TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2540, 10 August 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, August 6

Jabez Balfour, the levaiiting financier, is living in lnxuiyiu Buenos Ayres, where he openly orders and pays for high priced articles from London tradesmen. Four timber yards in Liverpool have been burned. The damage is estimated at £IBO,OOO. August 7.

It is reported that the Rev. Joseph Higging, Bishop Auxiliary of Sydney and Ooadjtiator to Cardinal Morau, will be appointed to succeed the late Dr Reynolds as Archbishop of Adelaide. A statement has been published that after tho engagement between the rival factions in Samoa, x Malietoa's canoes retured to Apia loaded with the heads of the victims. Many of the heads were scattered about the streets.

Twenty-two visitors to Aberavon, iti Glamorganshire, were drowned by the capsizing of a pleasure boat. The accident was witnessed by their friends and relations on shore, who were frantic at the sight,

Paris, August 7.

Norton was sentenced to three years' and Ducret to one year's imprisonment for forging documents alleged to have been stolen from the British Embassy. The proceedings at the trial were of an uproarious nature. M. Mullevoye, one of the deputies, made a malevolent attack upon England, which was applauded by the spectators, and the Judge appeared powerless to repress it. The Marquis of Mores repeatedly attacked M. Clemeuceau, against whom the forged documents were aimed. A duel has been arranged between them.

The Figaro, referring to the trial of Norton and Ducret, says that it is impossible to understand how the President or M. Develle could have permitted the Chambers to discuss the documents which were alleged to have been stolen from a friendly Power. August 8.

Much scurrilous literature is being published in Paris, with a view to influencing the elections. Capital is being made out of the non-arrest of M. Arton, one of the men implicated in the Panama scandal.

Vienna, August 8,

The Emperor of Austria will entertain the Emperor of Germany for three weeks during the autumn manoeuvres. The Austrian Government decline to grant the whole of the Russian demands, and negotiations for a commercial treaty have ceased.

Constantinople, August 9,

During the visit of the Khedive the Sultan advised him against interfering with the British in Egypt. Berne, August 8.

Disgraceful scenes took place at the Socialist Congress at Zurich. Several free fights took place over the question of allowing anarchists to be present. Hong Kong, August 8.

An arsenal near Canton exploded. F©nr villages were destroyed and 5000 people were, killed. Troops assisted to bury the dead. St. Petersburg, August 6.

The Nova Vreyma says that Germany has agreed to a Joint Commission being appointed to settle the tariff dispute. Athens, August 7. The King of Greece has formally opened the canal through the Isthumsof Corinth. The work cost £2,000,000. Buenos Ayres, August 6.

The insurgents made an attempt to seize Lapata, a town in the Argentine. A desperate fight took place with the Government troops, in which 400 were killed and wounded. The attempt failed. —& AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, August 7. Owing to one of the jurors becoming insane, the trial of the men accused of kicking Pert to death at Miller's Point, will have to begin de novo. August 8. The railway returns for the year show a profit of £1,250,000. Melbourne, August 7. The Government will not be represented at the Antwerp exhibition next year. August 8.

The Govern ment have decided to abandon further proceedings in the Davies-Milledge case, leoving it to private persons to follow the matter up if they so desire.

Brisbane, August 7

Some time ago an employe of the San Francisco Railway Company embezzled 3,000 dollars of the funds of the institution and absconded. A man answering the culprit's description was arrested here on board the Warrimoo on her arrival from Vancouver.