TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2382, 14 July 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 10. The annual cricket match between Harrow and Eton was finished yesterday, the former winning by 64 runs. Eight hundred tons of cargo have been landed from the wreck of the Port Douglas, at St, Yincect, but it is feared there is no chance of saving any more, Mr Dibbs wishes the New South Wales Parliament to meet early in September. The Cabinet desire him to return via the Suez Canal, but Mr Dibbs adheres to his first intention . of going back by way of Canada. He has informed his Cabinet in cypher what hopes there are of obtaining a cessation of convictism in New Caledonia from the French Government, It is understood some members of the Royal Family are moving to obtain a high honour for Mr Dibbs. July 11. The boiler of the steamer Mont Blanc exploded on Lake Geneva. An ironplate crashed through the saloon. Among the victims were several English tourists. The total number of persons killed was 28, including the captain. The steam filled the saloon and caused a panic. All egress was blocked, and the cries of the sufferers immersed in the scalding vapour were fearful. The machinery inspectors have reported that cracks existed in the Mont Blanc’s boilers for a month past. Many of the passengers were severely scalded, and some of them implored the doctors to kill them and put an end to their agony. There were no Australian tourists on board the vessel. Lord Winmarleigh is dead. Paris July 11. Ravachol was executed to-day. On the scaffold he performed a dance and sang an anarchist song. Berlin, July 11. There is a very growing reaction in Germany in favour of the Government as against Prince Bismarck. Rome, July 11. The Roman Catholic ecclesiastical authorities are agitating for an indemnity for the harm inflicted on the Catholic missions in Uganda. The eruption of Mount Etna is assuming alarming proportions. The villages of Ricolosi and Belhaso aye in danger from the lava flow, and earthquakes are frequent. July 11. Twelve houses were demolished by the eruption of Mount Etna, and fears are entertained that the flowing lava will cover the village of Renanizl. St. Petersburg, July 11. It is asserted that the Russian authorities are only acting on the defensive in marching on the Pamir plateau to prevent the Chinese occupying the country. Hong Kong, July 11. An ambuscade of Chinese in Tonquin attacked a French convoy, killing 12 and wounding 18. Morocco, July 11. At the instance ot the Basha a mob stoned the British mission in Fez, and attempted to rush the Consulate. The Sultan has ordered him to pay a fine for the outrage, and the Basha will have to remit to Sir Charles Ewan Smith, British Minister at Tangiers, £2OOO, and apologise on his knees. The Sultan subsequently assented to a commercial treaty with Great Britain, and permits foreigners to acquire land without any restrictions. San Francisco, July 10. An explosion took place at a giant powder works neay San Francisco, killing five persons. July 11. The explosion at the powder mill caused extensive damage in the vicinity, A passing train was wrecked and some ef the passengers injured. Calcutta, July f2. The Ameer has turned spiky, and refuses to discuss the frontier question with the Viceroy, -e

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, July 11. Japan is engaged in looking out for a field to absorb the surplus labor population of that country, and is directing its attention to the New Hebrides. A member of the Japanese Emigration Society of ] l okio, accpmpapied by a member of the Government. left for those Islands on a tour of inspection. Mr Laing, aecre* tary of the Australasian Hebrides Company, says that if the inspection is is satisfactory it may be the means of hastening the hands of Great Britain and France, and lead to some definite action on the part of one or the other of those powers. The Company will hail the advent of Japanese wjtfi satis-, faction, The quarantined passengers by the Orizaba have been liberated, July 12. Another ease of smallpox has developed at the quarantine station.