TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2126, 18 November 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND, FOREIGN. London, Nov. 18. Tbe reported cession of Gambia to: France in exchange for rights in New-, fonndland is denied. In order to shorten the debate on th<j Address in Reply, it is intended tha| the Address shall take. Ihe form of rarely returning .(hanks lor the Queen’s message. t he to'nl number of persons on board the H.M S. Serpont-was 178, of whom only three were saved,; . Mr Gladstone 'is too: busy with political matters touassisj! General* Booth in his colonising iscbemeii Thedookery approve of the Generals plan. Bishop Moorlmuse says that Gener.a| Booth’s scheme.for the: establishment of oily farms andoverisea colonies contaiup many elements of success, but he advisep that the various colonies should ba ashed to co-operaledq the scheme; Tbe Bishop lias promised* a donA’ion of-£IOO to the fond. The death is announced of MajorGeneral Char es Pasleyy who served op the staff of Major-General Pratt in New Zealand in 1860, whan be Was severely nonnded. Mr Justice O’Hagan is dead. Nov. 15.

The married men's quarters at Wellington Barracks were partially bnrn|t to-dsy, Women and children had to b:e lowered from windows by ladders.- Nb liyes were lost, but twenty-fife personp were more or less injured. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company declared a dividend of 5 per cent, on preferred 'shares, per cent, on deferred shires, with a bona? of 3 per cent. Miss Riocdan, who confessed to shooting Professor Bright, of Oxford, in a fit of jealousy, has been sentenced to six Tears’ imprisonment, The signalman who was arrested in connection with the railway collision has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, Berlin, Not. 13. In the course of his speech at the opening of the Prussian Diet, the Emperor William declared peace with ■II nations. The betrothal of the Princess Marguerite of Germany to the Prince of Naples is announced, Nov, 14. The Primary Education Bill provides for religions instruction in ail creeds. Sofia, Nov. 15. A train conveying soldiers in Salonica Roumelia, became derailed, and 30 of the occupants were killed and 40 injured. Ottawa. Nov. 14. The sentence of death passed on Birchall for the murder of an English tourist named Benwell was carried out to-day. A bungle was made of tbe execution, and it was fully six minutes before tbe condemned man was strangled. Tbe body was interred within the gaol nail.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydkbt, Nov. 14. Sailed—Pukaki, lor Wellington, Nov. 15. Admiral Scott has explained .that the question of precedence raised by him is in one sense a personal quo. It was simply brought forward in obedience to the Queen’s regulations, which slate that the Governors of these colonies rank after a commander in-chief. The certificate of Oaptsin Nelson, of the steamer AlberUij hss-beefa suspended for six months, Nor. 16 Arrived-*Tekapo from Wellington. Melbourne, Nov, 14. Sailed—Te Anau, for the Bluff. Arrived—Waihora, from the B ! off. James Mirams has been found guilty on a charge of falsification of the books of the Premier Permanent Building Association. William Doherty (the Secretary) and two others wrro acquitted on this charge, Mirams was admitted to bail, pending his trial for conspiracy. Nov. 16. At a mass meeting of Socialists and unemployed resolutions denouncing General Boo'h’rf scheme of colonial farms were carried. Government are requested to prevent effict being given to the scheme. Adelaide, Nov. 15. A severe storm passed over the Golf of fit Vincent yesterday. Six ketches were wrecked, and the French barque Notre Dame was,driven ashore. She is expected to get off, Brisbane, Nov. 16. Mr Wfagge predicts that in the course of a few days very unsettled weather will be experienced, especially south from Wellington, with rough seas apd oceanic squalls generally off the West Coast of New Zealand. Hobart, Nov. 15. Ihe Triennial Parliaments Bill has passed.