway communication with Candahnr. It was greeted with enthusiasm by the men employed on the line. Pretoria, March 22. The rioters at Johannesburg were let off with light fines, or were acquitted. ]Sew York, April 21. There is a rumor that Sullivan, tha pugilist, is dead, having broken a bloodjj vessel while boxing at Boston, bat a later message denies the troth of the report. Washington, April 21. The Caucus Committees have abandoned the Silver Purchase Bill, The advocates of free coinage of silver are preparing a measure which shall be acceptable to all parties. It will limi ; the issue of notes to tbo amount of silver produced in the States. April 22. The Secretary of the Treasury considers that the scheme propounded by the Senate for dealing with the silver difficulty is extreme.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, April 20. Ihe Postmaster-General has detaiq n d a parcel of diamonds valued at £SQOQ The reason assigned js that the atones were sent to a diamond broker in Melbourne. by a defaulting insolvent in B< >! , giura. The Belgian Consol has gu nt.» teed tbo Government against any loss wbich may be incurred by their acton. April 21. The Mounted Rifhs have accepted an invitation to take part in th* military tournament next year.