TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2066, 1 July 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. : LoNDONij’June 26. ~ A .London,, .insurance company his refuse'! to pay to tf[e ,widow ft .sq.m 9f £IO,OOO upon, s t;he ;of N hf|r husband, who perished ,in thfa. Quetta disaster. The company allege.that, I be evidence of i death.is insufficient., t In the course of a speech to-day,Mr 1 W, S. Paine, M.P.for Barjcow,strongly denounced : the •. Government), oyer, the compensation.question,, anq again stated his intention of resigning,, his seat and seeking) ■. re-election. as“-an independent Liberal, ~The local faction, contrary to the wishes of Mr Gladstone, yvill run a RadicaLcandidate against him, ■ The Unionists are.also selecting a candidate, hoping to secure Mr Caine’s.expulsion. The Times states,.that a private gram from .Hobart announces that Government have, made np their minds to purchase the, Tasmanian main due for £1,100,000. A rumor is. afloat that Lord Hartingr ton will become premier at an early date, | Lord Salisbury remaining at the Foreign 1 Office. 'J he Australian Chilling and Freezing Company has been registered. The capital is, a quarter_of a million. Several of Nelson and Co.’s firm are directors.. Mr Henniker Heaton is agitating in the Press for the reductions of cable messages to Is per word. June 28.. ! .Sixteen thousand copies of f , Stanleyls new book were sold on the first day. lhe Australian, edition will arrive in the colonies at; the end of August, The Colonial Quarterly Review,' which is projected by Sir M. E Grant-Duff, the Earl of Derby, Sir John Lubbock, and Mr J. A. Fronde, will oppose Imperial Federation, and advocate an alliance between kinsfolk in preference to the more ambitious scheme of empire. Lord Burlington is supporting Mr Wainwright, a Unionist, candidate, against W. S, Caine, for Barrow; The Eighty Cmb have , put forward Mr Duncan (Radical). .. James Fleet, a returned New Zealander, fall from a cliff in the Orkney Island and died from the effect of the injuries received. The Netherlands troopship Prins Fredeiickp bound to Java, collided with the steamer i Morphissa in the English Channel, : during a thick Tog, The former vessel foundered. Seven of the troopgwere.drowned. Tbe-Prins Frederick hid a valuable cargo on board, also a million sterling, i The Morphissa has arrived safely at Falmouth, Severe gales have been experienced at the Orkney Islands, Nine fishing boats were wrecked and thirty-five persons drowned* .The debentures of the Western Australia Midland Railway are being ; taken . freely at. a premium ol to 5 per , cent. , Mr D.'Mean, who has been inyestigai ting tbe affaiis of the Bank of New ; Zealand, has arrived from Auckland. The directors of the Bank entirely deny j the reported reconstruction ot the board, Mr Cecil Bailees, the PostmasterGeneral, has undertaken to consider Sir Dillon Bell’s proposal that in the event of the renewal of the San Francisco mail service] the British Government should defray the cost of the transit of ,mails , beiween Loodon and Sac Francisco. It is hoped that the Australian crullers will be,ready to sail in Ueoer^hef, . Jf the residents qf E(e]igqUnd .are hos" i tile to tfcie cession of that Island to;Qermany, Mr .Gladstqne and Lord Rosebery will opposq|it being done. - Mr W. H. Smith has finally with- i drawnitbe licensing proposals, owing to the Speaker’s ruling in regard To J the licensing . funds;; being' averse to the Government, Jt jo considered probable that the lilhes Bill will alqo be held over. Lord Randolph Churchill's friepds.are ,; supporting a .movement to secure his re-entry-infco the O’binet. In the House of Commons'(to-day the ' debate on the Western Australian Con- ! stimtion Rill was resumed. The H(buse | adjourned before passing clause 1) and , the Bill is net likely to come' up for i; consideration again for a fortnight,' It is, however, considered certain to pass j in the shape recommended by the Com- ; raittee, i I In the House of Commons 10-dey Sir f James Fergusson denied that the Island ( of Dominioo, in the West Indies, was being exchanged i for French rights in Newfoundland., , , The Pelican Club, has increased the amount of the purse for a fight between; Slavin, and McAuliffe to £SOOO, and the Ormond Club is offering a similar stake. Brussels, June 28. At the Anti - Slavery Conference, Holland has abandoned its opposition to the Congo Free State _ raising revenue by means of import duties, Berlin, June 26. Prince Bismarck considers that England has got the best of the African bargain, especially with regard to Zanaibar, {

} Sofia, June 28. I The sentence ,of the Court, ordering Major Papitza, vrho was cpnvictpd of plotting to,dethrone Prince Ferdinand, fo bo shot, was ! carried 1 out to-d«jyl with imposing military display. 1 Mew ioRK, Jane 27. .. Details, ijiand of, thp death,of the President of San Salvador, showing that G* neraT Ezrta Riirprised the capital and sent]; General Marcial. to announce the revolt to President Abenendez, who was then at a ball. The latter immediately shot Marcial and then died of excitement, .The revolt has caused a change of government. Owing, to Lord Sadsbory’s, .strong protest) Mr' 1 t ßlairie has recalled the vessels directed t'n 'search for suspected sealers in Behring’s Straits. Mr Blaine suggests that the Pope should be asked to arbitrate. St. Johns. June 27. A Blue, Book on. the Newfoundland fishery dispire has been issued. In a despatch -of May last the Marquis oft Salisbury refuses to recognise the right ibf French commanders to interfere with British commanders. The St.John’s correspondent of the Daily Newsjtelegraphs that, the co|onis ! s are purchasing rifles, and that a collision with the French is feared. Mr B»jrd has seerved the captain of H.M.S. Eraeraldi-with a writ, claiming damages on beha’f of the owners of twenty.eix : lobster factories whose opetalions were suspended. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, June 27.. Arrived— from Auckland. A Bill has b'en introduced into the New Somh Wales Parliamml to °nable Cbaflfey Bros, to establish irrigation works on the Nepean, The which was‘sent to the New Uebiidea by the Presbyterian Church reports that (lie missions are flourishing, an! lb* - the missionaries have been established on Espirim Sauto, The operations of the French Company are becoming .more extensive, but FranoeviHe as a commune is practically broken up. Hobart, June 27. Lord Carrington, assisted by the Earl of Kintore, Governor of South Australia, and the leading masons of the other colonies, yesterday installed the Key. Mr Harris first, grand master of the Grand Lodge of /Tasmania. Ibe ceremony was of a brilliant characer. The infection which is spreading among the sheep is said not to be the Cumberland disease, and opinions differ whether it is “ stomach stampers ” or “ liver rot.”