TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2513, 8 June 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 4. Ives, the American champion, won his match with Roberts by 2719. He made a break of 3640 from cannons through the balls being jammed in the jaw of the top pocket. A series of fires have occurred in South London, destroying a number of workshops, two timber-yards and forty workmen’s dwellings. The damage is estimated at £150,000. Prince Alfred, eldest son of the Duke of Edinburgh, is ill at Potsdam with scarlet fever. , JuneS. The Duke of Edinburgh has been raised to the position of Admiral of the Fleet. The offices of the Cardiff Mail and also a portion of the adjoining hotel were burned. The damage is estimated at £IOO,OOO. The Ruahine arrived at Plymouth yesterday, with her cargo of frozen meat in good order. Paris, June 4. The Journal des Debats says that the evacuation of Uganda is a great diplomatic victory for Lord Rosebery. Le Temps writes sarcastically about “ another conquest.” It is reported that work on the Panama Canal will be resumed at the end of the year. June 0. The French press complain that the management of the Suez Canal is being transferred to London. M. Goblet, in unveiling a monumment at Paris, said that the forbearance of France with regard to Alsace could not last much longer, unless Germany avoided conflict by an amicable settlement Madrid, June 4. A Carlist rising broke out among the garrison of Pruente La Reyna, in Havarre. A portion of the mutineers were disarmed, and the others afterwards fled. June 5. The authorities are alarmed at the increase of cholera, and are adopting precautionary measures. Berlin, June 5. A Belgian named Ruller has been arrested in Saxony, having confessed to the robbery of a large quantity of valuable jewellery from the residence of the Countess of Flanders in Brussels in February , last. He has betrayed the hiding place of the stolen property, and implicated : White, a confederate, who has been arrested in London. St. Petersburg, June 5, The Chudov monastery in Moscow was ' entered by burglars, who stole the vessels ; used in relgious exercises, and money to ( the value of 2,500,000 roubles. Buda Pesth, June 4. Addressing the Hungarian delegations, Count Kalnoky said the relations with , Germany and Italy were as close as ever. Friendly relations with Russia were still , Tirther strengthened, and were likely to ‘ result in the cessation of military tension 1 n Europe. Ottawa, June 5. Several Canadian Salvation Army officers have resigned. They complain ' of the excessive power wielded by Mr ' Herbert Booth, and of his importing Englishmen and appointing them to the best positions. St. Johns, Newfoundland, June 4. A French gunboat seized a British steamer owing to a dispute as to the . fishery rights. , June 5. The Customs authorities haye seized the supplies of the French lobster packers. , The French authorities deny that the . supplies are liable to duty. , It is reported that the British warships Cleopatra and Buzzard, on the North American and West Indies stations, have been ordered here to protect British interests. ; Washington, June 4. The white residents in the Southern States are forming societies to co-operate with the negroes to abolish lynching. ' The press is assisting the movement. A cyclone destroyed the town of El Dorado, in Arkansas. Thirty people are believed to have been killed. The cyclone which struck El Dorado, in Arkansas, buried the town in a pillar of dust. Thirty of the residents were killed. The survivors fled on horseback. A colliery at Eaglepass, in Texas, caught fire, and sixty men are entombed. It is believed they are dead. Later. Twenty-six corpses have been recovered from the colliery at Eaglepass. Some of the survivors are terribly burned, AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, June G. News received from the New Hebrides states that an epidemic of dysentery is prevalent amongst the natives. A hundred deaths are reported at Futuna, and fifty at Malo. Melbourne, June 6The revenue for the past month has fallen £285,000. It is estimated that the deficit for the financial year yyill be £329,000, but bar} jt not been of Treasury bib“ - * uUe S; J° - would have been a Elicit of £1,078,000. A detective has been despatched to Colombo to bring back Sir Matthew Davies. The full Court quashed the conviction of Mansfield, late secretary of the Seamen’s Union, for persuading sailors to desert from a vessel. Brisbane, June 7. Heavy alluvial gold has been found at Pino Creek. It is feared that there will be a collision between Chinese and Europeans on the field. Perth, June 6. The Premier notifies that smallpox has entirely disappeared from the colony. It is reported that a crushing at Pilburra produced lOOOozs of gold from 216 tons of qartz.