The Temuka Leader. TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2244, 22 August 1891, Page 1

The Temuka Leader.

TELEGRAMS.

| ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, Aug, 18. Seventy French cadets, forerunners of the French fleet, have visited the Naval Exhibition. At a banquet in honor of their visit, the health of her Majesty was toasted with enthusiasm. The church officials are in quandary regarding the remains of 1400 persons found in; the vaults of a city church. Doctors object to them being replaced on the score of health. In a county cricket match. . Middlesex defeated Surrey by an innings and 20 runs. . ’ i *£ v At the annnal meeting of the London Omnibus Company the Directors said the outlook was gloomy in view of shorter hours worked by the employees and the increase of wages. The returns for the half-year were the worst ever experienced by the Company, A dividend of 5 percent,, was declared. Mr Blowitz re-affirms the truth of the revelations regarding the downfall of Prince Bismarck, but admits that he did not inform Count Munster of his intention to publish the conversation. August 19. Mr Dillon emphatically denies the personal charges of Mr Parnell respecting the Paris funds. The prospectus of the West Indian and British Guiana Ice Company, with a capital of £150,000, is being issued. Among the objects of the company are the shipping, storage, and sale of Australian and New Zealand frozen meat, dairy produce, and fruit. The committee of the Social Congress have carried a resolution, pledging the Congress not to support any candidate unless he is prepared to legislate in the interests of lador. The Holy Coats at Treves and Argentieul have been examined with a microscope. The latter proves to be of camel hair and the former of linen.

The R.M.S. Tongariro arrived at Plymouth to-day, with her cargo of frozen meat in good condition.

The French fleet on its arrival off Spithead received a great ovation from the crowds who had proceeded out in steamers and yachts." The Rev, C. H. Spurgeon is reported to be much stonger. Mr Parnell reasserts his charges against Messrs Dillon and Morley, and gives details in which much bitterness is displayed. Mr Parnell, through the Freeman’s Jopmal, characterises Mr Dillon’s reply as misleading and groundless. Paris, Aug. 19.

Twenty people who went mad with fright during the train collision at St. Maude have been declarad incurable. Madrid, Aug. 16. Spain has forbidden her ambassadors to France or any of its colonies taking part in the Russophile demonstrations. Berne. August 18. The projected festivities have been abandoned owing to the railway accident. Some fifty people saved themselves by jumping off when they saw: the express coming. Berlin, Aug. 19. Protests from German Catholics against the exhibition of the Holy Coat at Treves are increasing in number. By the fall of scaffolding in Nordenham, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, ten persons were killed and forty seriously injured. Vienna, Aug. 18. By the bursting of rain clouds, half of the village of Kollman, Tyrol, was desaroyed, and many persons were drowned. * Buda Pestu, Aug. 19. Three women, professional poisoners, have been arrested at Szantemis, in Hungary, on a charge of poisoning thirty husbands at the request of their wives. St. Petersburg, Aug 17. Au expedition numbering six hundred explorers, including an escort of Cossack infantry and artillery, has entered the Great Pamir Mountain district in Central Asia. / Constantinople, Aug 17. Six brigands have been shot at Adrianople. The Turkish Government is fortifying the Russian approaches to Constantinople. Calcutta, Aug 18.

The Vermicular Press are protesting against the hurried manner in which the Senaputti and Tongal General were executed. New York, Aug. 18. A syndicate has lodged a sura of 37,000,000 dollars to assist the Union Pacific Railway Company, August 19.

President Harrison, in a speech at Albany, said that the scarcity of wheat in Europe gave the United States an opportunity for bringing back the lost gold through the medium of its exports. The s.s. Teutonic has completed the run from Queenstown to Sandy Hook

in 4 days hours, averaging knots throughout. Ottawa, August 20,

A report that Mr McGreevy had been arrested for failing to attend at the bar of the House of Commons and explain his refnsal to give evidence in the corruption enquiry is incorrect. McGreevy has gone to New York, and has sent in his resignation, in order to avoid expulsion. Mr McGreevy declined to undergo examination, on the ground that he would implicate political friends and Ministers, and cause the overthrow of the Government. San Francisco, Aug 19. A freight train, consisting of twentytwo cars, while running along a ..bluff at Mendarins, in California, plunged into the Pacific Ocean. The officials managed to escape. Port au Aug. 18. During a flood a bridge on which a number of people were crowded, was suddenly swept away, and eighty were drowned. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Aug. 16. A clever fraud wss effected yesterday on the Bank of Australasia, A lady-like woman presented a cheque for £137, which apparently had been duly passed by the ledger-keeper. It was accordingly cashed, but later on she attempted to pass another similarly marked for £I3OO. Suspicions were aroused, and she was arrested. She alleges that a man asked her to cash the cheques, and the police are inclined to believe her story.

The Federation Bill is being considered in Committee. An amendment has been carried limiting the Governor-General’s salary to £IO,OOO per annum. Adelaide, Aug. 18. The Federation Bill has passed the Assembly and been committed. Launcetioe, Aug. 19.

The City of Melbourne Bank has declined to take over the Government business from the Van Diemen’s Land Bank. Negotiations with other Banks are proceeding.