TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2393, 1 September 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, Aug. 28. Dr Neill has been committed for trial on a charge, of poisoning a number of women in various parts of London. Lancashire beat Notts by an innings and 69 runs. This leaves Surrey the champion county. Scott Saunders, formerly a captain in the Army, was arrested at Liverpool on a charge of forging Lolbes Brothers name to a cheque. It is believed his defalcations amount to £200,000. At the annual conference of Oddfellows objection was taken to the scheme of old.age iptiiisions, and to the interference of the Government. Lord Brassey considers that Dr Barnardo's is the only successful scheme of benevolent colonisation. The gentleman who died of exposure on Mt. Blanc is not the professor, but his brother, R. L. Nettleship. The Times says that Lord Glasgow's position re the Legislative Council appointments in New Zealand demands from the Marquis of Ripon ample discretion, as a wrong decision would have disastrous results. Sir J. Vogel, in an article in the Nineteenth Century, proposes the establishment of a British zollverein, not sooner than ten nor later than twenty-one years. lie suggests that meanwhile bonuses should be allowed on colonial produce, which he contends would increase trade and be of enormous benefit to the empire. . Professor Sir Richard Owen, the celebrated comparative anatomist, is dangerously ill. The Rer. Mr Paton, is his letter to The Times, says that forty thousand cannibals in the South Pacific are ready to hear the preaching of the Gospel, but that the Queensland recruiting vessels will hinder the work of the missionaries and depopulate the Islands. The Marquis of Ripon is the first Secretary for the Colonies, who personally called on the AgentsGeneral of the Colonies. Paris, Aug. 29. The French troops have occupied Katagu, in Dahomey. Brussels, Aug. 29. An express train, running between Ostend and Antwerp, collided near here. Two persons were killed and thirty injured. Tangieks. Aug. 29. The leader of the rebels has submitted and gone to Fez. Bucharest, Aug. 28.

A dispute has occurred between the Roumanian and Hungarian authorities, the former boasting that they will bathe in Hungarian blood. St. Petersburg, Aug. 29.

A serious fire broke out in Horishoff, and one thousand houses were destroyed.

Algiers, Aug. 28,

Pirates on the Algerian coast have massacred Profossor Herman and the crew of the yacht Astor. Singapore, Aug. 29.

The murderers of Harris and Stewart, of the Australian exploring expedition in Pahang, have been sentenced to death. Calcutta, Aug. 29.

When the Anchor Liner Anglia capsized in the Hoogly river three seamen were imprisoned by the rush of water in the forecastle. They thrust their heads through the portholes and piteously appealed for help. ISothilig could be done to rescue the unfortunate men and as the vessel slowly settled down she eugulphed her victims. Ottawa, Aug. 29.

Sir J. J. Abbott, the Premier, claims the right to appoint Queen's counsel.

Nkw Tonic, Aug. 28. Tl}G Meti'ap,qlitau Opera House in this city has been burned down.

Several large fires have oocurred in Jfevt' York, and one factory was totally destroyed, Involving the loss of £50,000.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Aug. 29. A hawker named Gordon was bailed up at Dromana, 47 miles south of Melbourne, by two armed men, who tied him to a tree. The bushrangers then freed the horses from the van and decamped with the cashbox and a quantity of clothing, Bvdnkv, Aug. ->O. The Right Row J. Turner. Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, is retiring, after holding the position for 2'6 years. llor.Airr, Aug. Among the departments to be abolished owing to tho necessity for retrenchment, are those ofGoveninieut Architect. Conservator of Forests, and Crown Prosecutor. The Premier's extra salary will also be cut off.

LABOUR, ETC.

London', Aug. 2K,

Mr B, Tillet, secretary of the riverside workers, con tends that the workmen must ignore existing political parties, and tells them that they will never get anything unless they fight for their own hand. The tailors are being locked out. Aug. 25). Sixty tin-plate works have stopped iii Wales, owing to the McKinley tariff in the United -States, and 10,000 men have been thrown out of work.

The tin works at Swansea have been obliged to close owing to the depression in their trade. Twelve thousand men have been thrown out of employment. Owing to the strikes, Bolockow, Vaughan and Company, ironmasters, Middlesbrough, are nnable to pay a dividend. Sydney - , Aug. 29. At Broken Hill a system of boycotting is being openly practised. Unionists are threatening their adversaries and the population is becoming teri'orised. Wellington, Aug. 29. The Typographical Society have agreed to the proposal that a voluntary contribution of Is per member shall be made in aid of the Broken Hill strike fund.