TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2274, 31 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct. 28. Mr Frederick Smith,: son of the late Right Hon. W. H. Smith, has been elected to fill the vacant seat in the House of Commons caused by the death of his father. Mr Smith polled 4950 votes against 1946 by Mr Gutteridge, the Radical candidate. At a meeting of shareholders of the National Bank of New Zealand, Messrs James McAndrew (Matheson and Co.), Thomas Seaber, and John Morrison Stobart were electeclgfto the directorate in place of Sir C. Clifford, and Messrs John Morrison and Sidney Young. It was stated that one investment company in New Zealand was withdrawing £250,000 while others were preparing to do likewise. All refuse to increase their investments while the attacks on the capital of the institution continue. The collision between the Boston and the Chari wood occurred off Eddystone Lighthouse. Harrowing scenes' were witnessed as the latter vessel settled down, the captain’s daughter and six of the crew being the only persons saved. The Boston was not damaged by the collision. Severe floods have been experienced in South France, Galicia, Northern Italy, and Spain, and the leaning tower at Saragossa, in the latter country, is undermined by water and threatens to fall. A train at Mocrane, in Grenoble, France, became derailed and 15 persons were killed and 40 injured. The London County Council is arranging to purchase a portion of the city tramways. The correspondent at St. Petersburg of the Daily News wires that the Russian Government is prohibiting private societies from relieving the peasants in the southern and western districts, and threatens to arrest any volunteers who visit the districts. It is reported that a Scotch railway pool is being formed to absorb all the lines in Scotland. Mr Parnell left little besides his estate in Avondale. Mr Morley, speaking at the United Kingdom Alliance, said that he would support the extension of the local option franchise, but he was personally in favour of the direct veto. The Grendier Guards, stationed at Windsor, complained that the rations supplied them were unfit for consumption. The officers ordered the men to eat the food, but they declined and threw it into the barrack square. The men have been confined to barracks, and some of the corporals have been arrested. The affair caused some excitement. The Oamaru municipal waterworks loan has fallen 2 per cent. A fall has taken place in the quotation for Melbourne Harbor Board debentures. Mr Champion predicts that one effect of the death of Mr Parnell will be to give a better opportunity to the House of Commons to deal with domestic questions. Lieutenant-Colonel Hewitt, the last of the English officers who fought at Waterloo, is dead, aged 96. Before the division was taken in the London County Council on the question of the proposed purchase of the City tramways, the Tory members withdrew in order to prevent a statutory majority, but failed. Lord Rosebery voted for the motion. Berlin, Oct. 27. A man has been arrested here on suspicion of being connected with the murder of a woman under similar circumstances to the Whitechapel murders. ' Oct. 28. In consequence of the revolting crimes which have taken place in Berlin recently the Emperor William has ordered that the strongest repressive measures be taken in the interests of morality. , St. Petersburg, Oct. 27. Anti-Jewish rioters pillaged 4,000,000 roubles worth of property of the Jews, and during the fight 23 Jews were killed and 200 wounded. In Tehernigoo the agitation against the Jews is being fiercely carried out, and 30 have been killed and 250 wounded. Nihilists are assisting to increase the disorder, Vienna, Oct. 29. It is reported here that 40,000 rebels have besieged Sana, the capital of Yemen, and that the Turkish comr mander has asked for reinforcements of 20,000 men. Tunis, Oct. 25. During the celebration of a wedding in the city the wall of the building fell, on the party, and killed eighteen. Hong Kong, Oct, 27. Placards are exhibited in the Chinese rebellious districts, exhorting the rebels to chase the devil-mouthed European pigs, burn churches, destroy the sect of Jesus, and punish converts. Oct. 28. A severe earthquake has been experienced at Hiogo, a seaport town of

Japan, on the coast of the island of Niphon, at the head of the Gulf of Osaka. Considerable damage was done, and three hundred persons were killed. , Ottawa, Oct. 29. The Hon. Thomas McGreevy, and Messrs Larkin and Connolly have been charged with conspiring to defraud the Quebec Harbour Board, New York, Oct. 28, A woman and her children were murdered under atrocious circumstances in Texas, and a negro, who was supposed to have committed the deed, was captured by a mob of a thousand people and burned at the stake. ' W ASMNGTON, Oct. 28.^ Mr J. G, Blaine, Secretary of*Statef* who has been in ill-health for some time past, has resumed his duties. Valparaiso, Oct. 27. The Admiral in charge of the German fleet here denounces the attack on the United States man-of-warsmen, in which it is believed, that the Chilian police are implicated, Buenos Ayres, Oct. 27. Riots occurred in connection with the elections at Cordova and Tucman. The police fired on the mob, killing and wounding many of them. AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Oct. 29 The Sydney Morning Herald says that the withdrawal of a quarter of a million from British investments in New Zealand is another serious warning as to the probable results of turbulent politics in the colonies. Chief Justice Cederanz, of Samoa, leaves for Apia to-day. Melbourne, Oct, 28. The Marine Court found that Captain Bell, of the Gambier, had not slackened speed or stopped the engines in sufficient time to avert a collision. The Loan Bill provides for the floating of a loan of £6,000,000 in three equal annual instalments.