TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2389, 30 July 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 26. A female baby-farmer in Ireland killed three children by holding them head downwards in boiling water, and then attempted to commit suicide. The Channel Bridge Company have adopted a new scheme of which the cost is estimated at ,£.‘12,000,000. The length of the bridge will be shorter and the risk to navigation less by the new route. Seventy-two spans would be required and the bridge would take seven years to build. General Booth held a great meeting in Exeter Hall to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the formation of the Salvation Army. In the course of his address he declared England owed him £7)0,000 on account of' his “ Darkest England ” scheme, and he challenged enquiry into that scheme. His mission to India and the Australasian colonies had resulted in a clear profit of £2OOO, despite the allegations that he and his party had been extravagant during the tour. In the county cricket match between Surrey and Sussex, the former scored 413 runs. W. W. Read w r ent in first and carried his bat through the innings for 196 runs. The World says it is reported that the Duke of York has been betrothed to Princess Victoria of SchleswigHolstein, the eldest daughter _ of Prince Frederick. The princess is at present on a visit to the Queen. The proposal to exchange the New Hebrides against New Caledonia w r as a definite statement made by Sir G. R. Dibbs in commenting on the attitude assumed by Mr Barton ; but he now modifies it by saying that he intended to propose that the British claims should be abandoned only on condition that France ceased to export convicts to Noumea. Sir G. R. Dibbs blames Mr Service for causing all the trouble. He sails in the Umbria on Thursday, but only visits Montreal and Ottawa.

The Order of the Garter has been conferred on the Dukes of Devonshire and Abercorn. Sir If. Herbert, lately Under-Secretary for the Colonies, was made a G.C.B. Lord Salisbury has ordered Sir Ewan Smith to remain in Morocco. The Agricultural Coal Company have declined to join the Newcastle trust. The movement is not receiving general support. The Russian authorities are arranging to have war material manufactured for them at Krupp’s works. July 28.

The City of Paris has beaten the Atlantic record, doing the passage in 5 days lo hours.

It is announced that Brennan has solved the problem of manoeuvring torpedoes for moveable stations. The Times, in its obituary notice of Lord Sherbrooke, describes him as an extinct volcano. If he had died in 1806 his loss would have regarded as a public calamity. The press generally speaks in laudatory of his career.

Viscount Sherbrooke is dead. Sir G. R. Dibbs has discussed the question of consolidation of colonial stocks with the Bank of England and the London and Westminster Bank. Both institutions gave a very satisfying assurance that they had learned sufficient to constitute the basis of subsequent action. Hugh Hastings Homily is dead. Pams, July 27. The French press complains that the Germans are arming and drilling the troops of Dahomey. A tier of seats in the theatre at Euil collapsed, and seven hundred spectators fell. Seventy persons were injured. Cholera is abating. July 28. The French authorities have given the Sultan of Morocco assurances that England will not have recourse to force. Their intention is to encourage the Sultan in his obstinacy, but he is extremely nervous. Berlin, July 20. The Imperial Budget shows a surplus of £200,000. Rome, July 20. The eruption of Mount Etna is subsiding. July 28. Mount Etna is again in violent eruption. Madrid, July 20. Twenty-five warships representing the European Powers will assemble at Huelva, and join the Columbus celebration on August Ord. Brussels. July 27, Nine of tlu> Liege Anarchists were sentenced to terms ranging from three to twenty-five years, and seven were acquitted. Bucharest, duly 2i. Cholera is reported to have made its appearance in Roumania. St. Petersburg, July 27. Cholera has caused great panic in Nijni Novgorod, where the annual fair is now going on. The income tax is to be introduced in Russia. Sofia, July 27. Four of the prisoners recently condemned to death on the charge of conspiracy have been executed. Zan/.irar, July 27. Captain Bia, of the Katanga Company, has discovered a large lake between'Nyangive and Kourkeia. Tangier*, July 27. Fifteen hundred Angherites are outside Tangier*,

Washington, July 26. Intense heat is being experienced in the States. A cloud-burst in Virginia demolished a number of bridges and greatly damaged the raihvay lines. A family of nine persons were drowned. Three hundred buildings, hotels, and churches have been destroyed by fire in Bay city, Michigan. Six hundred persons have been rendered homeless by the fire at Bay City. The President has given his assent the Bill retaliating on Canadian canals. Fanatical hatred of powerful chiefs and the advent of Europeans and civilisation, more than the French influence, are believed to have induced the Sultan ofMoroccoto reject the treaty arranged by the British Representatives. It is believed that the appointment of Consular agents will reduce the Moorish revenue. July 28. Owing to cholera, the United States Government have prohibited the introduction of French emigrants. A speculator named Kennedy murdered Page, a Philadelphia broker, over a business dispute, and then committed suicide in his office. New Yoj:k, July 26. A large quantity of valuable machinery was destroyed in the fire at Edison’s electric wmrks at Schnectady. One hundred workmen are thrown out of employment by the fire. Mexico, July 28. A band of brigands attacked the marauders and killed four. An Englishman and an American, having a dispute as to Iheir personal courage, rushed up the volcano of Colima. When they were nearing the crater an eruption burst out, and they w'ere both killed.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, July 28. The Treasurer is delivering his Financial Statement to-night. Sydney, July 27. The Lubeck from Samoa brings news to the effect that the effort of reconciliation between Mataafa and King Malietoa had failed so far, and that foreign residents are afraid that war o will break out again. July 28. MacNamara and Abigail have been re-arrested on a further charge. Two accountants, Twist and Saloon, have also been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to publish false statements in connection with the accounts of the Australian Bank. Newcastle. July 28. The Marine Board held an enquiry into the circumstances connected with the abandonment of the ship Africa, off Cape of Good Hope when in a waterlogged condition, and find that the officers and crew were justified in the action taken. Adelaide, July 27. The charge against the officers of the Oroya was dismissed on the ground that the health officer was not a medico as provided by the Act. July 28. Three more cases of smallpox have been discovered, disconnected with the Oroya outbreak. The chances of the infection spreading are now causing some alarm. Hobart, July 27. Parliament was opened yesterday. The Governor's speech was of a colorless character.