TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2064, 26 June 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, London, June 21, Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir James Fergusson, in reply to Sir Thomas Esmond, said that they did not intend to publish the papers in connection with the enquiry , held at Sydney into the mutiny on board H.M.S. Egeria. The executiou of the Samoan Treaty has been deterred owing to local obstacles which are in the way. It is asserted that the inhabitants of Heligoland are opposed to the island being ceded to Germany. June 23. It is reported that Great Britain has* arranged with Franco with regard to Zanzibar. The St, James’ Gazette, in referring to the amount cabled from Melbourne in. aid of the survivors of the Balaclava charge, states that it is peculiarly gratifying to see the colonies assisting; those who in the past have been neglected. At Hurlingham Gun Club meeting’ Mr W. Snyer, of the Melbourne Gun; Club, won the cup, value £SO, and £l2; sweepstakes, killing eleven pigeons in succession. Mr W. H. Smith, leader of the House of Commons, has dropped the publicans’ compensation clauses, and the tax is to accumulate pending legislation on the question.

In reply to questions in the House of Commons, the Government stated that the Sultan of Zanzibar had consented to a protectorate. French rights in Zanzibar were not affected. It was not intended to appoint colonial representatives upon the committee to consider expiring treaties of commerce. Lord Carington would resign the Governorship of New South Wales in November next, and his snecessor would be appointed The Marquis of Lothian is mentioned as Lord Carington’s successor. In consequence of the diminished majorities secured by the Government on the licensing question, Mr Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, threatens to resign office unless tbe whips of the Government party refuse to grant leave of absence to supporters while the measure is pending, Paris, June 21. M. Ribot, in the Chamber of Deputies, said that according to the Berlin Convention it was necessary for Great Britain to arrange with France previous to taking action in feast Africa. Berlin, June 21. Ihe Emperor, in addressing the workmen at Krupp’s manufactory, at Essen, in Rhenish Prussia, announced that he intended to petseyere with his labor policy. June 24. Major Wissman, who has arrived at Zanzibar, considers that the settlement agreed to between Germany and England in regard to East Africa is a deathblow to Germany in Africa. In responding to an address presented to him to-day, signed by thirty thousand Berliners, Prince Bismarck declared that it was impossible for him to become a dumb dog, and he claimed the right to speak in the interests of peace even if he stood alone, Sofia, June 23.

Bulgaria will repudiate the suzerainty of Turkey unless Prince Ferdinand is recognised. Constantinople, June 23. It is reported that the Russian Black Sea squadron will make a demonstration in Turkish waters to prevent compliance with the Bulgarian Note demanding the recognition of Prince Ferdinand by the Porte. Naples, June 23. Sporadic cholera has appeared hero. Capetown, Jane 21. The African colonial press denounce the agreement arrived at between England and Germany over the East African question. They describe Zan zibar as the key to Africa. New \ork, June 21. A correspondent of the New ¥ork Gerald states that 200 Newfoundlanders and Frenchmen came to blows at Port-. au-Princa. 'I fought with clubs, oars, and fcottt hooks, and numerous broken bones were the result, The Frenchmen, who were in a minority, got the worst of it, | St. Johns, June §3. 1 The British owners refuse to close the lobster factors established on the preach shore,

AUSTRALIAN CARLE,

Sydney, June 23. The sculling race between Stausbury and O’Connor for £SOO a side rmilied in favor of the former by 3 lengths, O’Connor claimed a foal, but it was disallowed. He lodged u protest. Sailed«*-Tekapo and Jubilee. June 24, Sailed—S.S. Wabatipu, for Wellington, Stansbury and O’Connor have mutually agreed to row the race over again on Monday next.

The Sydney Morning Herald, in the course of an article favorably reviewing the Speech from the Throne at the opening of the New Zealant Parliament, says that a noticeable feature is that there is no mention of farther borrowing. It would be nothing short of foolhardiness to make an appeal to the London money market at present, till the injury caused by the New Plymouth Harbor Board repudiation is in some way re paired. The abstention from borrowing is a matter of necessity, not choice. The Government must take some specific action to restore the confidence of the public crediior before a new loan is even contemplated, Melbourne, Judo 24. Alpress was seniencnd to six years’ hard labor for his embezz | era°nt from the Commercial Bank, Melbourne. Adelaide, Jane 24 ( By steamer). Sir Francis Dillon Bell, speaking at the Telegraph Conference at Paris, in referring to the cable reduction, said that this reduction would be accompanied by a reduction of 50 per cent for international telegrams sent over New Zealand cab'es, and at the same time a further reduction would take place in the rales between Australia and New Zealand, whicli would become 6s for ten words for ordinary messages, while press messages would be reduced to 2d per word. Hobart, June 23. A serious outbreak of Cumberland disease has occurred ; the infection is spreading rapidly, and healthy sheep once attacked die within a few minutes.