TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2053, 31 May 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND’ FOREIGN. London, May 27. The Agents-General have arranged for the following reductions in cable rates 4s per word for .messages' sent by the public, 3s 6d for those sent by the Governments, and Is lOd for Press messages. 1 The R.M.S. Kaihoura arrived at Plymouth yesterday with her passengers 1 all well, and her cargo of frozen meat in; good condition. . I The Zalinski gun was tested at West Point to-day when it achieved a range 1 of 4100 feet which is 600 feet in excess of that specified in the contract. An' eight inch projectile containing 1001 b of dynamite Was used. 1

. Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Company believe that the ship Marlborough now overdue from Lyttelton.has collided with an iceberg and foundered, J The second innings of the Australians closed for 125. The match was won by Yorkshire. I The Hon, Francis Abigail, of New South Wales, is arranging with th! Ulster Royalist Union to send delegate! to Australia to controvert the results of the Home Rule mission. 1 It is asserted that the German telei graph officers are forbidden to transmit Prince Bismarck’s attacks on the Gojvernraent, ! Cardinal Laviegeri denies that the priests are conniving at the German tactics in connection with Uganda. May 28, Mr Gladstone, replying to an Irish deputation which waited on him at Hawarden, said that the three persons killed by the police at Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, were innscent victims, and were ruthlessly murdered. An exhaustive enquiry into the circumstances had been refused by the Government. He condemned England for allowing evictions to be carried out. Mr F, Abigail, formerly Minister of Mines in Sir Henry Parkes’s Cabinet, writing to the Times, proteets against Mr Gladstone ascribing the exclusion of Chinese from New South Wales to the Protectionists. Mrs O’Shea denies any misconduct on her part. May 29. The steamer Ashleigh Brook, which was wrecked on Dassen Island, near Capetown, was in ballast, and bad no cargo ou board. The hussars dtew their sabres and charged the crowds at Cashel, Tipperary, and its vicinity, The police used their batons vigorously. Many persons were seriously wounded, and amongst those who came in for the attentions of the police were Messrs Dillon and O’Brien. Mr Jenner, cashier at the Hindmarsb branch of the National Bank of Australia, has surrendered himself to the London police, and admits having embezzled £4OO, the moneys of the bank. He was brought before a. magistrate and remanded. Paris, May 25. M, Rochfort admits that Boulangism is dormant for the present, but asserts that the friendship between Germany and Prance would ensure its revival, Washington, May 28. The Senate rejected a motion by Mr Blair that England be requested to withdraw her warships and dismantle her forts in American waters.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, May 28. A coal train on a private line at Singleton, 147 miles N.W, of Sydney, ran away through the breaking of; a coupling, and a quantity of rolling stock was smashed and the guard hadi a narrow escape. Arrived R.M.S, Mariposa, from Auckland. The New Zealand athletic team are in active training. May 29, The mail trAio to Bourke was derailed yesterday at Glendriff, and almost completely wrecked. Four passengers were seriously injured and many badly shaken. At the sale of the Hobartville stud at Richmond to-day the brood mare yielded an a Sß re ß ate 5250 guineas and sires 4360 guineas. The mares Aurav and Sapphire were bought by Mr R. Mason, of Christchurch, for 220 and 320 guineas respectively, Mr James White bought the imported mare White and Blue for 1060 guineas. Trenton was started at- 500, and was eventually knocked down to Mr W. Wilson, of Victoria, for ,8000 guineas. At Newcastle to-day a small harbor steamer with 800 begs of grain and produce on board, which had been lightered from the s.s. Manapouri, capsized and sank, Melbourne, May 28. The want of confidence debate is proceeding. The Premier defended the Budget in a speech of great length, and severely handled Mr J. Munro for saying that the Budget was a fraud and a sham, , May 29. Sailed, yesterday—Tarawera, lor the Bluff,

The charges against the auditors of the Premier Permanent Building Society are based on statements by the liquidators that the accounts have been unduly inflated in order to deceive the public. A sum of £20.000 has apparently vanished altogether.