TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2142, 27 December 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND' FOREIGN. , ) Lowdon. Dpc 20...'i| to the exteat of £80; 000 for his colonial' fmiijrition Pchfm'VWr ttie relief of the poorer claeees. * The Carl tiosa'Opera Copapiany has engaged Mica Amy Sherwin to sin? on alternate nights who Madame Marie: li<s». ...<.,. • ■ - i Mrs Pearoey, who murdered a woman ■ and her child at wKI hot be reprieved. .. Doc, 22. Tbe worst fog experienced fory»*rs ia \ bunging over London,- and trufflo is paralysed.' , Th« Biehop of Lincoln has given notice of bis intention to appeal against the decision of the Archbishop of Canterbury ; to the Privy: Council. Doe. 23. The BritiHh East'African Ob .though now ordered to eTacuate Msnicaland, ■ ileny they fver occnpjpd it. Tbe H<in,; Rev. W. Thompson, 1 Archbishop of ¥ork, is seriously ill, and his medical attendants report that he is sinking. . Mrs pearcey, the Hempstead* mur-der-ss, enffvred the rxrema penalty of the lawyae.erday. Before her execution sb> mtda a full confession of jhe.orim*. . Dr has leaned an. appeal to the pub ic on beb«lf of bis.establishment tor the deatiiute, He sJatee that bte home contains nearly fonrthousani waifa and that fands are urgehtiy needed, ibe season is terrib ; y severe, and hundreds of street children are without bomes or food. "He asks *■ Will Australia send a gfnerons Cbris«mas gift?" Intelligence received of the collision •hich tock plsce between the Bte»mers [*»lookdar and Libuhia, V.ff Pernambucd, show that the former vessel sank and her eaptain and $2 of.tbe"crew w»>re drowned. Paris, Dc. 21. Eyrand was found guilty of the murder of Gopffrt iand sentenced to death. Gabridiie was a'so conyicted of b>ing accepaory to the crime and pentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Deo, 24, The Republic of , Columbia, having ♦•xtrnded tbe 'con6i»esione, it is -expected that work at the Panama canal will bV r«Bumed ; shortly. ...... Bbrmw, Dec. 28. Twelve girls, returniug home from a confirmation service, were drowned in a i*k* at Easiern Uolstein, owiDg to the ice breaking. The Pope has nquested the Roman C«»hoiic-e'ergybf Germany to combs' sociaJiam by leciures from the pulpit. Thirty tbo««and4iui.sian ire ex peered shortly at H»mborg, and uhleen they are assisted to Bmisil they will go on to London, Sxi PKTBRSBURff, 1> j c. 22. Fourteen thousand, Poipsemp'oyed on Russian reilWiiys ~.,..,,:. ~ Cailoutta, • Dec. 23. ribe /Csarewi'tcii met win a briiiian". reception on his arrival in India, iiojit* KoN<» Dhc. 22. The Government of Hong K»ng bave passed a lavf to, prevent the »urr«piitiouß emigration of, Chinese to Australia, By ,e?cp|flsiou ,\ at Talping Itbree hundred Cbinam P w..»re killed and a' thousand bouses destroyed. Nkw ¥obk; D?c. 21. ; Succi has compleUd a-torvy-five days'' fast in New York. Dec, 22. Th« Mormons have secured a vast of country situated in Northern M-xic^ Washinotok, Dpo, 23. The Finance C >mmil ee of the Senate recommend the , Treae.ury ; . to issue tw» hundred miliion two per c>nt, dollar boode to replace retired banknotes, At ihn trial of the thirty-feet gun at Sandy HoVk. shblls were hurled a distsnoe of 15 mil^s. t $%, Johns, Dec. 24. , Severs storm? httye b» eu off the coast of Newfoundland, and sixty fishing boata with ibeir accopanis bave been lost. .._ ...-,.', BußirosMiAyßßS.jDec; 22. A canal j burst. at Cordoya, and « hundred houses ware washed away. The toss of life is. estimated *< 100. Zanzibar. Dec. 20. Emin Pasha '"is'" founding a Germain state at Lake A'bort Ny«niS3. . '- ; »'•—-— i AUSTRALIAN CABLE. MKLiotrßirß!, Dec. 22. The reduction in cabie rates cannot cnm« into operation before' March" Is 1 ,, 1891. , ~,", ...,..!..,. , r . i.,. , During the last f"W the police have b"erj rn»kipif' ; ..raid» on y»<rabonds,of whom thpre are at presen an exceptiftnallv larg* number in th* city, li»st night three men yfote arrfiflted for breaking, and entering " shop and stealing jewellery t« tlie yaltie of €700.: The arrest w*B,no rffioted (wit hoot a desperale resistor on the part of th<» m»n ; >rH int'ie two detectives were wounded.;, , .:D«e. 24. Sailed— Wsibora, for tilt Btaff.

6tdk«t, Deo. 22. ■ ■ Heavy bash fires are raging oat -weet.j where the weather has been hot and dry ; | I'Bp fire is advancing. pßf »b a Neverteri itowns.b.rpfo;* line twenty milee wide.j On one ran alone 3000 sheep have par-; ished in the nNmes. I Dec 23. | A peculiar case'of robbery is reported; from-Prymontj a suburb ofSydney. Two| n>nn personating/detectives, «V;h the P er *; mission of «he officials of the Australians Oharterrd Bank, Becreted themselves onj the bank premises, alleging that they; w*re aw»re that an," *t\empt was to made to rob the bank. The pseudo! detectives stole £IOO *nd A mVeteriooe discovery of a »huinan skull and a coining plant was made yea-, terday by; workmen who \»ere engaged in repairing atbird-rate hoarding W the.ei'y. The Bkull was surreptitiously] remoyedobefore the police arrived on ths sc*n». \: •' ;,.. -< Smith, who was; arrested at Ghrist-j churcb oh- a charge of larceny and remanded to Sydney, has been discharged j: from custody, His defa'ca'ions are to to £4OOO, but the relation against'''Whom tbt» 6£f>nce was committed declined to prosecute. The editor of a newspaper published at Bourke , has- been wmoyed from the local magistracy in consequence of an •riicle r.fiScttng in strong terms on the i private character of H.rt.H. tbe-Prince ef Wales having appeared in his paper. The, Government have .decided to , prohibit for twelve months the importsf »!onof SfW Zealand pelts, owing to the alleged prevalence of scab among the flocks in tba latter colony. Arrived— Hauroto, from Wellington. Sailed—R.M.d. Mnnowai for San Francisco via Auckland, Zealendia fer San Francisco, Tekapi for Wellington. Brisiahe, Dec. 20. An extensive discovery of silver.has been m*de at Eogham, wltich is believed to approach if not exceeid Broken Hill. A valuable find of rich antimony has also been made in an abandoned claim s at Charters Towers, i Adelaide, Dec. 23. The cricket match between New Sautb , Wales and South Australia was won by ,*he visitors by 6 wickets. New South j Walee made 406.iri their first inning*, and South Australia 432 in bo<b innings. In the 6eoond innings N"W Stutb Wales required 27 to win, and these w«re secured at a cost of 4 wickets. Deo. 24. The Murray River, Commission b*ve presented their report. They state that j they were unable to m»ke the slightest jafvanoe towards a settlement of riparian rights, New South Wales hpving proved 'a stumbling block. They recommend a conference on the ( matter. ~.• ' Albany, Dec,. 21. Arrived—S.S, Massilli*, from Plymonth. Passengers for New Zealand : Mr and Mrs Delisen,' Mr and Mrs Hamilton, Mr and Mrs Cairs, and Messrs Rauey and. Vivian,