TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2326, 5 March 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 1. Mr Usher, of Melbourne, has completed his enquiries into the methods of treating drunkenness in America and is going to the continent. He does not believe in the chloride of gold cure. i The Imperial Federation League has arranged to submit to the constituencies at the general election the questions of the relations between the colonies and Great Britain with special reference to the incidence of taxation for defence and other Imperial purposes.

Morland, the blackmailing Oxford tutor, has been committed for trial. The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland have suddenly begun a violent attack on compulsory education. Lord Glasgow visits the leading butter and frozen meat stores in London before leaving. He intends to make a short tour through Australia en route to New Zealand.

The Ramilies, the new battle ship, was launched to-day in the Clyde.

The Duke of Orleans has filed an answer to Mr Armstrong's petition, though protesting against the jurisdiction of the English Courts; he has retained Sir C. Russell.

The Irish Bishops denounce the compulsory education scheme of the Government. Mr Gladstone has returned from the Continent and is in splendid health. A desperate attempt was made today to carry off a box of valuables Irom the London and Westminster Bank during banking hours. The thief was captured after a fierce resistance.

Foot and mouth disease has made its appearance in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.

Two of the boiler furnaces of the new cruiser Pique, which is being fitted at Devonport, are cracked. Emily Yeomans, the actress, is dead. The death is announced of Sir John Coode, the engineer. Mr Rose, of the National Marine Insurance Company, has been appointed one of the British arbitrators in the Behring Sea dispute. Lord Knutsford expresses regret that there has been a misunderstanding respecting the submission of the names of proposed Governors to the Government of New Zealand, but denies that there has been any breach of faith. Mr Perceval, the AgentGeneral of New Zealand, states that he understood that he had received the assurance that the Government would be informed of the appointment before it was made. The Colonial Office undertook to use every precaution that nobody should be appointed who was not perfectly

acceptable. March 2. Mr Walt Whitman, the American poet, is in a critical condition. The Queen is reported to be fretting over the death of her grandson. She pays daily visits to his tomb, and her condition is giving cause for anxiety. The Imperial Federation movement is making remarkable advance in Canada.

Lord Glasgow intends to vary his residence in New Zealand, and keep in touch with all classes of the community. He says that he believes that energy and devotion in carrying out his duties will ensure for him a successful term as Governor. He does not favour the proposal that the colonies should nominate their Governors. Paris. March. 1. The residence of Princess Sagan was mistaken for the Spanish Embassy, which it was intended to destroy out of revenge for the execution of the Xeres anarchists. The Paris Committee of the Spanish Anarchists had previously warned the embassy of the intended dynamite plot. Athens, March. 1, M. Delyannis, the Premier and Minister of War, declined to resign I at the command the King. M j Tricoupis, who was asked to form a new Ministry, has to, undertake the task. Ejgh.ty4bt*ee members of the Chamber of Deputies, which consists of 150 representatives, have expressed confidence in M. Delyannis. The crisis is causing intense excite,-* ment throughout the country, OTTAWA, March 1. A B,m has, b,een introduced into the Dominion Parliament, prohibiting the importation of aliens to perform labour in Canada, Chicago, March 1. The Irish residents here threaten to, expose Michael Davitt, . . MP Zico, March 1. uJfi '" e :; e of foreign residents ..ied that Mexico had entered on a period of marvellous prosperity under President Diaz. St. John's, March 1. A blizzard drove off the Newfoundland coast a number of fishing smacks containing in the aggregate 200

persons. Thirteen were frozen to death; 55 were badly frostbitten, and it is feared that the remainder have perished. Sir Julian Pauncefote, Brtiish Minister, Mr J. G. Blaine, Secretary of State, have signed a treaty referring the Behring Sea fishery dispute to arbitration. March 2. The survivors of the blizzard on the Newfoundland coast number forty, but so severely have they been frostbitten that they will probably be crippled for the rest of their lives. Valparaiso, March 1. The crew of the United States warship Baltimore and Felix [sic] are claiming 400,000 dollars from the Chilian Government.