TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2349, 28 April 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 24. A site has been secured at Westminster for a memorial cathedral in honour of the late Cardinal Manning. An enormous emigration is going on from Great Britain to the Continent of Europe, the United States, and Canada. A liquor exhibition is to be held at Dublin in August. One section of prizes is devoted to Australian wines. • Miss Lucy Booth is about to marry Sings, the chief native officer of the Salvation Army in India. Mr Dillon, speaking in Meath County, complained that the Australian funds in aid of the Irish cause had ceased owing to the split in the party. April 25. Mr Dillon has decided not to retire from political life. Paris, April 24. It is stated that the Dahomeyans have captured five guns and four priests (sic). Munoz has been released from custody, ho being a spy in the pay of the police. April 25. News is received that a French sloop has foundered in the river St. Claire, Annam, and that 30 soldiers were drowned. Queen Victoria has left Hyeres for Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Bishop Turinaz, of Money, has issued a violently-worded pamphlet, declaring that the slavery to which the Church has been subjected since the Republic was established is becoming intolerable. Madrid, April 25. The Spanish Government propose to sell the mountain lands belonging to the State, to sell a monopoly over matches, and to increase the taxes. Calcutta, April 24. The Rajah of Lushai has submitted to the British. Ottawa, April 24. M. Greevy has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for complicity in the recent frauds on the Government. New York, April 24. The French steamer Canada entered Puerto Cabello, in Venezuela at night. The Government troops mistook her for a rebel vessel and received her with a rifle volley, to the great terror of the passengers. Nobody was injured, and the authorities apologised. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, April 25. News by a steamer from Noumea states that the German ship Clara has been wrecked on Paques Island. Eleven of the crew were picked up and landed at Papeete, but a boat containing the captain and twelve men is missing. April 26. A serious accident happened to Sell’s circus, which was travelling by a special train divided into four sections. Between Tenterfield and Armidale the fourth section collided with the third, the sleeping car being derailed and partially wrecked. One man named Banks was killed, and four others, Walt or Silbon, Runnell, Leslie, and the fireman of the colliding train were seriously injured. The train crossed the bridge after the collision, but fortunately the bridge was decked, otherwise the sleeping car would have been percipitated a distance of 48 feet. Melboune, April 25. A reassuring cable message has been received from the War Office with reference to the non-arrival of the new Victorian torpedo boat. The message states that the boat was not expected to call at any port en route, and would not be due in Melbourne for about a month yet. Adelaide, April 25. The University eight-oar boat race resulted as follows :—Melbourne University 1, Sydney 2, Adelaide 3. Time—l7min 21sec.