TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2270, 22 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London. Oct. 18. Mr David Murray, who has been declared bankrupt, asserts that he has no assets. Despite the rivalry of the German Shipping Coinp:inies~the quantity of cargo conveyed to. Zanzibar by British vessels has doubled djiring the last six months. Mesrs Dillon-and T. Healey are receiving police protection. It is rumoured that the order issued by the Russian Government, prohibiting the exportation of oilcake will be cancelled, and it is expected that the railway freight on, -tWt "article will be increased or an import tax imposed, virtually amounting to .prohibition. The Rev. Augustus Stopford Brooke is advocating the equal possession by all people of those things which are necesssary to life. The Standard says that a market now exists in England for large shipments of colonial apples. The Times declares that England and Australia, whatever movement may be on foot, will always be parts of one mighty nation. Oct. 19. Mr Dillon has denounced the Parnellites as traitors. The report that Mr Balfour takes the leadership of the House of Commons is confirmed. Mrs W. H. Smith will obtain a peerage in recognition of her late husband's services. The Handsard Publishing Union, which recently went into liquidation, threatens to institute proceedings against the Debenture Corporation Company (Limited), claiming more than £1,000,000 for the alleged illegal seizure of property. A terrific gale was experienced in the English Channel, during which a French brig was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight. Five of the crew perished. The storm caused considerable damage at Sandgate in Kent. A large portion of the parade was destroyed. Heavy floods have been experienced in many districts in England. The Freeman's Journal snggests that aroundconferenceshould.be held to discuss the question of the leadership of the Irish party. Mr Parnell's grave is visited daily by numbers of pilgrims. OM. 20. United Ireland refers to the Dillonites as " fools, wretches, and creeping, wriggling reptiles." Intelligence is to hand that a Russian expedition has entered the Pamir Plateau, in Central Asia, regardless of the protest of the Chinese frontier officers. The Very Rev. H. G. Liddell, Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, resigns at Christmas. Paris, Oct. 18. The Chamber", of Commerce and Trade urges the imposition of a duty on foreign flour. Oct 20. The French Government have issiled an order, forbidding the Salvation Army to parade the streets. The Chilian correspondent of Le Temps confirms the report of General Balmaceda's suicide, the deed being committed on September 19th, in the Argentine Legation, by shooting himself throngh the eye with a revolver. The representatives of Foreign Powers in Valparaiso were informed of his death, and the interment took place in secret. Berne. Sept. 21. In the National Rath crushing majorities have declared in favour of Protection, a State Bank, and note monopoly. Berlin. Oct. 18, Herr Bebel, a Socialist leader,speaking at the Congress of German Socialists at Erfurt, admitted the views of his party have been moderated owing to economics-conditions, and because it was impossible at present to urge their demands by fqrce or bring on a popular rising with any chance of sue? cess. *\ Oct. 20. Exciting scenes took*"place at the Erfurt Congress,, and six leading anar* : chists withdrew in order to avoid .expulsion. '• '•■>■ Rome, Oct. 17. An active vojeano lias risen from the bed of the. sea on the coast of Pantillaria, an island s&ty miles southwest of Sicily. ... Oct. 18... The managers of the pilgrimage state that -.aliens were aggressors in the outrage at King' Victor Emmanuel's tomb in the Pantheon. They vindicate the part the pilgrims took in the disturbance.' , '■. St. Petersburg, Oct. 18. The Ministerial Committee estimate ; that one hundred' and twenty-three million roubles will be required to meet the distress caused by the failure of the, harvest*. .' .

Oct 19. 1 It is rumoured that an arrest has j been made in connection with the , fatal accident which occurred to the Czar’s train near Borki, on the , Kharkoff railway in October, 1888. The train ran off the rails while travelling at the rate ox 42 miles an hour, a large number of attendants and officials being either killed or injured. The Imperial family had a marvellous escape. At first the accident was said to have been the , work of Nihilists, but it was afterwards attributed to the high speed of the train travelling over rotten sleepers. As an outcome of the arrest it is j expected that some important disclosures will be made regarding the cause of the accident. The Graschdainu, an organ of the Russian aristocracy, says that England is Russia’s only enemy. The Czar has consented to receive a deputation from the Sultan of Turkey, which will be headed by Djevad Pasha, the new Grand Vizier. Constantinople, Oct. 20. Cholera is raging in Syria. i Hong Kong, Oct. 19, | The -Chinese Government has denuinded from Russia an explanation of her attitude with regard to the Pami r plateau, - New York, Oct. 18. Ir \ine Ejvans, an American millior a i re arsd speculator, has committedsuicid4, ( Oct. 20. A refirn presented to the Methodist Conference* estimates that the total number of Methodists in the world reaches 30,000,000. Through the agency of a rain-maker a drought has been averted in Texas. Washington, Oct. 15. Five hundred and eight thousand dollars have been awarded the Canadian Pacific Railway Company as compensation for faulty construction by the Government of a section of the line crossing the Rocky Mountains. Buenos Ayres, Oct. 19. Another popular outbreak is feared, in consequence of which Argentine Republic stocks are falling. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. % Sydney, Oct. 19. Sir H, Parkes has tendered the resignation of the Government to the Earl of Jersey, who has summoned Mr Dibbs, leader of the Opposition, to undertake the task of forming a new Ministry. Oet. 20. Mr Dibbs is forming a Ministry, and the Assembly meet to-morrow. Intelligence is to hand from the New Hebrides that a settler named Savvers and a black boy has been murdered at Santo Island by the natives. The body of Sawers was recovered, but that of the boy was taken away and eaten. Hobart. Oct. 20 The liquidators of the Bank of Van Diemen’s Land expect to pay a dividend of 5s 8d in a few weeks, nnd it is improbable that a call will be made on the shareholders. Brisbane, Oct. 19. The Graziers Butchering Company has secured the contract for the supply of 500,000 kilogrammes of preserved meat for the Netherlands Government for the use of Dutch troops. Perth, Oct. 19. A fire at Geral/Utiwn destroyed Wamvvright’s press newspapei office. The damage is estimated at^loTOOO.