TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2091, 28 August 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

| 'Affi v FQREIGN,

| . LoNßaNyirAag; 23. | . The Government #reliniking enquiries . into the potato blight inMrelsnd; | In their second innings Gloucester made; ISO.; The : won the fnktch byiaSght wickets. |-■ Ang. '25. j j it is reported t/batia thousand ‘ deaths from - Cholera have cobdrred -in China and' Japan, ‘A* meeting-at Limerick, attefaded by j30,G00 cpeopTe, passed: a‘ rote of confidence’ as: Bishop jo’Dwjrer-. '■■■! • ' _ ■- ( A rumor ie current Prince of [Wales lias been !e£i • a Splendid legacy |by a gentleman ; recehtly : deceased. In addressing a meeting at Liverpool, Mr Henry George, 5 in referring to feilerajijon, said that, the only obstacle in the way of w.eldihg ; together the Englishspeaking people was the absence of freetrade in several of the Australian colonies. NeW Sodtb Wales was ! ah exception, : 'iihd with ' freetradd was rapidly becoming prosperous. Referring to the unjeni ployed difficulty., in Australia Mr jGeqrgn said that he was convinced the cause was the locking np of the land, I The harvest of the r Jnited Kingdom Its not generally prosperous. The haj ! jcrop is a failure, and whekt partially so. The bafejy crop is heavier than last year I but the quality is poor. The oat yield Its satisfactory. Mr Dillon, speaking at Limerick, > dejclared that.boycotting was the war of Ithe unarmed against terrible oppression, land was eff.-ciive when wisely used to I vindicate theirrights and justice, | without which the cause of Ireland would inot .be .advanced. He defended himself ■Against Bishop O’Dwyer’s charges, Mr (Mr O’Brien denounced the Bishop as a /supporter of the landlords. Bishop O’Dwyer, in a letter to the ‘Freeman’s Journal says that the multitude are incapable of judging properly, j He denounces boycotting, and insists on (obedience to the Pope, i Arrived—-Sierra Bianca from Lytjtelton (May 28th.) | The potato blight has spread over the j whole of the south of Ireland, i Rain has injured the bay crop, and; Ismut the wheat.

The formation of a Chemical Union baa not been completed, and it is predicted that it'will collapse, i It is reported that a revolt has (occurred in Honolulu, and that King {Ktlaksu has been driven into .exile.

Pakib; Aug.- 25. Influenza hits again appeared here and a'so in Vienna.

. Berlin, Aug. 25. Dr Peters has arrived, Denso crowd*, welcomed him home trorn Africa. TbeVEmperor of has jorrived at Memel. Ho is strongly impressed with Russia’s desire for : peaee. Rove, Aug. 25. During the Italian army mancauvroß batteries of artillery‘were firing for half an hour with’ smokeless jpbwder without jtheir position being observed. ■ ; : Aug. 26. •; The Pope has written to Cardinal Manning, expressing regret at the death jof Cardinal Newman.' St. • Petersburg, Aug. 25.

The interview between the Czar and the Emperor ol, M Germpoy. was of a cordial character. At the; farewell banquet tbs two manarchs mutually (pledged each other’s health. General Oaprivi has ; been decorated by the Czar. Constantinople, Aug. 25. Yielding to strong representations made by the European Powers, the iSultan has banished Mdussa Bey, : the ■.Khurdish chief whose followers were iguilty tof outrages in Armenia, to Mecca. | .. New Yob*, Aug. 25. | ( Advices from Central America report llhat the San Salvador troops repulsed the 1 Honduras forces numbering 4000, after Ifive hours fighting, with hea-fy slaughter; i• ' ■■■■' ’-•nnn- > • J 26, Guatemala and San Salvador have (signed terms of peace. | AUSTRALIAN CABLE. ( Brisbane, Aug. 25. , The Norwegian barque Joseph Toldestrum, from Sydney to Spain, has been wrecked in Endeavour strait. The crew were saved, ! Aug. 26. ; The Norwegian barque Joseph Toldei strum, from Sydney to Spain, which went ashore in Endeavor Strait, and was abandoned by the,crew, did not sink as was thought‘she would, and the wreck was recovered by a salvager party and ! towed to Prince of Wales Island.

Stdkby, Aug. 26. The Commissioner of Customs has decided a rather important point in connection with the shipment of hydraulic lime from Whangare',which has hitherto | come in doty free. The Customs Department subjected the lime to chemical analysis, and having decided that it is identical with cement demanded 12s 2d per ton. The Comoaissioner upholds the Collector’s demands. Melbourne, Aug. 25. After fifteeen years’ work a miner has attack f?M puppoged \q be a conjieua-

jof sw»nV.. .’Bift^liy,'S )’;Cpnnqr dine of ireef.near M^meßbary. 'he.crasbing gave, ten tp,n jmd the atone is becoraing; as, , the depthiipcreaces. > I r: i aV.v ■ i ..,, m * I The Assembly by . l tesolyed to reiropqse Jhqi JRlifj pmount.is Bd per'head on > sheep, i The i|bx j comes, tn to, operation on' list January^ext. ;. Vi . j