TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2293, 15 December 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Dec. 10. The collier Drurablair, from Cardiff to Adelaide, has gone on the rocks in the Bristol Channel. The crew were saved. The barque Dominion, bound for Port Pirie, has been wrecked in a gale in the Channel. The Durham, bound for Sydney; the Koolinga, for Adelaide; and the Timaru, for Auckland, have all had to put back owing to the terrific gale. The Archbishop of Canterbury will shortly visit the United* State! and Canada, There is no market for colonial stocks, the balance of former loans not having been digested. The condition will be worse if any fresh loans are forced by the colonies. The market

simply wants rest. The London printers have voted £SOO to assist the printers on strike

in Germany. The managers of the Radical party have arranged a Conference in Cattle Show week between farmers and labourers to discuss the question of rural reforms. It is expected that there will be a preponderating attendonn.e of labourers’ representatives, will be paid for all who attend. L.-erice, The sum of £BOO in gold and

cheques was stolen from the counter. in Glyn’s Bank. Nine more underwriters resign their connection with Lloyd’s in consequence of losses, and some alarm is felt. Dec. 11. Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, declines to confirm the Natal Self-Movement Bill. The Court has ordered the release of the girl who was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment by the Cambridge

University authorities for being found in company with an undergradute. The release was granted on a technical point.

In addressing the Liberal Rural Conference to-day Mr Gladstone earnestly advocated the establishment of parish councils, and favoured the compulsory purchase of lands for allotments.

The Marquis of Dufferin succeeds the late Lord Lytton, as British Ambassador in Paris.

At the banquet in the city in connection with the Rural Conference the reception of Mr Gladstone was one of remarkable cordiality. Addressing the assemblage he declared rural immigration a national calamity, and he referred to the Troy proposals to purchase holdings as premature. Mr W. B. Perceval, Agent-General for New Zealand, has assumed office and received numerous greetings. Fierce south-westerly gales are raging along the coast of England and Ireland. The French barque Lenore was wrecked off Mumbles Head, on the Welsh coast, twelve of those on board being lost. Paris, Dec. 10. M. de Freycinet addressing the Senate, stated that the Government was determined the Church should bow to the authoi’ity of the State, and a revolt on the part of the clergy would compel the separation of the Church and State. Dec. 12. An exciting scene took place in the Chamber of Deputies during the discussion on the question of the separation of Church and State. In the course of his remarks M. Floquet declared that Pius IX., who was elected Pope in 1846, was a freemason, The imputation aroused M. Freppel and M, Cavagnac, and a duel between the latter and' M. Floquet was averted only through the influence of M. Clemenceau. Dec. 13.

In the Chamber of Deputies the motion providing for the separation of Church and State, was rejected by a large majority. M. D, Freycinet, in the course of his remarks, said that the Government fully maintained its supremacy in the State. It is reported that the Freemasons agitated for the separation. Rome, Dec. 13. By the explosion of a boiler on a steamer in the harbour of Genoa twenty of the crew were killed. Berlin, Dec. 12. The calculations of Professor Anover, of Berlin, from the result of observations of the trenist of Venus in 1882, gave the sun’s distance from the earth as 92,043,099 miles.

Adolph Albert, a banker of Gorlitz, a town in Silesia, has absconded. His liabilities are 2,000,000 marks. One depositor alone loses 800,000. By a colliery explosion at Hereras-

dorf, in Silesia, twenty miners were killed and many injured. Sofia, Dec, 13. There was great enthusiasm in the National Assembly when the vote granting a pension of £2OOO per year to Prince Alexander of Battenburg, was passed.

St. Petersburg, Dec. 11. The Russian Government are spending 300,000,000 roubles on relief works, which will give employment to 800,000 men. The St. Petersburg Town Council have voted 700,000 roubles for the import of flour into the capital. Calcutta, Dec. 11. The Pamir tribesmen are menacing Gilgata, a town on the north-eatern boundary of Afghanistan. The Ghoorkas have advanced against Port Silt, near Chalt. Captain Aylmer destroyed the gates of the fort with guncotton, and afterwards stormed the place and captured nine prisoners and one gun. In the engagement seven Sepoys were killed and seventysix wounded. Captain Aylmer, Colonel Durand, and Lieutenants Badcock and Gorton were severely wounded. Captain Bragshew has assumed command of the expedition, Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 11. The banks in the city are guarded by troops, A panic is feared, and it is expected that marial law will be proclaimed. Governor Portella has been asked to resign, but refused. He will probably be replaced by the military Governor of Rio. New York, Dec. 11. Mr Forster, Secretary to the Treasury, declares that the McKinley tariff has effected a reduction in the cost of most articles in common use; also that the employment of the working classes has been increased, while wages have been fully maintained. He advises that extra care should be exercised in the admittance of immigrants to the United States, Dec. 13. News has been received that a circus company, consisting of seventyfive persons, have been drowned during a cyclone off the South American coast.

A natural gas explosion destroyed Rodney, in the State of Indiana. Ten persons were killed. Mexico, Dec. 12, Famine riots have taken place here, and a serious outbreak is feared, Bombay, Dec. 11. Lieutenant Mansfield ascended in a balloon to-day in the presence of Lord Harris, Governor of Bombay, but when he had reached a height of 400 feet the balloon burst and he fell to the ground, Mansfield was killed instantaneously, his body being horribly mutilated. He had made a previous ascent and descended by means of a parachute from a height of 11,000 feet. Lieut. Mansfield was an enthusiast in the use of the balloon for military purposes. Hong Kong, Dec. 11. A severe gale has been experienced during which 100 Chinese vessels were sunk. Forty-two rebels have been beheaded in Tokia for murdering Christians. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Dec. 11. The match between Lord Sheffield’s team and Twenty of Parramatta was drawn. The home team knocked up 67 in the first innings and 141 in the second innings. The first innings of the Englishmen closed for 113, and when time was called had lost two wickets for 29 in the second nnings. The harvest in the Riverina is nearly completed. Though the yields are hardly as good as in past years, the bulk of the grain is much better in quality. Dec. 13. Last night a robber, in the presence of a crowd in George street, smashed the windows of a jeweller’s shop and stole diamonds worth £9OO. He dropped £SOO worth, and succeeded in making his escape. Melbourne, Dec. 12.

Mr Cleary, late accountant of the South Melbourne Permanent Building Society has been arrested on a charge of conspiring to defraud the institution. Larkin is charged with defrauding the South Melbourne Permanent Building Society of £55,000. Bail was fixed at £141,000. It is believed the total defalcations will eventually reach £IOO,OOO. Brisbane, Dec. 12.

The Queensland Shearers’ Union have drawn up a scheme for amalgamation with the Labourers’ Union. The new union will affiliate with the Australian Labor Federation.