TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2271, 24 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 20. The Standard, commenting on the financial difficulties of the Oamaru Harbour BO&ird, says the place never had trade or firospects to justify it in incurring sdlarge a debt. The Oamli.ru Harbor Board bonds fell 30 net Cent, and arc now quoted at , to the bondholders, the aEffiwraru Harbor Board state that they will only be able to pay half of the interesthow due on the last loan, as drought, strikes, and competition have materially reduced the revenue for the past year. During a “ self-denial week,” held in connection with the Salvation Army, £40,000 was raised in aid of the funds. The new French tariff virtually prohibits the importation of Spanish i wines into France, and this has caused i angry feelings among the Madrid winegrowers. J The New Zealand Shipping Com-: pany’s new steamer Ruahine has been successfully launched at Dumbarton.; Mr Devoy accuses Mr Davitt of departing from the secret compact; between Messsrs Devoy, Davitt, and, Parnell., He.states that Mr Parnell’s' recent struggles were intended to ; secure this compact, but Mr Davitt: engaged in traitorous intrigues contrary to its provisions in order to; please the Liberals. I Mr William Redmond will contest! the Cork seat, and Mr Michael Davitt! will stand for Kilkenny North, The Parnellite members for Dublin: have resolved not to unite with the! McCarthy party.

The Melanesian mission steamer Southern Cross, which sailed some days ago for Australian waters, en-, countered the full force of the recent gales in the Channel, and was forced; to take shelter at Cowes in the Isle of ’Wight. It was then found that she had been strained by the heavy weather necessitating her being dismantled.; She is expected to be detained about three weeks undergoing repairs. Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Scott will be promoted to the post of viceadmiral in August, when he will be succeeded on the Australian station by Rear-Admiral H. B. Stephenson. Oct. 21. The Standard’s correspondent wires that King Humbert has assured the Pope that nothing shall occur to disturb the Vatican. Oamaru Harbour Board debentures are quoted at 60. Mr Parnell died intestate. The Freeman’s Journal thinks that it is hopeless to look for a union between the two sections of the Irish party. The priests have selected Mr Michael Davitt as the candidate for the North Kilkenny seat. Mr John Redmond has applied for the Chiltern Hundreds, and will contest the Cork vacancy. He states that the party who supported Mr Parnell will preserve their independence until such time as the people of Ireland have had an opportunity of delaring their wishes.

Sir Charles Dilke, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph, states that there is little hope of shortly carrying the Eight Hours, Bill, even in an optional form, and therefore it would be better tor the unionists to carry a resolution in favor. of such an . enactment in dangerous and unhealthy trades. Sixty labour unions, representing 150,000 men, employed in northern industries met at Darlington and agreed to federate.

The general: opinion among city men is that Sir T. Mcllraith’s, action in making grave charges against the Bank of England has seriouly prejudiced all Queensland stocks. Dubeat, chaii’inan of the Dublin Stock Exchange, who failed in December, lias been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. It is ! reported that a French warship lowered the Union Jack at Matacong, off the coast of Sierra Leone, and illtreated the only two Englishmen on the island.

Captain Shaw receives a pension of £IOOO on his retiring from the superintendency of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The Daily Chronicle’s Rome correspondent considers that the stoppage of the pilgrimages to Rome severs the Pope from the Catholic world. The Rome correspondent of the Standard wires that the Cardinals are discussing the situation, but as yet have not come to any decision. Menotti Garibaldi, at whose instigation the veterans of the Italian War of Independence recently passed a resolution in favor of abolishing the article in the Constitution making Romanism the State religion, has also convened a public meeting. He maintains that the Pope is amenable to the common laws.

Pams, Oct. 21. The French Customs Committee are in favor of imposing a duty of 25 francs upon imported salt meats. Madrid, Oct. 20. The Chinese labourers at Valladolid have struck work, demanding a recognition of the eight hours principle. Rome, Oct. 21. The Pope, in a letter to the Great Powers, declares it impossible that the Vatican and Quirinal can continue to jointly occupy Rome. Vienna, Oct. 21. The German military attache at Vienna, by command of the .Kaiser, declared the alliance between Germany and Austria indissoluble, and that no power, on earth could ever part the two nations. St, Petersburg, Oct. 21. The Czar will probably reach Berlin on Thursday. The 1 Russian Government are stopping the export of buckwheat and millet. Several firms in Moscow have suspended payment. The liabilities of ■ one of them amounts to £480,000. ! ■ Constantinople, Oct. 20. A band of fifty Albanian brigands attacked a party of Montenegrin travellers, killing five of them. Hong Kong, Oct, 21, It is asserted in Shanghai that the Kolao Hai Society has announced the intenion of exterminating foreign missions, This is the secret society to which the recent anti-foreign outrages in the Yangtsi Valley are attributed, and is one of the most powerful and troublesome organisations in China. New York, Oct. 21. A train was derailed at Monmouth, in Illinois, and ten persons were killed and many injured. Ottawa, Oct. 20. The Government have decided to; proceed agaist Mr A. Senecal, late Government printer, for the recovery of 15,000 dollars which he is said to have received in bribes. In the meantime Senecal’s property has been attached. It is reported that the members of the Cabinet have handed their resignations to the Premier in consequence of the strictures passed upon the Ministry in the recent scandals. Oct. 21. The Marquis of Salisbury has called upon the Canadian Government to furnish a report on the state of the defences of the Dominion. A newspaper which supports Mr Mercier, Premier of Quebec, violently attacks Governor-General Stanley, and goes on to say that unless Great Britain protects her subjects in Canada they will look elsewhere for protection. It is expected that the Governox*General will dismiss Mr Mercier from office. The Governor-General has requested the Hon. J. Abbot, Premier of the Dominion, to remove the Hon. H. L. Langevin’s name from the list of the Queen’ Privy Councillors for Canada. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Oct. 21. The Postmaster-General has embodied a clause in the Post Office Amendment Bill to prevent letters addressed to sweep proprietors passing through the post. During the last fortnight 27 deaths were recorded in this colony from influenza. In the House pf Assembly the Lands Repurchase Bill has been introduced. This is the first step of the Government policy to break up and prevent the reaccumulation of big estates, It provides for compulsory repurcliase, whether owners are willing or not, while the valuation is to be not more than 20 per cent, beyond the land tax assement, plus the value of improvements. Sydney, Oct. 21 Signor Majeronx, actor, is dead. There is great excitement over the pegging out of platinum claims. Owing to the death of his mother Mr Dibbs has not been able to complete the task of forming a Ministry, and on the Assembly meeting to-day it was agreed to adjourn until Monday next. Adelaide, Oct. 22. I The House of Assembly is debating a motion to abolish capital punishment, to which an amendment has been proposed substituting electricity as the means of execution instead of hanging. Hobart. Oct, 22 Several cases are pending against the Bank of Van Diemen’s Land, brought by shareholders to recover damages for loss sustained on shares owing to stoppage of the bank.