TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2062, 21 June 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 17. The directors of the Bank of New Zealand are unaware of the authority of the Standard’s statement. that the New Zealand Government will assist the bank to weather its difficulties Shares are up 10s. The Duchess of Fifejjhas been delivered of a still-born child. Mr W. H. Smith, in :the House of Commons, gave notice of a resolution to resume the Government Bills at the same stage next session. Mr Gladstone approved of the action of the Government, June 38. Dr Farrar, Archdeacon of Westminster, has been offered the Deanery of Manchester. Benzon has attended the Bankruptcy Court, and filed a statement showing liabilities £38,000, and assets £12,000.

Sir J. Boehm’s medallion of the late Mr W. B. Dailey will be unveiled at St. Paul’s in July. In the match between the Australians v. South of England the latter won by 97 runs. Lisbon, June 17. It is rumored here that a Mozambique troop has been sent to Angola to repel English aggression, The Portuguese Journal predicts that a serious conflict will take place at Mozambique. June 18. The Portuguese Government requires the burning of the flags in the Shire district to be explained. Madrid, June 18. Thirteen deaths from cholera are reported at Puebla, June 19. Cholera is decreasing. Paris, June 19. France is issuing a 3 per cent loan of 700,000,000 francs (£28,000,000). St. Petersburg, June 18. The Nihilists committee has announced its intention to resume energetic action for the purpose of putting an end to Absolutism which in Russia takes the form of an insupportable Despotism. Arrests are numerous. Cairo, June 19. Smallpox is prevalent in Egypt. Buenos Ayres, June 18. The Government of the Argentine Republic has cancelled thirty million of illegally issued dollar notes. New York, June 17. By an explosion in a mine at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, 50 miners were entombed San Francisco, Juno 18, Mount Shasta, the famous peak in the north of California, more than 18,000 feet in height, has vanished. The catastrophe is attributed to volcanic agency.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, June 19. Sailed yesterdav—Wairarapa for the Bluff. Sydney, June 18. Arrived—Jubilee. Dr McLeod, convicted of bigamy, was sentenced to three years’ imnrisonment. Arrived—Tekapo from Wellington, Brisbane, June 18. Heavy floods are being experienced in the soutb-west districts and CunnamulU, a town situated on the east bank of tbe Warrego river, County of Wellington, is inundated. June 19. If the Imperial Government join in the cable guarantee, the Queensland Government will agree to bear a share, but will not share the subsidy, Adelaide, June 18. The captain of the You Yangs states that the compasses became affected by the cargo (steel rails), and put the vessel off her course. Hobart, June 19, Rich silver lodes have been discovered at Mount Dundas, County of Montague.