TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2376, 30 June 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 27. Messrs Swan and Smith, members of the English mission to Morroco, hoisted the British flag at the Consulate in Fez, despite the Sultan’s prohibition. They formed an armed cordon round the flagstaff in the face of an enraged mob, and the Sultan, fearing that bloodshed would ensue, finally gave his consent. Mr Barton, acting-Premier of New South Wales, has cabled to Mr Dibbs that it is now too late to withdraw from the Chicago Exhibition and asks him to endeavour to obtain fifty thousand feet bf space in th& thain hflMing.' Mr Dibbs has cabled to Chicago for the extra space, adding that in the event of refusal the colony will withraw. The one-mile safety bicycle championship was won by Zimmerman; the 25mile ordinary by J. H. Adams. Batger ran fourth in the quarter mile handicap at Crewe yesterday. Mr Stead states in the Review of Reviews that the Pope will shortly issue an encyclical asserting that the discovery of Amerira was divinely inspired as an argument for the canonization of Columbus. June 28. It is feared that the steamer Volga, bound from Lisbon to Now York, has been lost by a collision in the Atlantic with all hands. She had 500 passengers. Mr Douglas Henty, brewer, of Chichester, has bequeathed £35,000 to missions and £15,000 to the Bible Society. Neil’s real name is Cream. He graduated as a physician at Montreal and it has been ascertained that he was

alleged to have been connected with the death of two women in Canada, from abortion. He was charged with murder, but the evidence was defective. In 1877, however, he was convicted of abortion at Chicago and imprisoned for life. After serving ten years of his sentence he was commuted on account of ill-health. He next appeared in Ontario, where he was forced into a marriage and abandoned his wife at the altar. Paris, June 26. Proposals are being put forward both in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to inflict penalties for duelling. This course has been adopted in consequence of the anti-Semitic quarrels in the army. June 27. Two Anarchists in custody have confessed to having taken part in the dynamite outrages on M. Very’s restaurant. Their statement implicates two otheas who fled to London, and the French Government are applying to have them extradited. Madrid, June 28. Spain renews her commercial treaty with England. St. Petersburg, June 26. Cholera is rapidly approaching the Trans-Caucasian Provinces. Jnne 27Cholera has broken out in Baku and Tiflis, in Asiatic Russia, and great mortality is reported. Calcutta, June 27. The Mahmandi have defeated the Ameer’s troops and are cutting away the means of communication with Cabul. Washington, June 26. Mr Depew has refused to accept the post of Secretary of State. c It is reported from Rio Janiero that the Federal troops have defeated the Mattogrossa rebels with a Jogs of one thousand killed. New York, June 28. A prisoner named Clegert, accused of outrage, was shot dead in court by the girl’s brother. Rio de Janeiro, June 27.

The Federal troops were victorious in the encounter at River (?) with the rebels, whose leader, Vorgar, was killed. Capetown, June 28. The Cape Budget shows a surplus of £250,000. Victoria, (8.C.), June 28. The Hon. John Robson, Premier, supports the proposal for a preferential tariff throughout the British Empire.