TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2278, 10 November 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. , London, Nov. 6. i Wanganui Harbor Board 6 per cent, stock has fallen £6; Wellington water works 6 per cent, £2, and Napier, Otago, and Westport Harbor bonds £l. ' The Melba divorce case will be heard here on the 24th inst. Enquiries are to be radde at a hotel in Vienna where it is alleged that the Duke of Orleans under an assumed name was in Madame Melba’s company for several days. , Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, declares that the Liberals wasted £9,000,000 on panic legislation, i The Daily Chronicle’s correspondent states that mothers in the distressed districts in Russia are killing their children in order to save them from the famine. At a meeting of the creditors in the estate of Mr Christie Murray, the novelist and actor, the bankrupt stated that the production of his drama “ Ned’s Chum ” resulted in a heavy loss. He was at present engaged in writing another novel, but he was not in a position to make any offer to his creditors. Nov. 7. The news is confirmed that the Russian expedition to the Pamir districts held Captain Younghusband, the leader of the British exploring party, a prisoner, until he signed papers promising to avoid certain passes in the country. During October the value of the imports decreased £872,000, and the value of the exports decreased £2,500,000. The Archbishop of Canterbury favours the suggestion that he should pay a visit to the colonial churches. Paris, Nov. 6. It is reported that Russia purchases silver from the Bank of France of the value of 100,000,000 roubles for minting. Berlin. Nov. 6. Her Schmidt, a Socialist member of the Reichstag, has been sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment on a charge of inciting persons to disobey the law. The liabilities of Hirschleld and Wolff’s Bank, which has suspended payment, amount to eight million marks. The Empress of Germany and Prince Henry, brother of the Kaiser, are heavy losers, and many of the leading families in Germany are ruined. Wolff is arrested. Indignation is expressed in the city at the action of the Czar in passing without speaking to the Emperor of Germany. Rome, Nov. 6. The Pope is appealing to the courts of Europe to uphold the independence of the See, and states that he is revolving serious measures for the safeguard of his liberty. Vienna, Nov, 5. The Compte de Paris is furious at his eldest son, the Duke of Orleans, being placed under legal control. St. Petersburg, Nov 5. The Zemstovs appeal to the Czar to close the dram shops in famine disdistricts, in order to prevent relief being wasted in orgies. The Czar insists on the order, prohibiting the exportation of wheat for a fortnight being carried out, but the Minister of Finance is opposed to it. Nov. 7. Russia has ceased the construction of the Siberian railway owing to lack of funds. A large contingent at Kieff are living on refuse from the abattoirs. The Russian press adopt an insulting tone in referring to Germany’s offer of help to the faraine-stickeri people, and urge the authorities to refuse to accept it. Athens, Nov. G. An English petroleum steamer has been burnt to the water’s edge off Negropont Island, nine of those on board perishing in the flames, Calcutta, Nov, 6. : A train was derailed at Ngapur, in the Presidency of Bengal. Five British and five Indian railway officials were killed. The list of injured numbered twenty-four. Hong Kong, Nov. 7. It is reported that the Great Powers will seize Shanghai and detain the Customs revenue in the event of the Chinese Government further delaying the payment of the indemnity for the recent outrages. Washington, Nov 4. The result of the Ohio election is considered to indicate that in the future neither Republicans nor Democrats will advocate the free coinage of silver to an unlimited extent. President Harrison interprets the McKinley election as a conclusive endorsement of the tariff introduced by him. Rro de Janeiro, Nov, ,6. The army and navy have compelled General I’onseca to become Dictator

as he was suspected of an intention to restore the Empire under a grandson of the dethroned Emperor, Dom Pedro. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Nov. 8. Mr Barton, the Attorney-General, has been re-elected Py a majority of 9. The Federal Reversionary Investment and Financial Company (Limited), have suspended payment. Brisbane, Nov. 6. An important lawsuit has been begun here, Edward Robert Drury, (general manager of the Queensland Bank), Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, Sir Arthur Palmer (President of the Legislative Council), and the Hon. Frederick H. Hart, M.L.C., have been charged with malfeasance as directors of the Queensland Investment Company. It is alleged that they advanced 1 moneys of the company to the extent of £66,000 to Mr Grimley, accountant of the Queensland National Bank, who is also included with the defendants, on grossly insufficient security. The company are now seeking to recover this amount. Seventy-four free shearers have passed through Rockhampton on their way back to New Zealand, having completed their agreement with the pastoralists in this colony. They take back £6OOO ‘between them. Adelaide, Nov. 6. The Bishop of Adelaide, while visiting Coffin’s Bay on the east side of Eyre Peninsula, discovered a dead sea serpent 60 feet in length. It had a round body like a snake and a tail like a whale. THE UNITED STATES AND CHILI. Washington, Nov. 5. The Hon. B, F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy, has given orders for warships to be prepared for sea with the least possible delay. They will be ordered to the Pacific Station. Valparaiso, Nov. 5. A conspiracy which has been discovered at Santiago to murder General Canto and overthrow the new Government is extensive. One of the refugees under Mr Egan’s protection is said to be implicated. Senor Moult has been elected President of Chili. Lieutenant Grandilla, who was selected to murder General Canto, has been arrested. Investigations show that there was a wide spread attempt to provoke a rising, many officers and members of the nobility being implicated. The murder fund amounted to half a million dollars. LABOUR. London, Nov. 5. The engineers’ strike has ended. The employers undertake to reduce the overtime to a minimum and restrict the hours of sixty-five per week. The weavers in Belfast are striking. Oct. 6. Sir John Gorst says that the remedy for the glut of unskilled labour in cities is to apportion some of it on to country allotments. A witness examined befofft the Royal Labour Commission to-day deposed that the Unionists devoted £SOOO of the moneys collected in Australia, in fighting the masters, and the money had not been used in direct relief of the dockers for which purpose it was collected. New York, Nov., 4. The convicts, who were liberated by the miners working in the coal mines at Knoxville, in Tennessee, have been recaptured. IRISH AFFAIRS. London, Nov. 3. In replying to Mr John Redmond’s statements regarding an account of what took place at the Boulogne conference; Mr O’Brien’s characterises them as grotesque, treacherous falsehoods. Nov. 9. The Pamellities at Cork stoned the Nationalists from the roofs of houses. Many were injured and had to be removed to the infirmary. The Right Hon. William L. Jackson, M.P., Financial Secretary to the Treasury, has been appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland. The election for the vacant seat of Cork in the House of Commons, caused by the death of Mr Parnell, took place, with the result that Mr Martin Flavin the McCarthy candidate, was returned. The numbers polled were—Mr Flavin, 3669 ; Mr J. Redmond (Parnellite),2l7s ; Mr Scarsfield (Unionist), 1161. i