TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2097, 11 September 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

I ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, London, Sept. 7. " Particulars of the destruction of show thAt the fire burned for fully 24 hours. It was caused by the 'bursting of a spirit still. The. mosque containing “ priceless records was burned. Eighteen thousand people are homeless and destitute. The Greek Government is assisting <0 relieve the sufferers. The damage is estimated at two millions, The imports for August ha>e decreased £1,600,000 and the exports have increased £1,400,000, compared with last year. The Barotse nation, in the African Lake District, hare accepted British protection. Sept, .8. The Grenadiers at Bermuda are still insubordinate, and many have been punished. The Treasury offer 12s per lb towards the cost of outward mails via San Francisco, and will also carry the Homeward ; mails from New York if Nt w Zealand pays the cost of transit to New York, The American Government offer a subsidy of £12,000. : Paris, Sept. 8. M. Mormix, author of “ Boulangist Revelations,” has fought a duel with M, Labuyere, editor of Le Gil Bias, during which the latter was wounded. Mormix has arranged several other duels, Boulanger repudiates the assertion that he undertook to place the Comte de Paris on the Throne of France upon condition that he was subsidised and appointed to the command of the army, or that be agreed to imprison Uqchfort and other partisans if they proved hostile to the scheme. Since these revelations the collapse of Boulangism is regarded as complete. M. Rochforland M.Tbiebaud i have fought a duel on account of the affair. The latter was wounded, Vienna, Sept, 8. The damage by floods in Austria and ; Bohemia is estimated at four millions. New York, Sept, 8. By the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite, eighteen persons were killed and twenty seven are missing. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Sept. 9. Arrived —Wairarapa from Auckland,; At a meeting of the Presbytery to-night the llev. Mr Gardiner sent a written confession of his guilt, and‘asked to be leniently dealt with. The' Presbytery deposed him from the ministry, and instructed the Moderator to pass sentence at next meeting. Melbourne, Sept. 8. Sailed—-Te Anau. Sailed—Monoawai for the Bluff. Arsived —Union S.S. Company’s new steamer, favinui. from Greenock.