TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2379, 7 July 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London. July L The Inman liner City of Chicago went ashore on the Head of Kinsale, during a fog. Four hundred passengers were safely landed in boats. It is expected she will be floated oft'. Hempton was beaten in his first heat for 100 yards at the championship meeting. Batger ran third in the final for the hurdles. Cuff was fourth in the long jump. The members of the New Zealand athletic team were entertained at dinner on Saturday [evening by the London Amateur Athletic Association. The speakers hoped the,colonials would renew their visit, and assured them that they would meet with a hearty welcome. The cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge Universities was won by Oxford by five wickets, July 5. It was through the coolness displayed by Captain Redfern that the passengers on board the City of Chicago were saved, A panic occurred among the passengers after the vessel struck, and the captian ordered the lifeboats to be launched, and in them two hundred persons were landed. The cliffs were scaled in the darkness by means of a rope ladder. Kate Fox, the spiritualist is dead. Paris, July 4. Lowry, a diamond merchant in this city, has committed suicide. His defalcations are said to amount to £130,000. The French Press believe that Mr Gladstone’s return to power will do much to neutralise the Triple Alliance, as his sympathies are with France. The Anarchists in this city are plotting the rescue of Ravachal, and they threaten to resort to the use of explosives unless he is released. It is decided to hold an exhibition in Paris in 1900. Berlin, July 4. The German press desire the projected Berlin Exhibition in 1900 to be abandoned. The editor of the Freisiunege Zietung has been sentenced to imprisonment foxthree months, for saying that the Emperor shot deer out of season. Madrid, July 3.

The Civil Guard of Madrid fired on a mob of rioters, chiefly market-women, many of whom were wounded. St. Petersburg, July 3. The Czar’s brother, the Grand Duke Valdimir, fell from a train near Nigiri, Novograd, and was seriously injured. Hong Kong, June 3. A French detachment disloged a strongly entrenched body of Tonquinese pirates near Kialnat, with heavy loss. Fifteen of the French were killed, Calcutta, July 3. The Viceroy of India has warned the Ameer of Afghanistan to prevent Russia encroaching on the frontier. July 4. Increasing anxiety is felt about the attitude of the Ameer, and trouble appears to be looming ahead from several directions. The British have warned him not to interfere in Bajaurt, a mountainous district on the northwestern frontier of India. It is believed to be beyond doubt that Russia assisted t}ie recent revolt of the Hazars, and that political intrigues in Cabul inspired two parties of tribesmen to raid the British frontier, Ottawa, July 3. Canada is discussing the propriety of establishing an Orange colony within its borders, as a refuge for Ulster men. July 4. During the celebration of the Anniversary of the Constitution of the Dominion in Toronto, the American flag was torn to shreds, while bands played national airs, Washington, July 4. The Customs revenue collected in the United States for the fiscal year, shows a decline of 2,QOQ,QOQdoI. The American Prohibitionsts have nominated General Bidewell for the Presidency. It is reported that the American Cabinet have signed a petition for the release of Mrs Maybriok. New York, July 3. Cyrus Field is dying. Zanzibar, July 4. Germany is introducing coolies into her territory in East Africa.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Sydney, July 4. Ives, a passenger by the Oroya, who was one of those placed in quarantine, has died. July 5. Succesful telephonic communication between here and Melbourne has been established. A copper wire GOO miles long was used with remarkable inductive effects between Sydney and Strathfield. Conversation was heard at Tamworth, 280 miles north of Sydney,