TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2101, 20 September 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH 'INS'’'FOR I EIGn/,. London, Sept, i 6. ;. The R.M.B* Ituapehu'arrived »t Plymouth yesterday vyith her cargo of froz*n meat in good condition.' - > In replying to Mr-Tbomas Archer; th<-; Agent-General for Queensland, Lord Knutsfqrd stated that frozen ■ meat; was not purchased forthe ! use of ; the Array owing to general coraplaints of its quality. News from Bagamayo represents' the Arabs as beihg in » state'of jubilation at the German proclamation * legalising j slavery, bat there is * general! feeling of disgust throughout Europe.-'!' 1 ; The ravages of potato blight* in' Ire- s land are deplorable. .Public j'meStings j are being held, at which' the epeafcefji I insist that the Government shonld fere to relieve the sufferers'. ' i ‘ ■■ ■ Sept. 17. ; The Bishop of Cork denounces’Mr *W., O’Brien’s advocacy of boycotting and the Plan of Campaign. f . Seventeen hundred tons" of ■ English j coal liavo Been shipped to. Melbourne to the order of the Gas Company. Berne, Sept, 17. . The trouble in Ticino ’la.. becoming; mhre ? seripus and| siiglit.sk ir mj sh es have! tafeeb' place'hetweeh^the opposing parties.; iValian tpops are guarding the pass of St Golha’rd. : , , Berlin, Sept. 16. By q .colliery explosion at Saorbrack in llhenish Prussia, twenty-four miners were killed. ~ ~ r , .Madrid, .Sept, 17. ( , Cholera is on the increase in ,Spain. Four tbonsand cases havebien reported lately] ~ Ottawa. Sept. 17. The MonireAl reporter who inyen led the story of Pripce .Grorge’s in a street quarrel there has been committed for trial,

Zanzibar, Sept. 1,7. ■ The Germait , officials at, Bagamayo deny Iho truth of the statemeht that .a decree bas r| been issued by Germany allowing free trade in slaves. ~ Janeiro, t Sept, 16., , The elections,, which are proceeding, are conducted inayery,peaceable majinor, Thp. success of the Republican party is assured.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Sept, 17

; A seam of brown coal, believed..to be the largest in the, world,, has- beeuidiscovereif at*' Mor well,, in the county of Balabulu, Jlßf miles cast of ;! Melbourne. The seam is 597'feet thick. I • /

: m Sept-18. , . The Legislattye:Coancil :hayij. ipassed • resolution requesting the Ptnperiqllidvermnent to repeal or, ndjthe i regal*lions controlling trade wijb: ~tbui .New 1 Hebrides,: so that the restrictions; .on trading ;Wtlh the natives be rescinded, unless they; can: be applied universally to all nationalities!; :*nd : finally that fhe prstag'f from Victoria be reduced from 6d to 2d. ,

StDNBT, Sept. 18

The public revenue tor the last eight months is £273,000 in Excess of the similar period last year. The steamer Maomi, which is Uid up in the harbour, was discovered' oh fire this morning The flimes were: hot extinguished before the saloon was burnt hot. I lie damage is esMmated at;£3ooo. The origin of the fire is at present uoknown. ■ -

Hobart, H p p f - 17

The yields from the Dundas silver fields range from 84 to 410 ounces of silver to the ton, and ‘mining experts 'predict that they will eclipse ihe Broken Bill records.