TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2257, 22 September 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 17. 1 Tenders for the New South Wales S% per cent loan of four and a half millions at 95, were opened to-day. It was found that only £4,100,000 had been subscribed, but a few brokers took up the balance. There were 380 tenders and the average is about £95 0s 3d. The public apparently tendered for about a million, the colonial banks for the same amount, and the Bank of England for another million. The Right Hon, J, P. B. Robertson, Lord Advocate for Scotland, succeeds the Right Hon. J. Inglis as Lord Justice-Genera^ The British-MinisTef at Pekin has requested the Imperial Government to reinforce the navy in the Chinese waters. Mr Justice Collings has decided that if a combination pass a resolution , not to deal with particular tradesmen it is an offence against common law. Sir M. Hicks Beach, in the course of a speech to his constitutents, contended that the farm labourers in England are better fed. clothed, and lodged than those of the Continent, Europe and Australia. The drawbacks to the lattter country are the log huts, distance from the churches, schools, and shops, and the absence of friendly societies, savings banks, and poor relief. The potatoes by the Arawa have arrived in fair condition and are expected to release 50s. Colonel Desmond, who took up Stuart Cumberland’s challenge for £IOOO to prove the existence of occult influences, declares that the ‘ ‘ Mahatmas ” forbid the contest. Thorpe, of Brisbane, a defaulter who was arrested for heavy embezzlements from Peck Bros., was sentenced to 10 years. Mr J. J. Foley, M.P. for Connemara, who was recently summoned before the City Court by the Wansworth Guardians for neglecting to support his wife, who is in the workhouse, has undertaken to provide her maintenance, and the charge has been withdrawn. y Newton, a solicitor, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for abduction. Sept. 19. Alexander Jacques has completed his self-imposed fast of 50 days. Towards the end of the term he suffered somewhat severely from gout, but to demonstrate that his strength was not materially reduced he carried Mr Kennedy, the mesmerist, twice across the room. During his fast Jacques lost 28^ib, Paris, Sept. 17. The mob who created a disturbance outside the theatre in which the opera “ Lohengrin ” was produced subsequently wrecked a German cafe in the city. Berlin, Sept. 18. A million of pilgrims have visited Treves. Theßoman Catholic journals are relating miracles which are alleged to have been worked through the agency of the Holy Coat. The lame are said to walk, and the blind made to see. Brussels, Sept. 19. Aveling, one of the leaders of the British faction at the Brussels Labor Congress, has been fined 40s for thrashing his colleague during a violent quarrel in connection with the proceedings. Sir Charles Russell, M.P., has declared that the Liberal party will welcome a conflict with the House of Lords on any question. A terrible hailstorm has been experienced in the district near Rome, during which hailstones fell. Several people were killed, also a large number of cattle. Vienna, Sept. 18. A tunnel on the railway near Trieste collapsed and fifty-two workmen were entombed, all of whom it is feared have perished. Twenty dead bodies have been recovered. It is reported that the Archduke John, who was believed to have been lost in a ship during a voyage to Valparaiso in October last year, holds a leading positon in the Junta’s army. St. Petersburg, Sept. 18. An enormous number of the peasantry in Southern Russia, who are suffering from famine, have committed suicide. Hong Kong, Sept. 17. The Chinese authorities have hanged six of the rioters at Tchang, and dismissed the mandarins who, neglected their duty and made no attempt to check the mob. The Powers, however, doubting the Government’s ability to suppress outrage have reinforced their fleets. Ottawa, Sept. 17, Redress is demanded for the seizure of a Canadian vessel in Behring Sea by a Russian war vessel.