TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2114, 21 October 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

i ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 17

Messrs O’Brien and arrived at Oberbonrg.an important seaport towpju Franjpe, <ip the Pepartme.pt bfi Manche, and bav.* proceeded, to Paris. It is stated that Ill's Holiness the Pope desires to confer with 'hem. They sail for America on tlitj 25th, and state they expect to raise j£|o®,ooo in aid of the Land Leaghe. J J i Notwithstanding that the native cashier of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China absonded.in, Aprjl last with upwards of £50,000 belonging to the institution, the Bank has .now de- t 'cljared o&7 per cent.(<» ' |At a meeting of the New Zealand, Shipping Company a recommendation that a dividend of 6 per cent, ha paid was adopted. The Socialists hsve declared May-day a holiday ; otherwise the nearest Sunday tc that day. . The British Sooth Africa Company have concluded, a treaty with the jtativfs. for tha cession of Manisa country.) Poriugal claims to have protection over this territory. Mr Gladstone, in an article contributed to the Jewish World, states that if the edicts said to be issued by the Russian Government against Jews are proved to be correct, he will urge that steps be taken to rouse the conscience of Europe against the tyrannical action of Russia. * Oct. 19. “'Messrs O’Brien and Diilqn, it is asserted, will be arrested should they venture into Canada. A fund will be raised in England for subsidising the National Land League. Messrs Tyser and Co,, who are runr ning in opposition to the Australian shipping ring, are arranging for carrying oh their own business in the colonies. The Portuguese Chief Commissioner a{ Mozambique notifies his Government that the ratifying of the Anglo-Portu-gbese Convention will alone save the Portuguese territory, ! Professor Huxley and Professor Hooker will not be able to attend the meeting of the Australian Association fqr the advancement of Science at Christchurch next year, . It is considered that the of Queensland is fatal to the influx of capital into the colony. ! Messrs O’Brien and Dillon assert that the Prince of Wales is favorable to Home Rule. It is asserted that they desired to visit the Vatican,, but His Holiness the Pope declined to receive. them. Lisbow, Oc». 19.

The Portuguese Premier slated in the Cortes that an agreement with England was impossible unless the appearance .of tbetr fleet in the Zambesi was satisfactorily explained. New York, Oct. 18.

A circular, issued by the Treasury Department of America, permits the introduction of Australian hides on proof (hat they are free from infection. Lelanrt’s Hotel at Syracuse, in New York State, was burnt to the ground on Thursday night. Many of the inmates jumped through the windows with very little clothing on, but, twenty-five were unable to effect their escape and perished in the fl&mes,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Msubourkb, Qct. 18. Arrived——S,S. Wairarapa, ironi j New Zealand., , Sys>k»y, , ,0ct.17. : AmvedirrrS.a, ,Waihora, from NewZealand ; and, U.M.s. Alameda, from Auckland- and,’Frisco, ; At the, inqqest into the extensive : fii;e which broke out on tbe premises of Messrs Gibbs, Shallard an ! Company, on the Ist instant, the Bnperintenden,t. of the Fire Brigade, expressed the opinion . that . the present water maUs in the city were ioadeqnaiA.to cope with ,any sjrions Ace. Unless, the authorities shortly obtain a supply of,coal th->y, will be, compalled to out off 'he water supply to the high levelSi.o.f the city. :Mr McMillan’s Budget Statement last night showed the revenue for the year, to be £9,4=26,000,. or £97,000 over the estimate. , expects a surplus of £208,000. The Customs show.a,decline of £138,000, which the Treasurer accounted’for by the recent unfortunate occurrences. Forty, thousand had been carried forward from last year, and daring the year £ls 000 had been paid off the deficit. Allowing for these two amounts, the present year shows a total credit of £Blß*ooo. Out of the surplus £2OB 000, the Treasurer proposes to carry forward £58,000, and appropriate the balance to roads and bridges. He estimates tbs revenue for next year at £9,596,000, and the expenditure at £9!58l’000. Oct. 18,

Mr Yonng, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, who recently called a meeting of Lis creditors, is resigning. Brisbane, Oct. 19.

Mr McCrossan brought lorward in the Assembly a motion that the territorial separation of the Northern portion of the

Colony is desirable. Sir S. Griffiths moved as an amendment that it would be to the advantage of the Colony to establish separate legislatures and executive authorities in Northern, Southern, and, Central parts, with _ foil ppweritodeal wiMi questions of .local concern, but the matters of general > importance and the'administration of' tho public debt should remain under the control of dnp legislature until the establish m'entof Australian federation, Ihe debate was adjourned.

I The steamer Pathan from Hong Kong has arrived The vesse,l .hail a most tempestuous voyage and-arrived, in a shattered condition;; In the China Sea she encountered a typhoon,, during iwhich she was at the mercy of the waves .for upwards of seven hours. The bridge of th<f''yeVsol j ’*waß,pmashed 1 and some of the boats wt re carried away. All the live Stockwhichthe Pathan had on board was washed overboard, in the gale, and as the vessel’s bows were stove in tbo cargo was damaged. Hobart, Oct. 19. ; The R.M.S. Coptic arrived at 8 o’clock last night, an^L sailed for New. Zealand at 4 p.m, She baa 73 pass.epgers for Australian ports and 128 for New Zealand. During the passage Carolina Ashdown died.