TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2579, 9 November 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 5. The Queen's Bench has stopped the breach of promise action against tin Sultan of Johore, on the ground that it has no jurisdiction over a ruling sovereign. (The suitor is an English lady.) Nov. 6. Mr John Redmond, Mr Dillon, and Mr Davitt, have denounced Mr Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, for allowing evictions to carried on on the Defreyne estate, Mayo County. The death is announced of the Chinese giant Chang Woogow, aged 47. Deceased, who was 8 feet high, exhibited himself in the colonies some years ago. Paris, Nov. 5. M. Tirard, ex-Minister of Finance, is dead. President Carnot gives audience to the Envoys from Dahomey. Berlin, Nov. 5. The German guard on the Alsace frontier fired at and killed two Frenchmen found poaching on German territory. Madrid, Nev. 5. The Spanish Government have called up all the reserves since 1888, to enable them to cope with the Moors. Great Britain has assured Spain that she does not intend to interpose in the Meliilla trouble. Nov, 6. The Spanish trouble in Morocco is increasing, and the Jews are being expelled from Melilla as it is believed that they are acting as spies. Vienna, Nov. 5. Franz do Windisch Graitz, the new head of the Government, will withdraw the Universal Suffrage Bill. Crowds of Socialists filled the streets of the city crying “ Vive la Republique.” St. Petersburg, Nov. 5. The Czar has prohibited the press from publishing articles calculated to offend the German people. Constantinople, Nov. 5. A band of Arnauts captured and looted the town of Prisreud, in Albania, and also demanded the submission of the Turkish troops in the fortress. Athens, Nov. 6. A Greek Hymn to Apollo, with musical characters, the first ever found, has been excavated at Adelphi, a small town in Phocis, near the site of modern Castri. Cairo, Nov. 6. A number of of property-owners are forming a party in favour of retaining British eontrol in Egypt. The movement is taken to counteract the antiBritish attitude prevailing among the members of the Cabinet. Washington, Nov. 6. Some farmers in Rushvillc, Tennessee, hanged a family of four negroes, including a girl, in consequence of their having committed a number of incendiary acts. Rio db Janeiro, Nov. 6. Lieutenants Mowbray and Tapper of H.M.S. Sirius and Racer, with two others, were killed by a gunpowder explosion ashore.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Nov. 6. Sir G. B. Dibbs, the Premier, has cabled to the Agent-General, and also asked the Governor to communicate with the Secretary of State requesting him to interfere and protect the interests of the colony in the suit brought against it by Sell, the circus owner. _ Nov. 7. The Executive have considered Glasson’s case, and decided that he is sane. The execution will probably take place on November 2ist. A Chinaman named Ah Duck killed a young man named Frederick Paisley with a knife at Forbes on Sunday, and attempted suicide by taking poison. Last night Ah Duck confessed the crime, and said that the reason was that Paisley had used insulting words to him. Melbourne, Nov. 6. Members of the visiting athletic teams who take part in the intercolonial championship meeting on Thursday and Saturday were entertained by the mayor this afternoon. His Worship said th" was highly gratifying to bands "of athletes coming all distance to compete for honour and glory rather than uioiiQtliry consideration, He trusted the present most important gathering would bo the prelude to the selection of a team to represent Australasia in the pauBrittanic contest. The New Zealanders are training daily. They are in excellent trim and confident that they will be able to give a good account of themselves. Mr Webb, the manager, speaks highly of the conduct of the men since arrival. Parliament has prorogued. Nov. 7. The weather is gloriously fine, and everything promises well for the Championship Athletic Meeting. Great interest is being taken in the contest for the title of champion colony. This will be decided by the number of first places gained by the representatives of each colony. In the event of ties second places are to bo taken into c msideration. Brisbane, Nov. 0. Sir T. Mcllwraith has left for England.