TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2269, 20 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 15. The gale continues to rage with great violence. The harbor extension works at Dover have been destroyed. Inland many houses and trees have been injured by the force of the wind, and the rivers are overflowing their banks. A survivor from, the wreck of the cattle steamer off the banks of Newfoundland, declares that forty-two were drowned. It is alleged that the crew and officers were^drunk, but the whole story is doubtful, Mr Goschen,speaking at Cambridge, said it was natural that the Uuionists should wish the leadership to fall on Mr Balfour, and he warned Mr Gladstone that unless the plain issue on the question of Horae Rule was submitted a fresh appeal was inevitable. Mrs Parnell is seriously ill. For the Newcastle (New South Wales) municipal loan for £74,000 at 4 per cent., only £6OOO was tendered for, The loan will remain open for d week. Pere Hyacinthe has become a convert to Theosophy. The St. James Gazette says that the movements of the Russian Expedition to the Pamir Plateau are taking place upon Afghan and Chinese territory. England and China will probably take joint action in the matter. Oct. 16. The Privy Council has had fully before it the Imperial Act under which the conviction of the Rev. Dr McLeod in Sydney, to 3 years’ imprisonment for bigamy, was quashed, and the Council expresses the opinion that no jurisdiction lies where the bigamy was committed in a foreign country. It is rumoured in London that Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, will succeed Sir Saul Samuel as Agent-General for that colony. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon continues to improve in health. The Economist advises the Premier of New Zealand to change New Plymouth bonds for New Zealand 4 per cents., which are cheap. The Taranaki Iron and Petroleum Company with a capital of £125,000, has been registered. Mr De Cobain, M.P., who is wanted on a crimnal charge is seriously ill. It is proposed to hold a nations.! celebration in honor of the Prince of Wales’ fiftieth birthday. A meeting of ratepayers has by a large majority decided to oppose General Booth’s proposal to build a Salvation Home on the Thames embankment, A syndicate of London financiers are shipping a large quantity of gold to the Argentine Republic, where stocks are recovering consequent on the new Bank Bill having been passed by the Senate and Chamber. Paris, Oct. 15. The trial of sixty Anarchists has begun in Rome. There are 325 witnesses, and 35 counsel are engaged. Rome, Oct. 15. The Vatican is angry at the recent pilgrimage incident, declaring that it was instigated by the Government in hopes that it would lead to the expulsion or murder of the Pope. Berlin, Oct. 15. The elections in Saxony have resulted in the return of a large increase of Socialist representatives. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15. Five hundred students who took part in the recent outbreak against the Czar at Kiev have been arrested. Oct. 18. The expulsion of Jews from the southern districts of Russia has been stopped. Hong Kong, Oct. 18, The Chinese Government fear that Russia is trying to advance on the frontier of Kashgar, and some uneasiness has been occasioned. New York, Oct. 18. , The reported wreck of a steamer off Newfoundland with a large loss of life turns out to be a hoax. The Methodist Conference closed its sittings yesterday, consequent on continued disorder arising out of the offensive remarks of Mr J. H. Atkinson M.P. for Boston, England. Mr, Atkinson is the member, who, shortly before the proi’ogation of the British Parliament, was suspended for a week for disrespect to the Speaker. Washington, Oct. 15. A fund is being raised for the purpose of erecting a statue of John Wesley in this city, Valparaiso, Oct. 18. Four sailors belonging to the United States warship Baltimore were killed in a street row in Valparaiso. Buenos Ayres, Oct. 15. The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has rejected the proposals for a forced currency. Monte Video, Oct. 15. The rioters arrested here were members of a Revolt Club, who endeavoured to persuade the soldiers to assist them

and offered the Colonel £60,000 to deliver up the city. It is alleged that the priests fomented the riot. Martial law has. been proclaimed.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Oct. 16. A woman named Scarsbrook attempted to poison herself and her three children with strychnine. One child is dead, but the others are likely to recover. The woman is insane. Over 500-school children at Collingwood are prostrated with influenza. Dr. Mclnverney has discovered a remarkable cure for the disease, and in every instance in which it has been triedit has proved successful. The cure consists of small doses of onesixteenth to one-twentieth of a grain of perchloride of mercury in distilled water, given every two hours until the normal temperature is regained, when the ordinary tonic restores the patient to health. Indications point that the harvest area under crop is much larger than last year, but the quantity of barley sown this year has fallen off, owing to the low prices ruling last season, Sydney, Oct, 16. A man named Everard, who was accused of systematic criminal assaults on females which mystified the police for some considerable time, has been found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for life. Oct. 17. Sir, H. Parkes says that it is impossible in any way to be satisfied with the present Parliament. He does not think there is any chance of success in the direction of a coalition, and is decidedly of opinion that there must be a dissolution within the next few months. Hobart, Sept. 26. Influenza is spreading over the colony in a mild form. The Eotomahana on her first trip between Melbourne and Launceston broke the record held by the Huddart Parker’s Coogee, proving herself the fastest ocean-going passenger steamer in Australasia.