TELEGRAMS

Temuka Leader, Issue 2141, 23 December 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, D po - 18

Canada, offers a •hbsidy of £165,000 for a monthly mpil service from Great, Britain .to Australia, vta Canada. It is believed that Great Britain will give £50,000, and it is hoped (bat (he Australian colonies will supplement it with £BO,OOO.

Mr Fitzgerald, the labor delegate, is returning to the colonies in January. The co-operaifte system is decreasing the agitation at the docks, and the early collapse ot the Dockers’Union is in some quarters thought possible. , ; The Empress of Sermany has been prematurely delivered’ of a ' son, bat is progressing faroarably. Dec. 20. , Madame Albani, the celebrated vocalist, is nijling to accept the terms offered by Williamson, Garner, and Co. for a colonial tour, Paris, Dec. 20. The trial of Gabrielle Bompard and Micchael Eyrard, for the murder of M. Gdoffe, the process-server, is creating a sensation. The mnrder took place in July, !88f, and the reason assigned is that Gouflfo had papers in his possession which incriminated the accused. Both prisoners admitted their guilt, bat Bompard pleaded that Eyrard hypnotised her. Daring the proceedings constant quarrels took place between the accused in court. The Judge refused an application made on behalf of the female prisoner that she should be public hypnotised; The Nancy* School of Medicine supports her plea, and the Paris School opposes it. St; Petersburg, Dec. 20. The Gzar has intimated that neither he nor his officials will receive the Earl of Meath, or Sir J. W. Pease, who were desirous of an interview with reference to the ill-treatment of Jews in Russia, Mexico, Dec. 19. An American “ Jack the Ripper,” who has commended his horrible work in this city, has already committed eight mnrdera. Zanzibar, Dec. 20. Colonel Wissmad, iu command of the German operations on shore, has recalled Emin Pasha, owing to the latter’s habitual disregard of orders. Quebec, Dec, 19. An express train from St Joseph to Quebec was derailed '»nd the carriages fell a distance of 20ft. Fiva persons were killed and many injured. New York, Dec, 19. While » passenger train’was crossing a bridge over the OHio river the’ bridge collapsed. Four of the passengers were killed and ten injured. Bombay, Dee. 19. A house and several stores in the native quarter, id which there were 100 occupants, suddenly collapsed. Thirty of the inmates were killed and many others seriously injured. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbobbite, Dec. 19. Resolutions respecting restrictions placed on English traders in the New 4ebridee, which are to be submitted to the Federal Council,have passed through the House of MrD, Gillies, ex-Premier, iu a powerful speech supported the resolutions, and said that French influence was again asserting itself oyer the group.

,At the inquest an the bodies of the victims of ihe Ballarat tragedy, the evidence of.Jbe medical gentlemen who made a post mortem examination proved that Johnston, the father, administered prnssio acid to the children before be suffocated .them.

Arrived yesterday—Waihora from the Bluff.

The prorogation of Parliament look piece to-day. Stdket, Dec, 20. Arrived—Tekapp from Auckland, and Wakatipn from Wellington. Parliament was prorogued to-day.

George Bubear, the English sculler, and Charles Stephenson, champion of New Zealand, have been matched for £IOO a side. The race takes place on January Hth, Adelaide, Dec. If. A Bill which was introduced into the House of Aasemb’y providing for extending the franchise to women has been shelved for the present. Brisbane, Dec 19. A succession of terrific storms have passed over the city and neighbourhood during the past week, causing great damage, Deo. 20. While the Representation Bill was under discussion in the Legislative Council a motion that the Speaker leave the chair was carried, and the measnre was consequently shelved. The result is that South Australia will not be represented on the Federal Council. Brisbane, Dec. 20, The barque Sunbeam, which has arrived from Glasgow, reports having been in collision with the French barque Valentine Helene near the equator. Both vessels were badly damaged. The Valentine Helene, though in a oinking condition, held on her voyage,