TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2242, 18 August 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Aug. 13. Sir Saul Samuel declares that no definite offer to take up the loan for New South Wales at 97 has been made and the alarm of the brokers is therefore groundless. The general opinion in the City is that a public loan of £1,500,000 would be readily taken up at 97. Stocks have recovered to-day, the forward movement being due to belief that the intension, if any, to effect a private issue *has been abandoned. The suddep» squall on the Exchange has now collapsed. Arrived —Ben Nevis from Timarn (April 23rd), She reports exceptionally heavy weather, and that a fire broke out during the voyage in the cargo and a portion had to be jettisoned. There is little prospect of saving anything from the steamer Wallarah. The Hygienic Congress has passed a resolution in favor of cremation as the most rational means of disposing of the dead, especially in the case of contagious diseases and battlefields. The Government was urged to introduce legislation on the subject. The action of Russia in prohibiting the export of rye has caused the renewal of agitation in Germany for a reduction of the corn duties, as the price of rye exceeds that of wheat. The Times considers the rye inhibition as a political move on the part of Russia against both Germany and Austria. The brokers are furious at the rumors concerning the New South Wales loan, and demand that the Government of that colony shall publicly deny the secret issue. August 15. The Marquis of Salisbury’s costs having.been,paid, the. Court has anr nulled Mr O’Brien’s bankruptcy. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon is weaker and refuses to partake of food. The Russian inhibition has caused a general rise in the wheat market. English wheat has advanced another fid; German is active; red winter New York, has advanced 10 cents. There is an enormous advance at Amsterdam, Vienna, and Berlin, owing to the action of the “ bears.”

Agitation is increasing in Germany for the redaction of the duties on corn and other food grains. The cargoes of wheat ex the Lismore and the Nith.from Lyttelton,have been sold for export to the Continent. The Lisrnore’s cargo realised 40s, and the Nith’s 40s 3d. The diamond back moth is ravaging the crops in the north of England. Clouds of moths obscured for a whole night the light from the lighthouse on Farnie Island. Lord Lurgan has sold his estate in Armagh to the tenants for L 250,000, under Lord Ashbourne’s Act. Dalziel’s Agency states that England settles 6000 crofters, all Naval Reserves, at Vancouver, as the nucleus of a force in case of emergency in the Pacific. Drs Thomson (Sydney), and Bowen (Melbourne), representatives to the Hygienic Congress, were invited to lunch at Osborne to-day and had an audience with the Queen, The strike of 6000 Clyde ironworkers, which involved 12,000 other workmen, has collapsed, owing to the executive refusing assistance. Paris, Aug. 13.

The Powers have addressed a fresh Note to China on the subject of the apparent disorder. Berlin, Aug. 13. Rye has risen 7 per cent, in Germany, and wheat per cent. August 14. Owing to Russia prohibiting the sale of rye, the price of the article has advanced considerably, and is now 16s dearer than wheat. The increase has caused a panic in the grain market. August 15. The sale of the Parisian journals La Figaro and Le Martin has been prohibited in Strasburg, owing to a report published, by them on the state of the health of the Emperor of Germ ay. The Council of Ministers at Berlin liave decided not to reduce the corn duties at present, but will agree to a reduction in freight charges for cereals on the State railways. St, Petersburg, Aug. 13.

The railway rates on articles of food have been reduced. There is much distress throughout Russia, and fears of a famine are affecting the Bourses, August 14. During a review of troops at Moscow the Czarina ordered Jewish soldiers to withdraw, as their presence was pffensive tq Her sight. Vienna, Aug, 13, A wealthy raeachant of Gallicia, \vho was arrested on a charge of picking n lady’s pocket at Meiren'bad, a much frequented spa of Austria-Hungary, committed suicide by hanging himself.

August 15. The Vienna Press is urging the European Powers to take action to prevent Russia from forcing Turkey to permit the passage of Russian vessels through the Dardanelles. Calcutta, Aug 14. The Senaputti and Tongal General were publicly hanged to-day. New York. Aug. 13. The deck of a pleasure barge in New York harbour, upon which eight hundred excursionists were dancing, gave way, owing to the supports being rotten. Eight women and children and two men were killed and thirty others wounded, Ottawa, August 13. Sir H, Langevin says that his resignation is a matter of form, and that he does not intend to retire from the Dominion Government,. August 14. Sir H. Langevin has admitted asking Peters, a contractor, and McGreevy, for election expenses. His examination has now closed, and it is considered to have damaged his position. August 16, The contractor for the Chateau railway admitted that he paid the agent of E. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, the sum of 115,000 dollars for securing him subsidies in connection with the contract. The Hon. Pierre Carnean, Commissioner of Public Works, Quebec, declined to give evidence before the Committee respecting alleged corrupt practices in connection with the Bale Chateau railway contracts. The Hon. A. J. Chapleau refused to produce public accounts, which it is alleged would prove him to be as guilty as Sir H, Langevin in corrupt dealings with public works contracts. During the wrangle the Hon. J. G. Haggart, the Postmaster-General, challenged Mr W. Mulock, a member of the House of Commons, to fight. Buenos Ayre4 Aug. 15. The Catholics in the Argentine Republic propose to exhibit a “ Holy Coat ” to-morrow, notwithstanding that His Holiness the Pope has declared that the “ Holy Coat ” at Treves is the only genuine one. Valparaiso, Aug. 14. The insurgents hailed with great enthusiasm the arrival of a vessel at Iquique which brought them 7000 rifles.

Sydney, Aug. 14. The estimate shows that when the six-penny postal rate to England was in force the loss on the Federal mail service was £563, whereas this year, under the rate, it is expected that the loss will be £12,725. Aug. 16. New Zealand potatoes are quoted at £2 ss. The Sydney Morning Herald in discussing the New Zealand Taxation Bill, characterises it as the most extreme and sweeping legislation ever seriously proposed in these colonies, and is so daring a venture that the other colonies will be content to wait and learn the result. A twenty-mile walking match for a sweepstake of £2O each, between Goreman of Queensland, Bowen of New Zealand, and Wharris of Victoria, resulted in a win for Bowen, who is well known in Otago and Canterbury as a long distance walker. The time was 4 hours 18| minutes. Melbourne, Aug. 14. Arrived—yesterday, Botomahann from the Bluff. Sailed—yesterday, Manapouri for the Bluff. The ship Loch Tay, from Glasgow, has arrived. During the voyage she had nine cases of smallpox, of which seven are now convalescent. The vessel has been placed in quarantine. Adelaide, Aug. 14. Quring the past few days hot winds have been blowing in the southern districts. The ground is parched, and unless rain foils soon the crops will be a failure. Aug. 15. Bain has fallen in the southern provinces and the drought has broken up. Brisbane, August 15. The House has empowered the Government to issue close on a million’s worth of Treasury bills. Hobart, Aug. 15. The British Bank, a small financial institution, has closed here and at Launceston. The reason assigned is want of capital. £IOO,OOO represents the entire deposits. Thursday Island, Aug. 14, The steamer Deddington, laden with coal from Newcastle to Sourabays, in Java, has gone ashore at Sherrard Island. She is in a dangerous position if bad weather comes on.