TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2281, 17 November 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 12. The Brazilian cqjrrespondent of the' Times says that it i& General FonOsea’s j money-grubbing propensities that ha ve caused the disturbance in Brazil. The Duke of Orleans is now at i Stowe House. His father, the Comte 'de Paris, forbids ! him to accept any challenge froin Mr Armstrong, Madam Melba’s husband; a The s.s. Massilia has arrived at London with influehza on board. Nearly every one ship . has been attacked, and at one time 96 persons were prostrated together. No deaths loccured. It isTthp^ghtAthe epidemic Was caught at Melbourne. Nov. 13. It is reported that the Parnell-Wood ■probate suit will be compromised. Mr Munro, late Commissioner of Police, has gone as a missionary to Bengal. The mayor of Eastbourne, where the recent disturbance with the Salvation Army took place, is suing Mr Bramwell Booth for slander, in asserting that he, the mayor, looked on while blood flowed in the streets. The principal financial houses in London deny the statement made by Mr Ballance, the Premier of New Zealand, that the taxation policy of the Government is not expelling capital from the colony. They declare that the policy is suicidal, and assert that many instances are known of the withdrawal, or contemplated withdrawal, of large amounts at present invested in New Zealand. The land companies in London which are connected with the colony contemplate taking combined action against the taxation proposals, and will probably submit a united protest to the New Zealand Government on the matter. The death is announced of Mr John Nightingale, the well known Epsom trainer. Mr Armstrong, Madame Melba’s husband, has applied for a commission to examine a witness in Vienna. The Duke of Orleans opposed the motion on the ground that the application was premature. Further argument was adjourned until the 30th instant. , Lord Carrington, speaking at Bristol, made a vehement attack on the policy of Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, who, he said, was the living incarnation of the old Downing Street regime, which while repulsing the Australian desire to retain Imperial troops in their pay now taxes the Australian colonies to maintain the squadron. He thought it difficult to reconcile this taxation without colonial representations in the British Parliament. Lord Carrington declared that Lord Knutsford’s recognition of the precedence of the Admiral on the Australian station over colonial Governors shocked colonial loyalty, and the precedence was a dead letter, as they were unable to enforce it. If the great British confederation was to remain invincible our worn out Imperial policy must be thrown to the winds, as continual flouts, jeers, and meddling with colonial matters would tend to alienate coloniol aympathy for ever. Sir Lyon Playfair, speaking at Leeds, strongly opposed the regulation of hours of labour or standard of wages by the state. He admitted that the Australian trade unions enforced diligent and honest work on the. part of the members. Paris, Nov. 13. The Parisian press continue their passionate comments on the Marquis of Salisbury’s declared intention of not withdrawing from Egypt. Rome, Nov, 14. It is reported here that the United : States Government will indemnify Italy for the lynching of the Sicilians in New Orleans prison in March last. < Berlin, Nov. 14. By an explosion of fire damp in a coal mine at Essen, a town of Rhenish Prussia, eleven persons were killed. St. Petersburg, Nov 12. 50,000,C001b of grain are lying in the Caucasus Province, but it is impossible to transport it to the faminestricken districts, owing to the rivers being frozen. Nov. 14. A widespread conspiracy has been discovered in Moscow, which proposed to agitate for the establishment of a Territorial Assembly. Sixty members of nobility and literary professions, as well as a number of the upper and middle classes have been arrested on suspicion of being connected with it. Influenza with alarming mortality is spreading in the famine-stricken provinces. Wheat is being exported argely in view of the prohibition. Fears of revolt among the peasantry are increasing. Calcutta, Nov, 13. Prince Galitzen has had an interview with the Viceroy, regarding the

recent proceedings in the Pamir Plateau, when the Russian commander refused to allow Captain Younghusband to proceed through the passes newly acquired by Russia, and threatened to arrest him unless he left. Captain Younghusband declares that the Russians are trespassing on territory belonging to China, Afghanistan, and the State of Chiteral. Capetown. Nov. 13. The final census of Cape Colony gives the population at 1,500,000. Extremely rich reefs have been discovered at Fort Victoria in Mashonaland. Ottawa, Nov. 12. The Canadian Government have adopted an immigration scheme, and will put its policy into force at once in Great Britain and the United States. New York, Nov, 12.

News fromv Central and South America states that there has been serious rioting in Ecuador. A plot was discovered to murder Izeta, brother of the President of San Salvador.

The police entered an extensive meeting of Anarchists in Chicago, and insisted on the American flag being placed above the red flag. A scene of the wildest confusion ensued, but on the police drawing their revolvers, the meeting broke up. Nov. 13.

The New York Times states that the German Government have secured a monopoly of the supply of war material from the United States in anticipation of a European war in the spring. In the second raid on an anarchist meeting in Chicago twenty-six persons were arrested and disarmed. All books and flags found in the building were seized. Steps are now being taken to prevent the anarchists meeting at Philadelphia, and this course meets with the general approval of the people. Nov. 14. The police made a raid on a second meeting of armed anarchists in Chicago, who had threatened to destroy the town by means of dynamite, and murder the mayor and police officers. Washington, Nov 14. Robbers boarded a train at Milwaukee, blew open a safe with dynamite, and stole £IOOO. Complaints are being made in the United States of England sending numbers of prostitutes to that country through Canada and also of paupers being smuggled in by the same route. Valparaiso, Nov. 14. Don Gaudarillas, one of Balmaceda’s Ministers, has committed suicide in the mountains, where he had been hiding since the defeat of his chief. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Nov. 13. A heavy gale has been experienced in Port Philip, and several vessels were driven ashore, but none of them have sustained any serious damage. Ugly rumours are afloat in connection with the Victorian Racing Club’s meeting. It is alleged that several members of the ring, as well as backers, have defaulted. It is said that one of the leading bookmakers, owes £BOOO, and that he has offered 10s in the £. It is also alleged that one of the principal Victorian plungers collected his winnings, and left the colony without paying anybody. Nov. 15. Baron Hirsch has assured the Victorian Agent-General in London that not one single Jewish immigrant would be sent to this colony, seeing that it was unlikely that he should be welcomed. Sydney, Nov. 13. A violent southerly gale is blowing along the coast. The ship Rosdhu narrowly escaped going ashore at Newcastle. The pilot boat in going off to her capsized, but the crew of the lifeboat were on alert and succeeded in rescuing its occupants. Nov. 14. Mr Addy, managing, director of the British and New South Wales Investment Society, has been arrested at the instance of the liquidator, on a charge of falsifying the books and defrauding the society of £IOO. It is ( not known whether there are more defalcations. During the month of October 60 deaths occurred from influenza in New South Wales. Hobart, Nov. 13. Sir F. Dillon Bell is among the passengers by the Arawa. He is suffering from gout.