TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2188, 14 April 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

. GNGLISB AND-FOREIGN. , V April 9. '< A council ot wg>> i*i»H Government iojf-"jjfs^Zfaland, fo re. c/>nsid«r tbe'cas? of the.New P y m oufch; Bar boo, jc B<§ rd 8 bond a, ■. -Lmdyi Zetland ind Miss Balfour are travelling tbforjgb the-isongeated distrfcts on the west They have b•" n greeted, everywhere wi*h effusive *ff ction ana* expressions of loyalty to the Crown. April 11. In the House of Gommpnß to-day the m iiion of Rir J. P<mse condemning Uie epiura traffic in India was carried by a iti jori y of h'>wev<r, that the Government will -nol proceed any further in the matter. Mr H. Labonch«re'd amendment olJHCti<»ng to the Government guarantee uurier the Irish LaHd Purchase Bill bas b <-n rejected by a majority of 84. The prospeGts of the successful floating of the Victorian loan are dubious. Public enquiry is small, but a section of the subßcriberß to tbe earlier lo*ns have • disposition to make an average investment at the nominal premium of £ per cent If the banks give some support to,the loan it will probably jast ba subscribed.

Chief Justice Higginbotbam, of Victoria, in an article on '' Greater Britian" deol.ares that Australia has already attracted more atention in the matter of loans and private investment of capital than is consistent with the permanent welfare of the colonies. Yienna, April 12. 1 The Reichstraoh was opened to-day by the Emperor in person. In his speech from the Thron*. His M*jesty declared that the Great Power? had given him their sßsurance that peace w!»s the most essential object of their endeavours, and this, he said, justifi d the hope that Europe would enjoy a Beries of peaceful years. 1 St. Petersburg, April 12.

The Nihilist arrested during the review of lbe r Guards at which the Cz«r was present, and who had. a revolver and a powerful globule in his possession, proves to be a memb?r of the Kiiarkoff Murder Society which is pledged to assassinate the Cz»r. Nearly all the members of the society have been discovered and taken into custody. Zanzibar, Aptil 11.

An officer of the Hussars, who it is believed was connected with the attempt to blow up the building, adjoining the Sultan's palace by means of- gunpowder, has committed suicide laariog that he was to be arrested. By the explosion 13 persons were killed and 18 wounded.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

i April 10. Sailed—Manapouri for Auckland, Sir Henry Atkinson and Captian Russell return to New Zealand by her. At the Supreme Court to-diy Bradley, late manager oi the Devonshire street branch of the ting it>h and Sco (isb Chartered Bank, was sentenced to six years penal servitude for and Brucf, another Bank embezzler, received five years. Melbourne, April 11. James Johnston commission agent of Ballarat, who mnrdered his wife and four children in December,last, has be*>n convicted on the capital ehargw:and sentenced in death. A man has arrived here en route to Auckland who was successfully treated under Dr Koch's tuberculne at the Glas. gow hospital when in the last stage of consumption. Albany, April 11. Arrived—P. and O. steamer Britannia from London. Passengers for'New Zealand, Misses Johnstone and Toll, Messrs Bridges, Mclnnesbaw, and Greenen. ~ fIoBART, April 11. Ac important discovery of gold is reported from the wst coast. The assay made has given very satisfactory, results but no furthnr details are yet to hand. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL. Information: has been received here that Lieutenant Freere, with a Portuguese escort has been sent by the Portuguese authorities }o intimate to the Rhodes Company that they must evacutate their mine in Massikiase. Lieutenant Freere was: arrested and sent to Uuitasa's Kraal where Mr Co'quohoun, Administrator of the British South Africa Company is settle:!. Two hundred and fifty British gold diggers proceed to Astoria goldfield via Port Beria The Portuguese Government complain that this will compel forcib'e resistance to their landing. Lisboit, April 10. Portugal has . stopped navigation of the Gangere until the British evacute their port at Massikessi.