TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2057, 10 June 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 6. i The Shaw Savill Company have purchased the steamer Rangatira, capable of carrying 55,000 carcases of rczen mutton. The New Zealand Shipping Company have secured the sister ship, ; Anxiety is increasing lest the Premier should agree to an extension of the German protectorate in Africa to the frontier of Congo Free State, and consent to Germany absorbing Ngamiland, giving access to the upper waters of the Zambesi, The prospect of an agreement between England and Germany in East ;Africa is waning, as the Germans decline to budge from the position' they have laken up, Ibe Channel Tunnel Bill was rejected by a majority of 81 votes. , Sir J, Pender has written denying that Mr Henoiker Heaton is entitled to credit for the redaction in the cable charges.

It is expected that an enormous demonstration against allowing com* pensation to the publicans will be held in Hyde Park on Saturday. June 7. Arrived—Rakaia, ship, from Port Chalmers (February 28) ; Taranaki, ship, from Fort Chalmers (March 11) ; Clackmannanshire, ship, from Lyttelton (March 10) ; Duntrune, ship, from Wellington (February 6); Concordia, barque, from Bluff (March 12) ; Harmodins, barque, from Timaru (February 19(. The Beltana, which put into Lyttelton in December last with her cargo on fire and resumed her voyage on February 22nd.

Mr Stanley openly accuses Emin Pasha of treachery. ihe Agents-General have waited on tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to cable reductions, and urged that the Imperial Government should bear the subsidy and one quarter of the guarantee. Mr Gosnhen promised to give due consideration to the matter. The Admiralty have awarded £BOOO to the salvors of the steamer City of Paris iu recognition of services in connection with the recent accident to the vessel. A public demonstration was made today against the provision in the new Licensing Bill introduced by the Government to grant compensation to publicans whose licenses are refused, Several thousands of persons marched in procession from the Thornes Embank, ment to, Hyde Park where speeches were delivered, protesting against (he proposals. Slight confljcts took place between the police and the processionists. Paris, June 5. A madman blew up a portion of the famous monastery of La Grande Chartreuse, at Grenoble, with dynamite. Further outrages are threatened unless a fine of a million franes (£200,000) be paid. It is probable that tbe proportion of the recidivistes sent to New Caledonia, will be considerably increased, The amount required to oomolete the Panama Canal, provided the existing plant is secured for nothing, is put at nine hundred million francs (£36,000,000), and the time at nine years. June 7. President Carnot has granted a pardon to 72 prisoners convicted of taking part in the disturbances during the strikes.

Berlin, June 6. Chancellor Von Oaprivi has notified the foreign embassies in Berlin that Prince Bismarck’s utterances are wholly unofficial. June 7. Considerable excitement has been occasioned by a statement made in the Eeichetag by the German Minister of War to the effect that it was intended to increase the strength of the army by 50,000 men, to construct additional railways for strategic purposes, and to obtain a further snpply of rifles. The fate of the Army Bill is doubtful. Sofia, June 7. ihe Bulgarian Government will shortly address a Note to Great Britain Italy, and Austria, urging that steps be taken towards obtaining a formal recognition of Bulgaria by Austria.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, June 6. The sculling match between Bubear and Brown for £IOO a side to-day was <vas won by the latter on a foul. A full court reserved decision on the point raised in the McLeod case as to whether the decree of divorce issued to McLeod against his first wife in New Mexico should be recognised. The American Government has presented the wrecks of the United States warships at Apia to Samoa. In the Legislative Council Mr Julian E. Salamons, Q. 0., said he hoped to introduce a bill compelling writers to append their names to articles in news- , papery,

June 7. i The captain of a trading vessel which has arrived here from the Caroline Islands reports, that the natives on the islands are showing a very hostile attitude towards the {Spanish residents, land an outbreak is feared. Ihe natives assert that they are treated like slaves by the colonists, and informed the captain that they wanted British or American protection. The Darling river and its tributaries are again flooding above Bourke, and a repetition of the Bourke disaster is feared, The local branches of the Salvation Army have a project on foot to establish labor bureaus, on similar lines to those to be formed by the headquarters in England. Adelaide, June S, At the opening of Parliament the Speech from the Throne stated that the year’s estimates had been fully realised, and there, was a satisfactory surplus. The Government; intend to introduce bills providing for a progressive, tax on the unimproved value of land, for the remission of duties on tea* coffee, cocoa, and kerosene, and the’ reduction of the sugar duty; a measure dealing with local option is promised.