TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2276, 5 November 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, j London, Nov. 1, Christie Murray, novelist and actor, who was lately declared bankrupt has filed an account of his assets and liabilities. The former amount to £2l and the latter to £IO9O. Addressing a meeting at Edinburgh Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, declared that if Egypt were evacuated by England, a state of anarchy would prevail, or the country would be usurped by another Power, and in either case England would hav4 to interfere and re-occupy. . . The banks consider it undesirable, and it will probably be impracticable, to float even a million and a-half of the Victorian loan, and think Australasia ought to agree to forego borrowing for two years, and then it should be done in moderation. Financiers express surprise that Victoria is in need of a million and a-half, in addition to the amount of the last loan, to finish works in progress. The Economist cautions Mr Dibbs, the new Premier of New South Wales, against a revival of the old borrowing policy, and states that Victoria is borrowing too largely. Denial is given to the report that a plot has been discovered to murder Mr Dillon, It is stated that the various frauds perpetrated by the Rev. Dr Clutterbuck, who is at present awaiting trial on a charge of obtaining £I6OO from a lady by false pretences, amount to £20,000. Nov. 2. The Paris correspondent of the Times wires that the Czar of Rnssia on his journey to Danzig travelled thirty miles by sea, although a storm was raging, in preference to continuing his journey by land, in order to avoid meeting the Emperor William of Germany. Mr Hogan, of the Melbourne Argus, writing to the Westminster Review, points to Australia as proof that Home Rule will not threaten the Empire, and says that the granting of autonomy to Ireland will pave the way for a genuine Imperial Parliament, including representatives from Great Britain.

The English fund for the assistance of distressed Jews in Russia now amounts to £63,000.

A destructive fire broke out this morning in the Prince of Wales’ residence at Sandringham, The two top floors, in which the Princess Maud and Victoria’s rooms were situated, were gutted. The damage is estimated at £15,000. The Prince of Wales was absent at the time. The first floor, containing the Prince’s suite of rooms and all his works of art, was saved by the fire-proof ceiling. Special trains were put on to take fire engines out. Paris, Nov. 2.

M. St. Hilliare, the prominent French politician, expresses the opinion that England’s withdrawal would be an injury to Egypt and to the world. Sofia, Nov, 2.

A great snowstorm is raging in Bulgaria, and several towns are embedded, St. Petersburg, Nov 2.

The Russian Government have voted a second amount of thirty million roubles for the relief of the famine districts, and have prohibited the export of all cereals except wheat. The Government are holding an inquiry into the outrage on Jews at Staradoub. One hundred and seventy arrests have been effected.

Constantinople, Nov. 2. Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate in this city.

Cairo, Nov. 3. The dervishes are reported to be within 60 miles of Sarras. Hong Kong, Nov. 2.

The earthquake shock travelled from east to west, and was felt throughout the entire island. At the Crown port of Nazmayt, 2000 persons were killed and 1800 houses levelled to the ground. At Gifutowu, five of the inhabitants were killed. In many of the towns the houses caught fire. Panic was universal and those who were injured were left to perish, hundreds dying of exposure and starvation. Nov. 3.

The volcanic eruption in Mokusau completely changed the general outline of the country. The principal shocks lasted two minutes. New York, Nov. 3.

The Boston Banks are coming to the assistance of Maverick’s Bank, and have given that institution a loan of £BOO,OOO to help it to tide over its difficulties.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Nov. 2. During a quarrel in a dancing saloon in Newcastle, a man named Burridge shot a girl named Murchie in the head with a revolver, The girl is in a critical condition. A steamer, name unknown, collided with the s.s. Caroline in Port Philip

and tore a hole five feet long in her, and left her stern post sticking in the Caroline. James Peter Howe, M.L.A., late chairman of the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company, and ■ James Millar, a merchant, late a : director of the same company, who were j arrested at the instance of the Crown I on a charge of conspiracy to defraud 1 in connection with the transactions of ' I the company, have been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment each. The Australian Banking Company has suspendended payment, but it is hoped only temporarily. The last j, balance sheet issued by the company 1 disclosed a satisfactory state of affairs, and a dividend of 7 per cent, was declared. The capital of the company ,is £250,000, £105,000, of which is paid up. Adelaide, Nov. 3. During the voyage of the steamer Prince Bouldoin from Antwerp, one boiler blew out, killing one fireman and injuring three others. Brisbane, Nov. 3, On the voyage from Sydney the A. U. S. N, Company’s steamer Eurimbla collided with the barquentine Lismore off Richmond river, the latter vessel being almost cut in two. The crew, with the captain’s wife and boy, scrambled on board the steamer, but Captain White and Shepherd, the cook, went down with the vessel. Those on the steamer declare that no lights were visible on the Lismore until three minutes before the collision.