TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2139, 18 December 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Dec. 14, Sir Joseph Withwell Pease is seeking an interview with the Czar with reference to the ill-treatment of the Jews in ißnssia. I Five of the men injured by the explosion of the steam pipes on the Jamna are dead, Dec. 15, Fearing that the oodl trade ia leaving London, the Shipping Federation haye provided permanent porters to coal steamers in the docks. It is asserted that many of the Portuguese volunteers for Afjioa, finding that the Government are disposed 1 to accept their services, have withdrawn, Prince Albert Victor has b-en installed Grand Master of the Barkshire Masons. A: Board of Conciliation for London has been formally instituted. Paris, Deo. 14. The Panama Canal concession has been extended by the Republic to Columbia, Lisbon, Deo. 15. The Portuguese expedition to Mozamblque will consist of 800 regulars ond 800 volunteera. The mob attacked the British Consulate at Qailimaue, but the Portuguese officials arrested the ringleaders. Rome, Dec. 15. The Italian troops are menacing Kassala, a town between the Nile and the Red Sea. Hono Kon*, Deo. 16. The Emperor of China has determined to receive foreign envoys in February, and once a year afterwards. Washington, Deo. 14. The Indians are massed round a place called Pine Ridge, where their chief was captured by the Government troops. Dec. 15. The Conference on the Behring Sea fishery dispute has ended in a failure. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Dec. 15. Mrs Johnston, who was shot by her husband, is dead. Dec, 16. Mr Cook, manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, has been appointed manager ot the Australian Mortgage and Land Finance Company. Sydney, Dec. 15. Mr Amos, contractor, is suing the Railway Department for £BOO,OOO in connection with several contracts, The case begins early next year, Mr Crick, who was lately expelled from Parliament, speaking at Lambton on Saturday, reiterated his charges »f bribery in connection with tha Broken Hill Water Supply Bill, adding that Government was corrupt. The matter was brought nndar the notice of the House to-night,and Sir H. Parkes moved that Mr Crick be request to state whether be used the language which was attributed to him in the reports of his speech. The motion was carried by 66 to II and Mr Crick then denied that he had used the specific words that ‘‘Parliament was rotten and corrupt.” Tremendous havoc has been wrought by the locusts, lu the Albury district one vineyard was completely eaten up yesterday, and the potatoes are suffering greatly from the pest. A boy aged fifteen has been arrested on a charge of making several attempts io burn down the Marebone Station, near Dubbo, and also of placing poison in several articles of food. Albany, Dec, 15. Arrived—Orizaba. Passengers for New Zealand Messrs Armstrong, Blake, Sinclair, Mr and Mrs Collie, Mr and Mrs Last, Mr and Mrs Ottersen.