TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2398, 13 September 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, Sept. 7. Sir Graham Berry’s absentee tax, introduced in the Victorian Parliament, is cordially received in the city. The Grand Lodge of Freemasons in England has rejected the proposal to create five other new Grand Officer's, which was referred back to the Board of General Purposes. It is reported that the crew of the barque Windermere, bound from Glasgow to Fremantle, Western Australia, broke out in mutiny in mid-ocean and murdered the captain.

The barque Osman Pasha, 4G7 tons, Captain Mellis, which left Newcastle, New South Wales, for Glasgow (Mauritius), on March 14th, is posted at Lloyds as missing.

The manifesto issued by the supporters of the late Mr Parnell state that it is necessary to safeguard against the possible treachery of the Government. Mr W. B. Perceval, in communicating with the Post Office, represents that it is grossly unfair for the Imperial Government to throw the additional cost of the San Francisco mail service on New Zealand, especially since the postage rates by that route were reduced from 6d per soz to 2jd on the initiative of the Imperial Government. Mr Perceval also points out that the Suez mail is a week longer in transit.

In the course of an interview Mr Goschen, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that it was not intended that the conversion of stock should be an exclusive privilege, and that the colonies should all be entitled to it. In the Act giving the power that trust funds should be invested in colonial securities, he sees a grave constitutional and Parliamentary difficulty. He states that the Imperial Government was unable to prevent the reduction of colonial interest, and does not regard the Trustees Bill as of much value. Complexity minimised the advantage of federation, which would lessen the ti’ouble of conversion and tend to settle the question of trustees. The general tenor of his remarks was federation first, conversion second, and the Trustees’ Bill third. Sept. 9. Mr A. B. Wiuterbotham, M.P. for Cirencester, is dead. Pauls, Sept. 8. Information has been received that the King of Dahomey’s troops are submitting to the French. Rome. Sept. 8. Great fetes in celebi'ation of Columbus have takexx place at Genoa, and the fleets belonging to the varioxxs European nations fired salutes on the arrival of King Humbert. At night the city was splendidly illuminated. Constantinople, Sept. 8. The Sultan’s troops have completely crushed the Yemen revolt. Rerun, Sept. 11, It is feared that the proposed x’efornxs in the army, which will increase the cost by 1-5,000,000 marks, about £7,500,000, will depress the Berlin Bourse. Brussels, Sept. 10. The representation of Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet, by Miss Frances Saville, daughter of Madame Simonson, was an enormous success, and the prima donna received a great ovation. Madame Melba sent cordial congratxxlations. Tangiers. Sept. 10. The Sultan has pardoned 15 Angherite Sheiks in order to secure their assistance against Human, the rebel leader. St, John’s Sept. 8. A movement is on foot favaurablo to the annexation of Newfoundland to Canada.