TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2432, 1 December 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 22. In the case Turnbull v. Walker, a claim for a debt contracted in New Zealand, judgment was given for defendant,' the Judge holding that there was no local status which would enable the Court in New Zealand to adjudicate. The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge grant £IOO per annum for five years for Maori missionaries among the King natives. Many noblemen and Agents-General were present at a meeting of members of the Imperial Institute on Saturday. The Prince of Wides, who presided, said he did riot doubt for a moment that the colonists took the warmest interest in the Institute, yet he hoped to see a little more activity displayed by certain of the colonies than heretofore, in order that everything might be ready for the formal opening. Lord Herschell declared that the opposition and distrust and scepticism apparent when the Institute was first projected had been overcome. All the officers were re-elected.

The damage caused by the fire in the London and East India docks is estimated at £30,000. Two thousand balesj of Australian wool, which were stored in the warehouse in which the outbreak occurred, were damaged by water.

The premises of Jenner and Co., drapers, Princess Street, Edinburgh, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £250,000. The Australian cricketers are expected to open at Field Park, and the match will be the chief attraction during Canterbury week. The report of the Imperial Institute shows that the list of fellows numbers 8500.

Fifty artillerymen, stationed at Limerick, rioted and smashed the windows of the houses. The police were powerless to quell the disturbance.

The anniversary of the death of the Manchester martyrs was celebrated at Dublin, Cork, and Limerick. Several addresses were delivered, and the speakers declared that it was the duty of the people to continue the policy of those brave men until Ireland was free. Nov. 29. The Government have accepted Mr Tate’s offer to build a National Gallery, and offer the site occupied by the Milbank prison. Dr Barnardo has been fined £25 for contempt of court in publishing an article commenting on a case which is pending. The case has reference to alleged neglect on the part of Dr Barnardo to dispose of the custody of a boy on a Canadian farm. Mr Alexander Brogden, ironmaster, is dead. The Duke of Sutherland intends to contest his father’s will.

The Imperial Parliament will meet on January 31st, Paris, Nov. 27, The Chamber of Deputies refused to give the Panama Can*’ Committee judicial powers % e Committee have public prosecutor to order the banks to surrender the names of the deputies who have received cheques from the Canal Company. Baron Reinach’s partner denies M. Delahaye’s charges, A decree" regulating the customs tariff of New Caledonia has been signed in Paris, France has decided to colonise Dahomey, Nov. 28. The French Government are much irritated at the erection of an English customhouse on the banks of the Ajarra river, in Lagos, West Africa, and it is alleged to be a violation of the Convention of 1889, Berlin, Nov. 28. The Chancellor announces his intention of introducing in the Imperial Diet a Bill compelling emigrants to obtain a police permit prior to sailing.

Madrid, Nov. 28. News from the Caroline Islands states that a conflict has arisen between the Spanish Governor and members of the religious orders, and the latter threaten to leave the group unless the Governor is recalled.

Bucharest, Nov. 28. In addressing Parliament King Charles of Roumania described the approaching marriage of Prince Ferdinand and Princess Marie of Edinburgh a® ft link between Rounianm an( j Q rea t Britain. Morocco, Nov. 27.

The merchants in Fez regard the commercial concessions which have been granted to France as illusionary. Sua KIM, Nov. 27.

Over one hundred of Osman Digna’s followers have been killed in the recent skirmishes on the coast. Calcutta, Nov. 28.

The new ruler of Chitral has seized two forts in the name of the Ameer of Afghanistan, and the Ameer has provided him with firearms.

The Viceroy of India has called on the Ameer of Afghanistan for an explanation of his action. Ottawa, Nov, 29. Lord Stanley of Preston, GovernorGeneral of Canada, is desirous of resigning. The Earl of Aberdeen is mentioned as his probable successor. Washington, Nov. 27.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee is urging the suspension

of immigration into the United States for a period of five years, but Whuld make an exception in the case of persons arriving to join their relatives, and would also allow the issue of passports to visitors. New York, Nov. 28.

A silver mine in Pachuca, in Mexico, collapsed, eighteen persons being killed. News has been received that La Union, a town of San Salvador, on the west side of the Gulf of Fonseca, has been destroyed by earthquake, and that many lives have been lost. A yacht, belonging to an American millionaire named Tucker, capsized in New York harbor, and the owner and eight others were drowned.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Sydney, Nov. 28. The jury in the alleged baby farming cases at Macdonald-town returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mr and Mrs Mackin. A pathetic scene occurred in the court during the day. Mrs M ckin, after exhorting her childrnot to cry and imploring God i. r justice, fell prostrate on the flor r.

i !i- inquest on the bodies found at R'vliern opens on Wednesday. These the cases in which it is believed unit the children were murdered by puncturing their hearts. The Treasury Bills referred to in the English cables were sent to London some time before the Funded Stock Bill was introduced. Nov. 29. The seamen of the ship Port Glasgow, who were sentenced to a month s imprisonment for disobeying the orders of the captain, have been released from gaol under the section of the Act which permits the captain of a vessel to demand that his men shall be sent back to their ship. An important discovery of silver has been made in the Australian Consols mine at Broken Hill, but it is not known at present whether it will excel in richness the find made last year. Melbourne, Nov. 25. The police are of opinion that the Hawthorn mystery is something more than a practical joke. Medical men are of opinion that the legs were cut olf while the body was warm. Nov, 29. A man named Pender was arrested on a charge of stabbing his wife. He was subsequently admitted to bail, and then he followed her to Eutherglen, entered the house she was in, and shot her and a man named Hourigan. Both victims were dangerously wounded but effected their escape. Pender removed his children and then set fire to the house. He has been re-arrested. Domestic infelicity is said to be the cause of the trouble, Brisbane, Nov. 29, The men who were lost on the way to the Batavia river rush, have been rescued through their cutting telegraph wires.