TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2169, 28 February 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, February 24. A billiard match, spot barred, has ibeon arranged between J Roberts, ' champion, and W. J, PeaPe, for £SOO a-side, The match is 24.C00, op, the ' Champion conceding 12,000, Sir 1 James" Fergusson, Secretary of the Foreign office, slated m the House of Commons to-day that 1 the 1 Egyptian 'troops would not advance beyond Tokar, the "sheiks having made overs' lures tor peace. The fluctuation of South American stocks is renewing the crisis in the city. General Booth will reach Auslralia.in : September. Lord R. Churchill is about to make a i prolonged tour in Mashbnaland, It is reported that the Earl of j Dudley severs his commerical connections and marries one of the Prince of ! Wales’daughters. Admiral Hornsby was thrown from a dogcart to-day, and received serious injuries, Mrs Jamieson has gone to Zanzibar, land promies to throw important light on Stanley’s proceeding during the last iexpedition. February 2S. At the meeting of the Bank of New Zealand shareholders the Hon. S. O. iGlynn said that a profit had been realised sufficient to pay a dividend of 9 per cent, but it bad been thought better to carry the whole amount forward to next year. It had been decided not to ■appoint a permanent local board in Auckland. Most distinct signs of public confidence bad been shown in the bank, especially by the increase of deposits, Mr Prouse, of Wellington, sang in Elijah at St. James’s Hall in place cf Signor Soli, His appearance was a saccess. Edwin Walker, a limber merchant, of London, has failed for nearly £400,000. Lord G. Hamilton states that the delay in the completion of the Australian cruisers is due to defective boilers. Paris, Feb. 26. The Prussian artists are divided regarding what is looked on as an attempt to remove the art centre to Berlin, fhe prolonged visit of the Empress Frederick is regarded with uneasiness. Rome. February 25. Intelligence has been received that Italian troops defeated six hundred Dervishes, in an engagement at Aqualat, killing a general, two chiefs, and two hundred men.

The Governments of Germany and Austria have assured Signor Rudini, the Premier, that they are not displeased at the prospect of an improvement ia the relations between Prance and Italy, which they look upon as an additional guarantee of peace, St. Petersburg, February 24.

Bartinieff, a Russian' Prince, has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment on a charge of murdering a yauog actress.

Cairo. Feb. 25. Tltp reported flight of Osman pigna is not belieyed bepe. The French ambassador at Cairo is to ha replaced by a more energetic officer.

Suakim, Feb. 25. In a recent engagement between Egyptian troops and Devishes at Tokar the issue of the fight Was in considerable doubt for a minute. A desperate charge by the Dervishes nearly ou'flanksd the Egyptians, who saved: themselves by successfaly occupying the rained houses at Tokar before the Dervishes could do so. Washington, Feb. 23. A resolution has been submitted to the House of Representatives proposing to amend the Constitution with the view to permit the impeachment of Speakers, who ; shall in future be guilty of arbitrary actions, simnlnr to those alleged, against Mr Reed, the present Speaker. Fonr miners who had been entombed for nineteen days in the Pennsylvania mine have been rescued alive, February 25. Floods in Arizona have rendered thousands homeless.

Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 25. The new‘Brazilian Gonstitdtion has been passed. i Ottawa, Feb. 25. The Hon. U, H. Tdppsr, Minister of Marine; accuses Sir Richard Cartwright! and the Hoos. Wilfred Laurier and Wimaho, members of the dominion'Parliament, Mr Robert R. Hilt, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the’XJnited States House of Representatives,'and other members of the American Congress, of plotting for the annexation of Canada to the United States. Sit R. Cartwright denounces the charges of treason as impudent calumnies. Calcutta, Jan. 25. The Btitish column has captured Wimth, in Bnrttub, Killing fifty of the Psawbjas’ followers. The casualties of the victors numbered thirteen.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Feb. 25

- The Tekapo arrived to-day after a rough passage. Sir H. Atkinson and Captain Russell, the New Zealand delegates to the Federal Convention, who were passengers by her, are both well.

The exhaustive report furnished to the Government on the deposits of iron in various parts of the colony computes that 12,944,000 tons of ore are available, containing 5,853,000 tons of iron. February 26. Allingbam, another officer of the English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank,' has been arrested for emb°zzlementjhisdefalcatations amount t0£3500. Arrived—Jubilee from Wellington, Sailed—Wairarapa for Auckland. Mr Holmes, the newly-appointed general manager of the Bank of New Zealand, is a passenger by her. The Postal Conference was opened today under the presidency of Mr O’Connor, Postmaster-General of New South Wales, ‘ After passing s resolution ex- ! ‘ pressive of regret at the'death of Mr Bews, who was to have replresented South Außiralia, lhe Conference ad journed until to morrow to await the arrival of the New Zealand representatives. Melbourne, February 25. Wilson, Who mndered his 'sweetheart iby catting her throat, has been sentebced to death A warrant has 1 been issued for the larrest of Pound, a metallurgist, on a icharga of stealing platinum, valued at '£6ooo, belonging to the Otway Ranges 'Platinum Company, The* revelations 'concerning this Company are the 'sensation of the week. It was started about fifteen months ago, and consequent bn a report by Pound shares which were Originally worth 15s rose at a bound to '£3s. Mr Cosmo Newbury, Government Analyst, subsequently tested the ore, and failed to find a trace of platinum, upon which Pound instituted a libel notion against him. Hobart, February 25. The Supreme Court has refused to issue a writ of habeas corpus to Daniel Tnkey and Patrick Troy, arrested here on charge of gold robbery at Greyinonth,