TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2489, 13 April 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 9. Mr Vicat Cole, R. A., landscape painter, died suddenly yesterday. Rioting took place in Trafalgar Square yesterday. An organised body of 3000 teetotallers broke up a meeting in opposition to the Local Veto Bill and destroyed the banners. Several persons were injured iu the melee. Ten of the rioters were arrested. The total amount collected in England for the Queensland relief fund is £9OOO. Spencer Balfour is in Buenos Ayres, and Mr George Howell, member for Bethuall Green, is asking the authorities to expedite his capture. April 10. The supporters of local option claim the victory at. the meeting in Trafalgar Square, and declare that they held possession from first to last. The meeting approved the Bill, and thanked the Government for introducing it. Cheers were given for Sir Vernon Harcourt and Sir Wilfred Lawson. The opponents of the Bill have received a temporary check. The Standard’s Constantinople correspondent telegraphs that 2000 Christians are imprisoned in Armenia. Baris, April 9. If a company is formed by October next, to complete the Panama Canal, the Columbian Government will allow it ten years to finish the work. April 11. President Carnot has pardoned M. Turpin, who was imprisoned about eighteen months ago for selling the secret of the manufacture of melinite to an English firm. The Figaro accuses M. Freyciuet of imprisoning M. Turpin to prevent his divulging secrets, and afterwards offering to pardon him and pay compensation if he did not make a scandal of the affair.

Ten persons died at Lorient on Monday from cholera. Constantinople, April 11. A fearful earthquake shock is reported from Malatta in Asia Minor. Three thousand houses were completely detroyed and 130 persons were killed. Vienna, April 10. Several severe shocks of earthquake have been experienced generally throughout Hungary and Servia. Houses collapsed, and many people were killed. The condition of Servia is now bordering on anarchy. Belgrade, April 9. The militia, which numbers 40,000, favours the Radical party, while the standing army, which is 12,000 strong, supports the Government. Ex-King Milan is intriguing. Cairo, April 9, The Anti-European fading L appending in Egypt, and is being fanned by the Ministry, who are blocking all reform. Turkey is indignant at Lord Cromer’s treatment of the Khedive, and it is sugguested that he should be recalled, Calcutta, April 9. General Sir Frederick Roberts says that the defences of the ports of India, with the exception of Madras, are perfect, and that the frontier defences are strong. He thinks that the friendship of the princes cements the empire. Lisbon, April 12. A lunatic has been arrested for threatening the King of Portugal with violence while His Majesty was out driving. April 10. The Russians have penetrated from the Murghab river into Dakhan, a district west of the Pamirs, abutting on the British political frontier. They have ordered the Afghan commander to surrender Kalapangab, a town on the tributary of the Oxus, and frontier fighting is feared, It is reported that the French have occupied the island of Khone, in the Mekon river, Cambodia, without opposition.

Zanzibar, April 11. A British cruiser captured a dhow off here, and rescued sixty child slaves. Washington, April 9. The President is insisting on reparation from the Turkish Government for the destruction of the American mission at Massovau, a town in Asia Minor. It is reported hero that Mr Schmidt, Governor of the Marshall Islands, intends to deport American missionaries. April 10. A sensational shooting affair is reported from Texas. A young man named Fields, who had been rejected by a girl, shot his two rivals dead with a revolver. One of the victims was engaged to the girl, and was walking along the aisle of a church when the outrage was committed. A spectator pursued and shot Fields, who is in a precarious condition from the effects of the wound. San Francisco, April A The survivors of the barque King James gave conflicting reports as to the death of their comrades. Of the second boat’s crow the captain and three ipon were the only survivors. Four uf the occupants, including the QfvplajiPg son, died of exhaustion, New York, April 10. A tidal ways in Chicago river tore thirty Yearns from their moorings. The district was also visited by a blizzard, which destroyed two monster hotels, and levelled the panorama building to the ground. An awful prairie lire is raging in the vicinity of Omaha City, Nebraska. Fifteen miles of country have already been devastated and the fire is now travelling at the rate of forty miles an hour. Several villages are in its path, and the inhabitants are in a «ta«o of terror, despairing of being able to save their homes. An aerolite fell in St. Lotus, Missouri, and destroyed a statue erected in memory of John Brown.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, April 10. A man named Ellis, who happened to be passing by when the winch fob from a building in Collins street on Saturday, has died from the effects of the injuries by the flying fragments. Sydney, April 10. Two writs, claiming £IOO,OOO and £40,000 damages, respectively, have been issued by Mr Proudfoot, a contractor, against the Railway Commissioners for breach of contract.

April 11. The sentence of death passed on Mrs Makin for child-murder has been commuted to imprisonment for life. The date for the execution of Makin has not been fixed, pending consideration of his petition to appeal to the Privy Council on the points decided by the full Court. Brisbane, April 11. The Archduke of Austria has loft Singapore for Batavia. He is due here on the 28th insn. Perth, (AY.A.) April 11. Altogether five cases of smallpox have been reported.