TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2208, 30 May 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGIS.

London, May 26

In the. divorce O’Shea ml Parnell, the decral bai been made ajbflrlate. ■ Ihe Kaspian Government propses to • holish trial by jarjr and ip trials will be heard before glpoe. A Manchester A forming a Gompapy to (i ereojt dairy! [farms in New Zealand,.,, .

Ihe Right Rev.-fl I .' Tetople-Bishop <of London, ,hat received' a loiter inwhich a threat is madatoshobt him. The writer of the letler is believed t* be insane. May 27, The English Press comments favorably on the (JJppvaption’e spoeptanoe , of Australia's; entry to the postal Union. The Agentt-Qenaral.have sent foil.particulars ot lha proceedings to their respective Government.

Baron Hirsch ha* deSpfcthhed % repreaentativn to Rossi* to arrange for the emigration of Jews to the Argentina Republic. , ; T«*ndera for the Qaeaoqlaod ,3£ per cent, loan of £2,500,000 with a minimum of 95 were opened to-day. Only 296,000 was tendered for and iihas been decided that the balance of the loan remain open for a week at the minimum. None of the syndicates subscribed as . they have not unloaded previous loans of the colony. | It is mrnnred that the British icraiser Magicienne has occupied Beir», in Mozambique. 1 Lient. Grant,-of the 2nd Battalion of jthe4th Ghaorkas.who distingnished himself daring the revolution in Manipur, ihas bean promoted to the rank of Maj or land Her Majesty the Qaeen has also conSfprred the Victoria Cro,sq.pn him, ,

| There ,w<Ta 379 deaths.from influenza jin the City of London last week, I In the Uonse of Lords to-day, a Bill {to enable a person charged with crime to jgive evidence, also to enable wiraa to give I evidence on behalf of their husbands, I passed dts second reading,, M

Corporal Martin, aqd Private Mawley, of the Victorian Mounted Riflemen, are at present the highest scorers at the military tournament, and are the first to accomplish the feat of catting lemons while at fall gallop.

Captain Triphone, \*ho Was arrested on a charge of disclosing the secrets of th" War Office, hns.been released, but Mr Turpin,Accused pf selling the-secret of hie invention (melinite) ~to Sir W. Armstrong and Company has been detained. Mr Parnell intends to visit America when the House of Commons has been prorogued., lie has arranged to marry MrSiO’She* in,a month pr six weeks. Pakib, M*y 27.

The Bordeaux Btrnk has failed wilh liabilities amounting to sis mil ion francs. The Chamber of Deputies have agreed to a Bill empowering the Minister, of War to . secure two months! stock ,of crh>>«t and flour for civilians wilhjnJorli fled .tpwns,.,, r//( , By the explosion of a, petroleum ..tank at Dunkirk seven bouses.were wrecked, and aix persons were kill**di Vienna, May 27. Austria and Hungary have decided to introduce a gold currency, Washington, May 27.

The President denies refusing. Lord; proposals to doss Behring's; Sea for the season. Two Aifa o ric»n; cutlers have b j en despatched I hither; with orders similar to those issued las'year. , The United [States b«ve decided to, intervene with a view to-lerrainaling itho; civil war in Chili; ■

St, John’s, May 28

Ihe French admiral has prohibited; British residents in St. George’s B*yj selling bait to American vessels. The Newfoundland Government have purchased Harbour Grace Railway,-for; £350,000. , After pissing thp Bill agreeing to the, modus Vivendi until the and of the year, the Newfoundland Parliament, at the request of the English Liberal leaders,; passed another extending its, -operation; till 1893. Athbhs. May 27. Order has been restored in Corfu,