TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2121, 6 November 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, Nov 8- ; The Right Hhn. A l . «/, Bnlfou'f, Chief of Ireland, has completed his tour of the districts in ,IHan f which ere affected with the potato bight Throughout his visit he wag; received with surprising cordiality and m rka of

respect. , The Yen. T. T. Brownej Archdeacon of Norwich has been appointed bishop of Worcester.

It, is reported that the M«rqu'S ot Salisbury, will present a petition in the BankruptcyiCofirt to ncorer his cos's in the lib"! action brought against him by Mr O’Brien. ’ '

The municipal eleotionk have resulted in favor of Liberals, ' The btrque OramtnookT Water, from Porl.Pirie, wbtdh iWas posted at Lloyd’s aa-oyrdue, has arr'rived.

The'Agents Generals of the* varions Australian Colonies, and Mr Cecil Raikes, Postmaster-Qeo«-ral, hay arranged for the postage rate betw--en the colonies and Great Bri ain to com** into operation on Janaary Ist, 1891. The rate for post cards has heed fixed at 2d, and it has been decided that letters bearing defisieat postage will bn charged doable yates. .An arrangement baa been mads for the continuation of tbs Brindisi mail train service, and France and Italy hive been aaked to join.

Mr Patrick O’Brien member for Tipperary North, has been imprisoned for contempt of epurt in photographiag by means of a detective camera a witness who was givingevideace in the Tipperary cases.

Paris, Nov. 8. News has been received from Madagascar, to the effect that the residents ot the island refuse to recognise the French protectorate. Bbrlin, Nor, 3. A Koch Instate for consumptive patients is being founded here. Nov. 4c,

A society is is being estab ished for the purpose of aapplying Dr Koch’s consamptiye lympth to the poor free of cost.

Colonel WissmaDD, who has fitted •pother expedition for the interior of Afrio*, has sailed for Bsgamarn. Yibnita, Noy. 4.

It is feared her* that the Archduke John has been drowned during a v >ya ge which he was making to Valparaiso. A KB^BBOii.W, Nov, 4. , The Duke of Nassau has accepted the Regency of the Netherlands, on coadition that the position is permanent until the coming of age of the heiress presumptive.

Athens, Soy. 8. The Government bus determined to increase the Navy with a view of raising it to the same strength as the Turkish fleet. Lisbon, Not. 4. It is asserted that a modus vivendi between Portugal and Great B>.‘i<aiu has been arranged on the basis of the freedom of the Zambesi. Zanzibar, Not. 8. Eight hundred Germans were landsd at Vita’ to demand reparation for the ranrder of some of their countrymen there soma time since by natives, and an eugagetheht took place between them arid the natives, Thirteen of the former were wounded, while the natives’ loss WBB ninety killed.

New York. Nov. 3. The Governor and the Mayor of York welcomed Messrs O’Brien and Dillon on their arrival here. The manifesto issued by them reasserts their loyalty to Mr Parnell. They advise Americans not to contribute to the Irish famine fund whilst food is being exported from Ireland, otherwise the Tories will not remit roots. They maintain that the alleged distress in Ireland is bogus. They Were escorted np the barbonr by several steamers, which carried delegates from various Societies, They met with an enthusiastic welcome on landing. Ex-Presideel Glevelahd'says that tfafe provisional the McKimey Tariff Act are iniquitous/ and be feels ounfilAnt that the Democratic party wili have a majority is the next House.

84s Fkakoisoo, Nor, 4. A destr active fire has taken place here and damage has been done to the atnoair of 1,500,000 dollars. Th« Burlington •Jran l Hotel was among the premises destroyed. Information b flß r ea ohed hwe that Sister Rose G';tirade has abandoned the leper station at and taken a emalion as governess in Honolulu, AUSTRALIAN CABLE, Svdkbv, Nov. 8. Habbo*, the faster, lias completed a week of his task, and his lost 19| : b in weight. He still looks well. Nov. 4. Arrived—l arawera from Auckland. MwLßOtmir*, Nov. 8. Arrived—Monowai, from the Bluff. Brisbane, Nov 3.. Sailed—Rotokinoj ter Pnnedin,

, Albany, Nov, 3. , Arrived—Orranz. from Plymnu'h, passengersTnrNew IZ'eir»n'»l~'SlsdVines | indaU, Benton, Tirersky,,K«v, Goff-y, Messrs Fin-an",- Q. Benton, Peters, McPherson (2), Cocks halt, B-nton, Bid, I'iversay and . . ,