TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2303, 9 January 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London. Jan. 5. A cable message received from Melbourne, stating that the Victorian Government intend to place a loan on the market instead of issuing Treasury Bills, has upset the market, and caused disgust at the unstable policy of the Government, There is a widespread opinion among • bankers and brokers that Treasury Bills must be issued, as it is doubtful whether the colony could raise half a million at 4 per cent, at par by means of a loan. Captain Fox, the newly-appointed Comrnandent of the New Zealand forces, will inspect Elswick, Woolwich, and other arsenals before leaving for the colony, John Dillon, M.P., and Yictorien Sardou, the celebrated French dramatist, are suffering from influenza.

The vessel which collided with and sank the barque Childwell off Flushing on the 3rd inst., was the Nordland, and she has returned to Antwerp in a disabled condition. Fifteen of those on board the Childwell were drowned, and the survivors made bitter complaints that no attempt was made by those on the Nordland to rescue them. The general election will probably take place in August. Jan. 6. The delegates from the English Quakers who visited the famine districts in Russia confirm the reports as to the sufferings of the peasants, and implore aid from all nations on their behalf. Mr Henry Iving’s revival of “ Henry the Eight” at the Lyceum was a great success. The piece was splendidly mounted, and the dresses are described as the most magnificent which Mr Irving has ever commanded. Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of England, proposes that a Council of J udges meet the President of the High Court of Justice and the Marquis of Salisbury to discuss desirable amendments in procedure and practice in the Supreme Court, including a review of sentences imposed on criminals, costiliness of litigation, and expenses to an appeal to the House of Lords, The bomb used in the explosion at Dublin Castle is similar to those made by the Fenian dynamite school in New York; Paris, Jan. 3. Le Siccle states that the Russian officers report that the French smokeless powder renders the army of France superior and more powerful than other European armies. Jan. 6. The cordial parleying which is taking place between M. Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Vatican is likely to end in a solution of the difficulty which has arisen in France with regard to Church and State. The French Chamber of Deputies has resolved to punish those responsible for the collapse of the Panama Canal scheme. The Government decline to give a financial guarantee to enable the completion of the work. There is considerable excitement in this city owing to a fear that England has aggressive designs on Morocco and it is reported that a French squadron h a § hP£R ordered to Morocco. Cremation is rapidly spreading in France. The lawyers and doctors are divided as to its utility. Madrid, Jan. G. La Epoca states that Spain has been compelled to fortify the Canaries since England has secured a protectorate over Cape Juby, on the mainland of Africa, opposite the Canaries. Rome, Jap. 6. r fhe sqm pf f 10,000 is being collected in Italy for the purpose of giving a fitting celebration to the jubilee of Hi§ Holiness the Pope next year. Sofia, Jan. 6. Prince Ferdinand is joining the Greek Church in order to conciliate Russia. Berlin, Jan. 6. The German Government is reducing the wages and dismissing a number of men engaged on State railways. Vienna, Jan. 7, Influenza is raging in Pressburg, and the mortality is equal to that iron* cholera, Venice, Jan. 5. The Sanitary Conference has begun its sittings here, St. Petersburg, Jan. 6. It reported that Russia will place an immense loan on the Parisian market in March. A large number of Russian Methodists arc emigrating to America. Athens. Jan. 7. A serious outbreak of typhoid fever, attributed to the defective system of drainage, has broken out here. CONSTANTLNOI’LE, Jap. G. Influenza has made its appearance lie re,

Teheran, Jan. 4. One of the Persian priests, having secured popular abstention from the use of tobacco, is seeking to compel the Shah to abandon his foreign monopoly. Although the Shah partly yielded, the mob surrounded the palace in Teheran, and demanded complete abolition. The troops were called out and fired on the mob, killing four of them. There is great excitement in the city. Zanzibar, Jan. 5. It is reported that Emin Pasha has concluded six treaties with the natives, pledging German protection on the basis that slavery will be abolished, cominerce will not be molested, and order be maintained. New York, Jan. 6. During a gambling quarrel in a bar in Georgia eight persons ‘were shot dead. Information has received here from Mexico states that the rebels under General Garza have disbanded. The Governor of New York declares that the system of carrying out death sentences by means of electricity has been attended with success, and he favours the repeal of the edict which excluded the press from being present at or publishing the details of executions.

It is stated that a wealthy English syndicate has purchased the typefoundries in the United States for £5,000,000.

It is reported that President Harrison is angry at Mr Blaine, the Secretary for State, for pacifying Chili. Mr Blaine will possibly retire. Washington, Jan. 6.

The Senate has voted £20,000 to convey corn to Russia for distribution in the famine-stricken districts.

Two passenger trains collided in the fog at Aladdin, in Illinois, and the debris caught fire. Three persons were killed, four roasted to death, and several injured. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Jan. 6. The match between Lord Sheffield’s team and Combined Australia was concluded to-day, the latter winning by 54 runs. The second innings of the Englishmen closed for 158. LABOUR. London, Jan. 5. The eight hours system has begun in two large ironworks in Sunderland. The London Trades Council is appealing to the Australian printers to render immediate assistance to the German printers who are on strike. New York. Jan. 5. The printers in this city are sending monetary assistance to the German printers, Berlin, Jan. 5. The printers on strike are being replaced by non-unionists. Paris, Jan. 4. Eight hundred cab drivers have gone out on strike in Paris, demanding shorter hours and higher wages. Sydney, Jan, 6. Twelve hundred men are idle at the Wallsend mine. All the other miners have resumed work, which is taken as a recognition of the new reduction. Jan. 7. The Premier considers that the associated colliers did not need te reduce the price of coal, and their object was not so much to increase the export trade as to drive nonassociated mines of the field. He thinks the men would be justified in offering resistance if the reduction affected their wages.

The central executive of the Labour Electoral League have called upon the labour members elected by the League to unite and carry out the platform of the League. 4 conference between the executive and the members will shortly he held. The Coal Miners’ Delegate Board have decided to take a ballot of all the mines on the question of the present dispute, The decision will not be known till next week. The Lambton miners unanimously passed a resolution, which was sent to the other branches, giving fourteen days’ notice of their intention to increase the present hewing rate by 4d, from the Ist February. The Delegate Board have approved of the action of the "\Vesit Wallsend miners in resisting the reduction, and have granted the men strike pay.