TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2272, 27 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 22. Under Baron Hirsch’s scheme, every Jewish family settled in the Argentine Republic will be, alloted 150 acres of land and one year’s provisions, the second year they are to support themselves, and in the third year they will have to pay a small rent. Prince Ferdinand, Heir Apparent to the throne of Rouraania, arid nephew to the King, has been bethrothed to Princess Marie, eldest daughter of the Duke of Ediriburgh.

Messrs Alexanderjand Co., cornbrokers, of Old Broad street, who recently failed, are paying 7s 6d ; in the £.

Dr Clutterbuck has been arraigned on acharge of obtaining£l6oo from alady by means of false pretences. It is alleged that the accused told a lady that the Government were issuing a 10 per cent, loan and that he would invest money for her. It came out in evidence that the accused obtained money while administering the sacrament to .the lady when she was on the eve of undergoing a dangerous operation. Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was a witness in the case. Accused was remanded. The Standard states that half a million males in the famine-stricken districts in Russia are crying for bread. Mr P. W. Clayden, writing in the Daily News, remarks that the progress made by New Zealand under the Ballance administration, should encourage the Radicals in England to pursue a similar policy.

The Financial Times contains a scathing article on the failure of the Oamarußoardto meet its engagements. Oct. 23.

In the course of a sermon Dr Moorhouse said he saw no objection to cycling on Sundays and expressed his ! opinion that the opening of the art galleries and museums to the public on Sundays would do positive good. A periodical pan-Britannic contest I has excited the sympathy of the Prince of Wales, and it may possibly be worked in conjunction with the Imperial .Institute, Several leading colonists also favor the idea. If New Zealand farmers will provide cargoes iof dairy produce and frozen meat for shipment to Liverpool the Shaw Savill ‘ Company will find the ships. Sir Vernon Harcourt has lost the sight of one eye, and the other is ! likely to become affected. t Dr Moorhouse, speaking at the Diocesan Conference, said he would rather that children should, be members of the most fanatical superstitious ! body than secularists.

Mr J. Chamberlain, M.P. for Birmingham, speaking at Sunderland, declared that if Mr Gladstone were victorious at the general election England would become involved in foreign complications, and Ireland would reI lapse into a state of anarchy. I The health of Princess Maud, youngest daughter of the Prince of Wales, is causing some anxiety. Oct 24. The Economist considers that the New Zealand Government had better waive some of their rights with regard to the Oamaru Harbour Board, and assist in bearing the loss. Messrs Moet and Chandon, the champagne-growers at Epernay, have refused an offer of £4,000,000 for their : business.

Mr Simmons, of Messrs Simmon, King Scott and Co., the London agents lof Messrs Moet and Chandon, who visited Australia to report on the colonial vineyards, denies the assertion that the Australian soil has produced champagne equal to that of Epernay. It is alleged here that, had Mr Simmons’ report been more favorable, jsome houses in Epernay would ere this have acquired the Australian It is reported that several London and Liverpool produce merchants have united to proceed against the New Zealand Shipping Company in order to test the position of consignees and the company with regard to damaged produce by steamers from the colony. Sir Blowes Bart estimates that the British wheat crop will average 30 bushels to the acre, giving a total yield of 9,000,000 quarters, and that 20,000,00 quarters will be required to be imported. Berlin, Oct. 23. The German Government have given orders for the construction of a new type of torpedo boats and thirteen large warships. St. Petersburg, Oct. 22. It is officially announced that 25Q,000,000 roubles are required to give relief to the famine-stricken districts. The distress has now extended to Siberia. The provisions in two districts have been exhausted, and great difficulty is found in supplying half the food required there. AntiJewish riots have broken out at Tcher-

ingoff, a town on the Desua, 80 miles N.E. of Kiev. During the fight 30 Jews were killed and 600 injured. The cause is attributed the belief held by the peasants that the Jews are responsible for the famine.

Oct. 23, Russia has prohibited the exportation of oats. Rain has fallen in the southern districts, reviving the crops.

The Czar has directed the reserves of grain lying in the Government stores to be given to the peasants in the famine-stricken districts, and the officials, being afraid to admit that many of the stores are empty, are distributing instead the contents of the military granaries.

Oct. 24,

A bomb was thrown into a military train in Bessarabia, and the explosion killed ten soldiers and wounded six others.

The frosts in Russia are increasing the distress among the peasants. The Novosti estimates that 20,000,000 of the Russian Government peasantry are already without food, and attributes great corruption to those administering relief. Several thousands of women are selling their hair in order to purchase food. Many deaths from starvation, especially among children, are reported. Constantinople, Oct. 22.

Brigands in the neighbourhood of San Stefano have murdered an Armenian Prince named Salvator, belonging to the Russian Embassy in Constantinople. Hong Kong, Oct. 22.

An Englishman named Mason has been sentenced by the Shanghai Court to two years’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay a fine of £SOOO, for smuggling arms to the Chxnese rebels.

Oct. 23,

The insurgents captured Thema after a three days seige, large numbers being killed on both sides. The prisoners were butchered, and the victorious rebels subsequently abandoned the city.

Cholera is raging in Amoy, and upwards of one hundred deaths have occurred.

Ottawa, Oct. 22

It is announced that GovernorGeneral Stanley is about to dismiss the Hon H. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, an d his Ministry from office.

Oct. 24,

Messrs Rpbert McGreevy and Owen Murphy, members of the Quebec Assembly, have been found guilty of conspiring to defraud the colony of 40,000 dollars, but have escaped.

Washington, Oct. 23. Three thousand Dakato settlers are removing to Manitoba this season. Miss Rio, a Jewish belle in Baltimore, committed suicide by jumping from the top of the Washington monument.

New York, Oct. 22,

Consequent on the increasing production of beet in California, the United States Treasury will be compelled to make a large increase to the 10,000,000 dollars voted as bounties.

Oct. 24.

100,000 Americans, who petitioned the Czar in favour of the Jews, are subscribing a large amount in aid of of the Russian peasantry, and are also shipping large quantities of food to Russian ports to assist the sufferers. Mr J. G. Blaine, Secretary of State, has returned to New York, apparently in good health.

AUSTRALIAN CARLE. Sydney, Oct. 23. Mr Dibbs has succeeded in forming a Cabinet as follows :—Premier and Colonial Secretary, Mr G. R. Dibbs; Colonial Treasurer, Mr John Lee; Attorney-General, Mr E. Barton; Secretary for Lands, Mr H. Copeland; Secretary for Public Works, Mr W. J. Lyne; Minister of Public Instruction, Mr F. B. Suttor; Minister of Justice, Mr R. E. O’Connor, (in the Legislative Council) ; Minister of Mines, Mr T. M. Slattery; VicePresident of the Executive, Sir Julian Salaraons, Q.C.

Adelaide, Oct. 22

In the House of Assembly a motion was carried requesting the Government to make enquiries into the rainmaking experiments now being carried out in the United States. Brisbane, Oct. 23.

The murderers of Howard and Craig, at the Solomon Islands have been shot, Captain Davis ordered the men of the Royalist to pursue the natives, who took to the bush, where they returned to the attack, but were repulsed at the point of the bayonet and the murderers killed.

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