TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2541, 12 August 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, August 6. Lady Tryon has refused the pension offered to her by the Admiralty. At Southampton regatta the Royal Victoria yacht race was won by the Britannia, with the American yacht Navahoe second.

The New York correspondent of the Times says that all kinds of money are selling at 2 per cent, premium, and that paper money ranks higher than gold. The exchanges are paralysed, Hobbe, a ship-broker, of Edinburgh, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, and Severn, a ship-master, to five years’ imprisonment, for scuttling four ships and burning another. They admitted having fabricated three bills of lading in order to secure extra insurance. Mr Dawes, the well-known shipping magnate, has been elected a director of the Suez Canal Company in place of the late Sir R. MacKinnon.

Paris, August 9

The Marquis de Mores charged M. Clemeuceau with acting as agent for England on the Egyptian question. The Marquis De Mores asserts that he saw the Russian Ambassador and that they arranged to thwart the manoeuvres of M. Clemenceau and the English. He further alleges that on his informing the Paris authorities, the latter seized a number of bombs in Calais, which had been supplied by an English agent for use against the troops in Paris. Washington, August 9.

The President’s Message says that the accumulation of useless silver and depletion of the gold reserve have depreciated the currency, and that the present financial disorder is wholly due to the Gherman Act. He exhorted Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Act, and take such action as will prove its resolve to fulfil the national obligations in money matters recognised by civilised countries. Congress would be asked to legislate upon tariff reform after the silver difficulty was remedied. The gold in the Treasury has decreased £26,000,000 in three years. The export of gold in .1893 already exceeds the imports by £17,500,000 and each day’s delay in dealing with the monetary question is dangerous.

New York, August 7. An Italian steamer has arrived here with cholera on board.

Calcutta, August 8,

A political mission, under Sir H. Durand, will visit Oabul on behalf of the Indian Government.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Sydney, August 9

Letters from Tonga states that measles has appeared there, but only of a mild type, Melbourne, August 7.

Daring the debate on the Budget a motion to report progress, which was regarded as tantamount to disapproval of further taxation, was carried by 44 to 23.. The Premier intimated that he would require a straight-out vote on the Income Tax at the next sitting.

Speaking at the Mayoral luncheon, the Minister of Defence said that the Government of Yictoria were taking steps to bring about reciprocity between the colonies. The Treasurer stated that even with rigorous retrenchment the Government would require to find new sources of revenue.

August 10,

The Legislative Assembly have passed the Income Tax by 44 to 38. The Premier intimated that he would abolish the primage duty on ad valorem, and fix the duty on goods. Hobart, August 10.

The announcement that the Government intend to abolish the AgencyGeneral in London, and recall Sir B. 0. N. Braddon, has caused considerable surprise, the general opinion being that it is a mistake.