TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2377, 2 July 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 29. The Hon. Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for the War Department, officially declares that the statement that the Brennan torpedo was a failure is quite without foundation. Mr Dibbs, speaking at Sheffield in support of Mr Howard Vincent’s views regarding the Empire Commerctal Union, stated his object in inspecting manufactures in England was for the purpose of inducing the proprietors at no distant date to plant factories in Australia. He considered that Mr Vincent’s idea of fair trade did not go far enough. .... The Queen has given Mr Dibbs an audience on Friday at Windsor. It is reported that he will be knighted if he chooses to accept the dignity. Obituary.—The Marquis of Drogheda, suddenly, from apoplexy. Christiana, June 30. The Norwegian Ministry have resigned owing to the King refusing to separate the consulates of Sweden and Norway. St. Petersburg, June 30. One hundred thousand people are leaving the famine districts of Russia. Washington, June 28. Captain Borup, of the African Legation in Pairis, has been recalled in response to the demand of the French Foreign Minister, owing to the secret purchase by him of military documents, and which it is alleged he sold to the German authorities. June 28. A section of Chicago suburbs was flooded through the malice of rival property owners.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, June 29. A sailor belonging to the Oroya, named A. Blake, has died of smallpox. The others are becoming convalescent. Mr Kidd, Postmaster-General of NewSouth Wales, is negotiating with the New Zealand and Queensland Governments relative to their joining in a quarantee for the reduction of cabM rates. June 30. A united committee appointed by the various Methodist denominations resolved in favour of auni'ed church, under the title of the “Methodist Church of Australia.” A great fire took place at Waterloo this morning, when Lasetter’s Kerosene and Explosive Bond took fire and a terrific explosion ensued. Several firemen and many of the spectators were injured, one very badly. Surrounding buildings were severely damaged by the explosion. The building in which the fire originated was demolished. The amount of insurance is not known at present.’ Two thousand cases of kerosene were burned in Lasetter’s bond. The insurance, £2500, is scattered over twenty offices. The Colonial Treasurer proposes to vest in the State all properties of which ownership is unknown or doubtful. Brisbane, June 29. The passengers by the Oroya has been quarantined, as some of them are suffering from smallpox.