TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2312, 30 January 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

I London, r Jan. 26. A statement published by Mr I Michael Davitt ahows that £4500 was collected last year in aid of the tenants, which sum was sufficient to administer temporary families. The fund are low exhausted, and Mi Duitt i«|ite- the Parnellites to show a spirit ofgenerous rivalry in collecting money for the relief of tenants during ttye year. Ten steamers, with 4000 members of the Salvation Array on board, will meet General Booth on hi« return from the Australian colonies and India. On the Sunday after his arrival the General will review 10,000 of the Army in Hyde Park. The Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. Mr S. Plirasoll, President of the Seamen’s Union, stated before the I Royal Commission on Labour that the i loss of life on British merchant ships exceeded by four times the number of casualties on ships of the merchant service* of other countries. He condemned the manner in which vessels were loaded. The city financiers support Mr Lidderdale in his dispute with the Queensland Government, and the credit of that colony is suffering. Queensland Treasury Bills issued at four per cent, are at minimum of 99. Jan. 29. The Lancet describes a new remedy for influenza. It consists of thirty grains of potassium bicarbonate ; to be taken every three hours. The death is announced of the mother of the Empress of Austria. Robert Campbell and Sons have passed their dividend and carried forward £2OOO. The Rev. C. H, Spurgeon is worse. The Vienna Court has ordered the waiters in the hotels at which the Due D’Orleans and Madame Melba are reported to have stayed to give evidence in the divorce case in England. Jan. 27.The World says that Prince'.George of Wales will probably retire from the Navy, and marry the Princess Margaret of Prussia. Obituary—Sir Oscar Clayton, extra Surgeon in Ordinary of the Prince of Wales, and Surgeon in Ordinary to the Duke of Edinburgh. Jan. 28. An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck the train in which Mr T. W. Russell, member for the southern division of Tyrone, was travelling to Omagh, the principal town of the county, Sir Samuel Griffith’s remarks to an interviewer at Adelaide have aggravated the hostile feeling in the city against Queensland, and it is expected that the colony’s Treasury bills will be withdrawn to-morrow. Merchants, bankers, brokers, and other commerical men in the city are disgusted at the obstinacy of the Government, which seriously prejudices against the success of other colonial issues. Lisbon, Jan. 26, The Minister of Marine declares ’that the Government has decided to maintain the integrity of the Portuguese colonies. Berlin, Jan. 26. A baby farmer in the city has been arrested on a charge of murder. In his house the bodies of fifteen children were found. Jan. 27. A German Imperial and Prussian S per cent, loan of three hundred million marks (£15,000,000) is likely to be placed on the market at an early date. Rome, Jan. 20. Cardinal Ledochowski, qf the Propaganda, and tlie Italian, German, and Austrian sections of the Church, are discussing the claims of various Cardinals to the Papal Chair on the death of Pope Leo. Vienna, Jan. 27. The Austrian Government has adopted all the Commercial Treaties. , In connection with the murder of a number of girls in June last the man has confessed to complicity in the out- ( rage. The woman is now on her trial . for being implicated in the murders. , The trial of the Schneiders, (husband and wife), on a ofiarge of ! murdering a, qumber of domestic j servants, is creating a sensation in , this city. The husband, who confessed i his guilt, admits that fie outraged l three girls, and subsequently murdered ( them. Tfie prisoner is endeavouring to. implicate his wife.. : Venice, Jan. 27. The Sanitary Conference agree to ; the substitution of disinfection for quarantine of vessels passing through ; the Suez canal with infectious diseases on board. The English representa- . tives urged that troopships and

steamers carrying mails which are bound to England direct, should be exempted from these conditions. Delegates from the Powers opposed this concession. St. Petersburg, Jan. 27. Thousands of emigrants to Siberia are being carried oft' by various diseases. The Russian Government is anxious to discuss the Pamir question with representatives of Great Britain and China. The peasants in one of the faminestricken districts murdered and robbed a priest. Relief works have been started in the distressed districts, and the money available will be sufficient to give employment to 100,000 men. Ottawa, Jan. 26. The principal portfolios in the Dominion Ministry are now held as follows: —Premier, J, J. C. Abbot ; Minister of Justice, Sir J, S. D. Thompson ; Minister of Finance, G. E. Foster; Minister of Militia, J. A. Chaplean ; Minister of Revenue, C. H. Tupper. Washington, Jan. 27. A Bill has been introduced into the Senate to authorise the construction of three new battle ships andfifteen other warships.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Sydney, Jan. 27,

A severe earthquake was experienced at Kiama, ninety-two miles south of Sydney. The shock, which lasted twenty seconds, extended along the coast line for a considerable distance. No damage is reported. Jan. 28. Too Soon has been sold for 750 guineas to Mr Long, and will be sent to the stud at Hobartville. The House of Assembly has carried a resolution regretting the death of Cardinal Manning. The House sat all night discusssing the Customs Bill, the Opposition displaying vigorous resistance to the measure, and so far the Government have only succeeded in passing five items of the schedule. The House is still sitting, and the Premier threatens to continue until the measure is finished, Brisbane, Jan. 28. More than half of the country betweeen the rivers Bulloo and Paroo is devastated by bush fires. Adelaide, Jan. 28. Sir Samuel Griffith, in the course of an interview, said he did not think that Queensland or the other colonies would be affected in the slightest by the decision of the Bank of England, and he believed that the general verdict, when the correspondence was published, would be that the action of the bank wasfoolish and unreasonable. Launceston, Jan. 28,

A heavy shock of earthquake was felt here and generally throughout Tasmania. In the city chimneys were levelled to the ground, while the hospital and several private houses were damaged.

The steamer Rotomahana is still ashore, although the heavy cargo has been removed. It is feared that the vessel is jammed between two small rocks. Two powerful tugs are coming from Melbourne to assist in the work of floating her.