TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2172, 7 March 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 3. Ihe Committee on Trade Treaties r port that the French tariff prohibits the importation of a number of British wollens, worsted and other textile manufactures, and injures the trade in a number of other articles. A London gambler broke the b*nk at the Casino at Monte Carlo, winning seven hundred thousand pounds. Prince Napoleon is improving, The ogita'ion against raisin? the 8g» of consent is increasing. The frosts in France in have ruined five millions acres of crops, and caused a toss estimated at a hundred million trances. , '* Sir W, Camming claims £5090 damages against each of the five defendants in the libd acton. Lord Sheffield’s cricket team, which is to visit Australia, will probably include Messrs W.G. Grace, Shewsbury, Jewell, Gunn, Lobmann, Briggs, Peel, Sberwin, and severe! amateurs. Miss Frances Chew, of Auckland, has been admitted as a violin scholar into the Royal College of Music. ihe construction of the telephone line between London and Paris is finished.

The Times has been making an exhaustive inquiry into the capacity of the navy for sudden mobilisation, and as a , result of it d dares that the standard of effici ncy has not been obtained. Many of the ships are nselesss and there is want of guns. Io the House of Commons Admiral Colomb referred to the growth of colonial oversea commerce. Sir W. V, Haroourt ridiculed the alarmist contention that in the event of war trade would be transleired to a neutral flag. It would be impossible for any nation to mointaiß a navy so large as to ensure absolute security to the mercantile marine. M*rch 4. Tbo R.M.S. Kaikoura arrived at Plymouth yesterday from Now Zealand with her passengers all well and her m j at in good condition. I’he ship Piako, from Napier (Nov, 6) h#s arrived in the Channel, The New Zea'and Shipping Company have declared an. interim dividend at th** rate of 6 per cent. per annum* The Imperial Federation L'ague is forming a branch for women, Mr H. M. Stanley intends ,to visit Australia in October.

Mr Stansfi-dd’s motion (one man onvote) proposed that the only qualification for a voter should be three months’ residence. Mr Gladstone supported the motion, urging that plural vote was s pure lottery. It was negatived by 102. Paris, March 4. The Budget Committee have advised that three million francs be devoted to relieve the farmers suffering from *ho effects of the recent frosts, Lisbon, March 4. The rebellion at Bissao in Sanegambii has been quelled, and the rebels punished Madrid, March 3. The Qileen of Spain, attended by the little'King, opened the Cortes to-day. The speech from the Ihrone denounces the commercial treaties. Hong Kong, March 4. The Chines j Governmmt objects ti Mr Blair, the new American Minister at P<-kin, on the ground of'his activity against the Chinese immigration into America. Washington, March 3.

The Senate has passed the Mail Subsidies Bill approved by the Lower House. Shares in the Pacific Ctmpany have been fluctuating violently while the fate of the Bill was uncertain It is estimated that the Company will receive ha'f a mil ion dollars annually, A compromise has been affected between (he Senate and Congress respecting the subsidy to the Hawaiian cable, by wbipb B ig agreed that the United States shall subsidise the cable to the extenfi of £30,000 annually, nroyiding the Hawaiian Governmen* coptrjbgte £IQQG. M»rph 4. Congress has passed the Copyright Bill. Ottawa. March 4. M. Lnurier states that independence is preferable to annexa'ion. Both sides now eypefit a qpiority of thir y. Valparaiso, March ‘4. Three battalions of Government troops at Pisogua shot their officers and joined the rebels.