TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2261, 1 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AM) FOREIGN • 'OEondon, Sept. 27. Mr Gladstone considers the liquor system a national calamity. Mr De Cobain has not yet returned, to surrender himself. According to the announcement, Sir W. V. Harcourt, in the course of a political address, said he considered the labor movement was the greatest question of the 3ay; ,' ; Tennyson has : written a new comedy in which the leading part is intended for Miss Ada Rehan, the American actress. Mr Dilyj;/manager of the company -to whielPlshe belongs, has bought the piece. Sept. 28. Stephens, the returned Fenian, avows sympathy with Mr Parnell. The operation on Bishop Selwyn has been successful, and the doctors I anticipate a complete recovery, but it ! will be necessary for him to take rest for a year. The Standard's Moscow correspondent states that Russian politicians are exciting the Afghans against the Turkomans of Bokhara, and that Russia is intriguing to annex Bokhara, i Salvation Army riots have been renewed at Eastbourne, and many people received injuries. Paris, Sept. 28. Speaking at the ceremony of unveiling a statute of General Faidherbe, M. Ribot said that twenty years' labour and sacrifice had developed the French Army until it had become the image of the nation's stability. He went on to say that the Republic of France was conscious of her strength. She was also respected by her neighbours, and was confident of the future. Berlin, Sept. 28. Chancellor Von Caprivi states that the rapproachment between France and Russia has occasioned no alarm in Germany. In his belief no Government in Europe is desirous of war. Rome,-Sept. 28. In the course of a speech, Signer Crispi, ex-Premier, declared that Italy was the staunch ally of England. Brussels, Sept. 28. During a fete at Ghent, a platform collapsed, and two persons were killed and many injured. St. Petersburg, Sept. 27. The sale of the Moscow Gazette has been prohibited on the ground that the paper has contravened the Press regulation. * Sept. 28. The Grafehdamin opposes the coercion of China, as theßussq-China Alliance would be an eflectiVe weapon" 8 against England in case of need in the far East. Russia is massing troops on the Afghan frontier. Constantinople, Sept. 28. , r Said Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, declares that if Lord Salisbury will consent to re-open the question of the evacuation of Egypt, care will be taken that the English now in occupation will not be succeeded by any other Power. Cairo, Sept. 28. The Egyptian harvest reports give promise of the best yield on record. Tangier, Sept. 27. The Moors at Cape Jnby, on the coast of Africa, opposite the Canaries, have revolted, and threaten the British factory. H.M.S. Goshawk has gone there to protect the English subjects. Calcutta, Sept. 28. ' News from Burmah gives apppalling accounts of famine in that country. Two million people are reported to be starving, and brigandage is rampant everywhere. Hong Kong, Sept. 27. The Chinese Government has made immense gifts of land to. the Jesuits' Missions, and will give monetary compensation to other sufferers by the recent riots. Sept, 28. The Presbyterian missionaries at Tchang have been removed to Shanghai. Ottawa, Sept. 27. The Canadian Labor Congress has passed resolutions in favor of the State acquiring the ownership of railways and telegraphs, and municipalities that of light and water supplies, tramways, and telephones. Sept. 29. The trial of O'Brien, the reporter, charged with publishing a libel on Prince George of Wales, is proceeding at Montreal. Defendant was charged with publishing a statement that the Prince, while on a visit to Canadian waters in H.M.S. Thrush, had been arrested in a street row, and the chief of the police in examination to-day denied having arrested or released the Prince. New York, Sept. 26. It is rumoured that the United States Government is nominating a successor to Mr Parick Egan as Minister in Chili.

Washington, Sept. 27.

A band of armed men sacked the stores and post office in the town of San Antonio, Missouri. «. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Sept. 28. The barque Pet, 105 days from German New Guinea, arrived in port yesterday. For part of the voyage the vessel was worked by two men and a boy, the rest of the crew being ill with fever. Sept. 26. Despite the opposition shown to the proposal by the Government the General Assembly decided to hold future Parliamentary elections on one day. Melbourne, Sept. 27. Mr Justice Webb has died of influenza. The Premier, Mr Munro, has communicated with the Governments of neighbouring colonies calling attention to the insufficient sailing appliances carried by ocean-going steamers to provide against accidents to the machinery. Mr Munro suggests that concerted legislation should be adopted, but the Queensland Government suggests that an intercolonial Conference should be convened to fully consider the matter. Sept 29. James P. Howe, M. L. A., late chairman of the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company, and James Miller, merchant, late director, have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the company. Both defendants have been admitted to bail. Twelve fissures have been discovered in the Lancochrie weir, constructed for irrigation purposes. It contains 370,000,000 gallons of water, and if the embankment gives way, the" consequences will be disastrous. On the cable message published yesterday, announcing the departure of 20,000 Russian Jews for Australia and America, the Premier, Mr Munro, says that the authorities must refuse admission to the colony of the paupers of foreign nations. Adelaide, Sept. 27. The Railway Commissioners introduce the eight hours system next month.