TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2267, 15 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 11. The Earl of Derby unveiled the statue of the late Mr John Bright at , Manchester yesterday. Mr Murray, a Tory has been elected for Buteshire in the place of Mr, Robertson, who was recently appointed Lord Justice General of Scotland. Oct. 12, The Paris correspondent of the Times asserts that the Italian Government gave countenance to the rising, against the pilgrims visiting the Pope, 1 as they were opposed to such numbers 1 of French being present in Rome. ! Oct. 13. The proposals of Mr T. Playford, Premier of South Australia, for alimitation of holdings and compulsory sale of leasehold property, are causing' considerable alarm, and it is rumoured 1 that large withdrawals of capital from that colony are contemplated. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph wires that a 1 conspiracy against the life of the Czar has been discovered at Kiev, and that a printing press has been seized. A serious outbreak has taken place among students, and although many arrests were made, the spirit of ‘revolt is spreading. !

Berlin. Oct. 12.

United States cereals will be admitted free into Germany on condition that German beet sugar is received into the United States without payment of duty. Seventy-nine murders and suicides occurred in Berlin during the first ten 1 days of this month. Brussels, Sept. 13.

Information has reached here that the Belgian vessel Ellen Losing, being in the Mediterranean Sea, drifted hopelessly about for a fortnight. Tbe crevv suffered terrible privations, twelve of them dying from starvation. Only one was rescued. . |

St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.

It is reported that the Perfect of Odessa has invited the Jews to remain in Russia and occupy themselves with farming. The temperance propaganda promulgated by the Czar is succeeding in the famine-stricken districts. 1

Vienna, Oct. 11. The Budget for the year shows a surplus of 600,000 florins, Cairo, Oct. 12. Three colossal statues of Rameses have been unearthed at Aboukir,

Washington, Oct. 11

The Ecumenical Methodist Congress is discussing \tith much enthusiasm the abolition of the lines of division between the different branches of the! Methodist Church, 21,000,000 of people. The receipts have gone up £300,000, and the expenses only £75,000.

San Francisco, Oet ? , 12,

Advices received here by mail from China show that at Tchang riots took place in the presence of a number of Mandarins, who remained passive! The Chinese telegraph clerks refuse to transmit messages asking for assistance.

"Valparaiso, Oct. 12

The British nitrate companies in Chili are claiming sixty million dollars compensation for damages sustained during the recent civil war, 1 The Spanish and Italian residents in Chili claim £600,000 compensation for losses during the war. 1 Monte Video, Oct. 13.

A rebellion took place in Uruguay, with the object of seizing the Juuta and murdering the President, but it failed. The military suppressed the revolt after sharp fighting, in which a number of the insurgents were killed. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Oct. 13. Replying to a question in the House of Assembly to-day as to whether the Government had made any agreement to aid Generalßooth in his colonisation scheme, or whether the Government would take steps to prevent the introduction of pauper labor, the Premier said that without directly answering he might say that he had a conversation with the leader of the Salvation Army on his arrival in Sydney, but nothing had been said about aiding the scheme nor with regard to paupers. He had no doubt, however, that when the time arrived to deal with the matter the Government would be equal to the occasion.

Melbourne, Oct. 12

A singular gas escape from the mains into the sewers occurred in Elizabeth street yesterday. By some means the gas ignited, and the flames burst through the gratings into the streets and rose nearly thirty feet high. On the outbreak being discovered the gas was cut off and the flames extinguished. Oct. 13. A remarkable recovery from snake bite has been effected by means of galvanism.

" The influenza epidemic shows no signs of abatement. The accommodation in the hospitals is taxed to the utmost, and many deaths are reported.