TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2366, 7 June 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 2. Owing to increased traffic the Suez Canal Company have decided to make a reduction in January next of 50 centimes per ton on the charges upon vessels passing through the Canal. The amount spent and pledged to charitable institutions in Europe in 1801 by Baron Hirsch was £3,000,000. His gross winnings on the English turf during the same period, amounting to close on £BOOO, were given to London

hospitals. The Standard alleges that a few quantities of spurious honey, wine, and oil have immensely prejudic'd the market, and it advises those dealing in the articles mentioned to purchase only from merchants of high standing. New Zealand and Australian shippers are arranging t) shortly raise freights.

The Grand Orange Lodge has resolved not to attend the Ulster Convention in their corporate capacity, but urges the members to support the gathering.

News has been received that a revolt has broken out in Honduras, and that the insurgents have captured La Puebla and Carter. Many were killed and wounded in the engagement.

Intelligence from Venezuela states that a German vessel carrying arms for insurgents under General Crespo has been seized at Saicido. Hundreds are deserting the ranks of the President’s troops and joining the insurgents, who have surrounded Faracas, tho capital of the Republic. Mutiny broke out among the Government troops at Maracy, near Caracas, and forty were killed and many wounded.

The French Press is publishing excited articles about the opposition of Catholics in Uganda. No British accounts of the recent tumults have yet been received.

The Victorian Government have lost the sum of £4400 worth of stationery, cartridges, and railway material in the wreck of the steamer Fort Douglas. The risk is fully covered by insurance. F.iincess Marie, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh, is to the Crown Prince of Roumania, and her sister the Princess Victoria to the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Mr Gladstone has arranged to deliver three addresses to the electors of Midlothian.

Berlin, June 2. The Czar and Kaiser will meet at Kiel on June 7th.

St. Petersburg, June 2. Many Germans and Austrians have been suddenly expelled from Warsaw. Vienna, June 2.

The Hungarian Diet have carried a resolution which make provision to equalise the liberty of the churches. In the course of a speech to-day the Emperor declared that he had no fear of a great war arising in the near future. The Birkeburgh silver mine, near Prague, in Bohemia, has caught fire, and many minors have been burned to death. Altogether seventy bodies have been recovered from the Berkeburgh silver mine. It is believed that tho death roll will reach 300.

Teheran, June 2. Cholera has broke out in Meshad, a province of Khora Shan. Forty deaths were recorded in one day. Washington, June 2.

Senator Sherman states that the effect of the purchase of silver bullion by the Government has been to lower the price. Tho measure is a complete failure, and if the price of silver continues to decline he will vote for the repeal of the Act.

Ottawa, June 2. Sir J. S. Thompson, Canadian Minister of Justice, has been appointed arbitrator in tho Behring Strait dispute.

Honolulu, June 1. Wilcox and fifteen others have been arrested on a charge of fomenting revolt against the Government.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Spdnev, June 3. Mr Hoyle, M.P., has threatened to bring an action against Mr Eddy, Chief Commissioner, on account of words used by the latter that there was collusion between certain witnesses giving evidence before tho Royal Commission. Mr Eddy has written to the Commissioners expressing his regret for mailing use of the words complained of, and explaining that they were uttered under a great mental strain. Mr A’Beckett has been elected to represent the Bowen district in tire Legislative Assembly. J uae 4. Mr Thomas Walker, M.L.A. for Northumberland, while under the influence of liquor, shot the Rev. Mr Laserou in a railway carriage on a suburban line. The wound is stated not to be dangerous, although the bullet has not yet been extracted. Mr Walker Ip>,s been arrested, and at present it is not known whether the action was intentional. Mr Hoyle, M.L.A., has issued a writ, claiming £IO,OOO damages from Mr Eddy in connection with the latter’s statements to the Railway Commissioners. In tho slander pgse Toohey, M.L.A., v. Iv|r Melville, Chairman of Committees, claiming £2OOO damages for ejectment from the Chamber, the full Court held that the Chairman bad power to order Mr Toohey’s removal, and entered up judgment for the defendant. Melbourne, June S.

The Legislative Assembly have agreed to Mr Shiels’s motion in regard to the Railway Commissioners, but they did not concur with the request of tfie Legislature t)|at a joint committee be ftppoihtecf to 4eai with the matter,

Leave has been granted to the Railway Commissioners to appeal at the Bar of

tho House on Tuesday next, but a great effort is being made to bring about a settlement in the meantime. It is understood that offers have been made to Mr W. Greene by the members of the board to return to the Engiueer-in-Chief’s department. An offer has also been made to pay Mr Speight a sum equivalent to his salary for tho remainder of the term, It is stated, however, that the Chief Commissioner insists on reappointment and the removal from the Gazette of his notice of dismissal. June <l. Mr Hayter, Government statistician, returns the value of Australasian imports last year at £71,874,000, and exports at £71,084,000. Adelaide, June 4. The Butchers’ Association have raised the price of meat Id all round. Brisbane, Juno 4. The Weather Bureau reports indications of a barometical disturbance affecting the waters between Hobart and the Bluff within nine days.