TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2305, 14 January 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, London, Jan. 10. The Secretary of the Portsea Island Building Society is a defaulter. Plis accounts showed a deficiency of £66,000. The Melba divorce will not be ready to be heard at next sittings of the Divorce. Court. The death is announced of the Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht and Cambrai, from influehisa. Jan. 11. It is officially '.tuinbutuTM that theRight Hon, Sir Francis Clare Ford, British Ambassador in Madrid, has been appointed to succeed the late Sir W. A. White in Constantinople. The death is announced of General R. A. Doris, of the Madras Infantry, Baron Hirsch is applying for additional land in the Argentine Republic, Three colonies in Buenos Ayres are already populated. Twenty thousand Russian Jews will be sent to the Argentine this year. Mr Hill Wells, the Londoner whose winnings at Monte Carlo recently attracted so much attention, is again at the tables playing, but this time he has been a continued loser. Dr Philpot, ex-Bishop ofWorcester, is dead. The European Press infer that the eagerness shown by the Sultan to recognise Prince Abbas as Khedive evinces a desire on his part to avoid being harassed by France or Russia. French papers betray the wildest disappointment at the turn affairs have taken, and are again clamouring for the evacuation of Egypt by Great Britain. Jan, 12. ; The house of Sir John Millais, R.A., at Perth, has been destroyed by fire. The pictures were saved. Several trains have been buried in in Scotland. One with three Hundred militia on board was detained for 24 hours. Nearly 400ozs of gold have been obtained from the Ologan mine in Merionethshire. The Walsall anarchists were engaged preparing bombs under the direction of foreign outlaws for simul-' taneous outrages on the capitals of Europe on May Ist. Smaller factories were proceeding in the north of England and in Scotland. Madrid, Jan. 10. A gang of anarchists armed with fowling pieces attacked the town of Xeres, in the south of Spain, and began to pillage it. A serious fight ensued, in which three were killed and twenty wounded before the cavalry, who had come up succeeded, in dispersing the baud, thirty of whom were captured. Rome, Jan. 11, An Italian warship has been dispatched to Tangiers. Berlin, Jan. 10. The German printers hope that Australia will send them monetary assistance, Sofia, Jan, 11. At the instance of the Italian Government, who under took to mediate in the difficulty between France and Bulgaria, the Government of the latter country have withdrawn the edict of expulsion against French journalists, and the incident is closed. St. Petersburg, Jan. 10. The Russian Government deny the statement that they are about to issue a fresh loan. Jan. 11. Two bombs were found under the railway line during the Czar’s journey to Moscow on his way back from Copenhagen. Two arrests were made in connection with the discovery. Electric wires were laid from the bombs into the adjacent forest. The prohibition of the export of wheat has been extended to Finland, where famine is reported. Venice, Jan. 10. The Austrian delegates are supporting the proposals brought forward by great Britain to allow British vessels bound for British Ports unimpeded passage through the Suez Canal. The French delegates are trying to get the proposals modified. Aden, Jan. 11. , The revolt in Yemen against Turkish authority is renewed. The Yemen rebels are marching on Senaa, the capital of Yemen. The Turkish troops have been despatched to oppose their advance. Calcutta, Jan. 11. The Marquis of Lansdowne has given an audience to General Booth. Ottawa, Jan. 11. Baroness McDonald, widow of the late Premier of Canada, is suing the Toronto Globe for libel, for stating that he had been implicated in wrongful land speculations. New Y r Oßiv. Jan, 10. Distressing scenes have taken place at the mouth of the mine at Krebs. It is feared that the remainder of the entombed miners are dead.

Washington, Jan. 11. j The university of Columbia in Missouri was destroyed by fife. The library, containing 40,000 books, was lost. It is reported that Mr Blaine has formed a new reciprocity party, independent of politics. Mexico, Jan. 11. A rising has taken place amongst the Stuka sect. General Anchela was elected President of the State of Chihuahua. The mob objected to the election and killed General Anchela and his secretary, and subsequently took possession of the town. Buenos Ayres, Jan. 12, A revolt has taken place among two regiments at Buenos Ayres in concert with the insurgents, and the garrisons are being reinforced. Valparaiso, Jan. 11. Mr Egan, American Minister to Chili, is escorting refugees from the Legation to the United States warship. Supporters of Balmaceda who have been held in custody since the downfall of their chief are being released by ' order of President Moult. ' AUSTRALIAN CABLE, Sydney, Jan. 11. The Colonial Treasurer has ordered the immediate issue of a million and a quarter’s worth of Treasury Bills of two years’ currency at four per cent. Jan. 12. Much needed rain is falling throughout the colony except at Broken Hill and west of Darling. Melbourne, Jan. 12. At a cabinet meeting to-day Mr Mnnro, the Premier, accepted the Agent-Generalship, and Mr Shiels succeeds Mr Munro as Premier. Sir F. T, Sargood and Messrs Davis, Ham, and Fraser, members of the Ministry in the Council, resign with Mr Munro, as they oppose the “ one-man-one-vote ” principle, which will be the chief plank in the platform of the reconstructed Ministry at the general election. Brisbane, Jan. 11. A telegram announces* that Captain Carpenter, of the barque Ccsta Rica, was arrested at Ternate, in the Malay Archipelago, by the Dutch authorities for alleged piracy in stripping a wrecked junk. After some difficulty the British Consul at Batavia secured his release. Three fine sapphires have been 'discovered near Rockhampton. One them is the finest found in Australia, It weighs 12J carats, and is valued at £3OO. Hobart, Jan. 12. At the meeting of the Advancement of Science Association yesterday, Professor Hutton, of Christchurch, New Zealand, read a paper on Australian birds. Newcastle, Jan, 11, Nine non-associated mines have agreed to pay the old rates for hewing.