TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2585, 23 November 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

_ft_ ,JL.~A JL-A * ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 17. The Rev. W. Paton has succeeded in his appeal for funds to maintain a mission vessel in the New Hebrides, and is now negotiating for six missionaries to go out. Mr Huddart has applied to the Imperial Government for a subsidy, and undertakes in return that his steamers shall bo available as cruisers in war time. Lord Elgin, responding to the toast of his health at a banquet in his honour, said that he was prepared to meet the future in a determined spirit. A colliery at Colbridge is on fire, and fifty men are entombed. The fans supplying air to the galleries below have stopped, and it is feared that the unfortunate men will be suffocated. tr ,_ Llf - / Nov. 20. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times wires that the whole of India is in a state of discontent and uneasiness over the Opium Commission. The natives 1 have taken alarm at -its inquiries, believing that it will lead to fresh taxation, and be the first step towards a compulsory change of religion. Messrs Streeter & Co., the well-known authorities on precious stones, report that the recent consignments of Australian turquoises are, streaky and valueless. Mr J. K. McOredy, of Melbourne, who was charged with defrauding Messrs Scheur and Company, Parisian merchants, has instituted proceedings against his accusers, claiming £IO,OOO for false imprisonment. The case will be heard in December, and afterwards Mr McCredy returns to Melbourne. Lord Charles Beresford has submitted to the Admiralty a naval naval-building programme to cost £18,000,000. Paris, Nov. 19. Figaro says that Germany is massing Iroops on the frontier, and that war has been imminent any time since September last. Berlin, Nov. 20. The German Government has established a camp on the Belgian frontier as a central station in the event of the. mobilisation of the troops, St. Petersburg, Nov. 20. The Russian squadron will visit Constantinople. Rome, Nov. 20. The Vatican official press states that the Pope has induced the FrancoRussian Alliance (?). Belgrade, Nov. 20. The Servian finances are in a deplorable state. The officials cannot get their pay, and the bread supply of the army lias been stopped. The peasantry are migrating to Roumania. Calcutta, Nov. 19. The Ameer, addressing the Afghans, exhorted them to cherish the friendship of Great Britain, who would be a good friend to them, and whose interests were identical with theirs. The Ameer, whose friendly attitude was apparently quite sincere, promised that the Afghans would fight as comrades by the side of the British. Washington. Nov. 19. The Canadian Government have sent deputies to negotiate for reciprocity with the United States. Ottawa, Nov. 21. Three Canadian Militia officers, including a sou of Sir H. Mercier, the Quebec statesman, have been arrested on a charge of attempting to destroy the Nelson monument in Montreal by means of dynamite. The plot was divulged by the son of the chief of the police. Chicago, Nov. 21. New South Wales has been given nine awards for fruit exhibition. Capetown, Nov. 21. King Lobengula is willing to negotiate with the British Company for peace, but his warriors demand a fight. It is therefore expected that a strong British coluffiu will shortly attack the King’s position.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Nov. 20. The B-oyal Tar arrived from Adelaide shortly, and will take 200 single men to "New Australia" in Paraguay. Owing to the warning nature of the cable messages from the new settlement, it-has been decided to delay sending the women for Bix months, pending enquiries into the truth of the allegations. Over 3000 members are now enrolled, and the committee contemplate the purchase of one or two more vessels. In connection with the Bank Notes Bill, which comes on in the Legislative Assembly for the second reading tomorrow, the Premier has. had returns prepared which show that the trade of ihe" coiony does not absorb at any one time more than £2,000,000 worth <tf bank notes. According to tho. tateat returns the banks hold specie, of the value of £5,697,0,00,, and other assets to the value qf £44,656,000 with which to secure £2,000,Q6Q of notes, None of this security under the new Bill will be destroyed \intil the bank notes are redeemed, a,s th@n.otea will be a first charge. At present £2,520,000 sovereigns are being moved about from branch to branch at great cost to meet liabilities which may accrue. Malqn,g flatesj a legal tender in the country, w4ll avoid this. The Minister of Public Works proposes to expend £300,000 during the next twelve months on sewage and other works, thus providing work for twQ thousand men. The MfflW soi»rd have found that the ftbafldumneut of the vessel Victory was* justifiable, and awarded the captuiu £l2, the mate £5, and four other members of the cr.-w of the George Thompson £3 each, in recognition of their services in rescuing tho crew of. the disabled vessel G;rya>j, ; Brisbane, Kov. 20. A fire brr>ke out on board the mail steamer India, and destroyed 600 bales of wool. Very little injury was caused to the vessel. The fire is supposed to be the work of incendiaries. Nov, 21. The Government have, oilered a reward of £250 for information that will lead to Ihe conviction of the person who set fire to the steamer India. The Japanese Government have communicated with the Queensland Government, asking whether the aboriginal murderers of two Japanese some time ago had, been punished, A reply has been

sent, stating that the murders were committed by uncivilised blacks, who were outside police supervision, and pointing out that the Japanese were pursuing their vocations where they were in danger of being attacked. : The letter also suggested that Japan sH6"uld limit the issue of passports to Queensland. Melbourne, Nov. 20. Sir Mather Davies still continues to address the court inHhe Mercantile Bank cases, and endeavours to show cause why he should not be coifrmitted f or trial. -)s>: - Nov. 21. The Mercantile &nk cases were continued to-day. Milledge, aad Mintz completed theii? statements. The latter declared that up to the last he felt assured that the balance sheet of the bank was accurate. Cox| the informant in the present prosecutions, will be put into the box to-morrow. The Age devotes a leader to the proposal of the Pretnieikei New Zealand to advance money to assist land settlement. It points to the similarity of the Argentine Republic and New Zealand, and says that unless the Government introduce safeguards against a speculative rise in land which may be looked for, the scheme is fraught with danger; but that if the difficulties could be guarded against, then it considers that a great advance has been made in the solution of the problem of settling the people on the land with a little capital. The annual meeting of the Victorian Rifle Association has opened. New Zealand is represented by two marksmen. Howe, of Wellington, scored 42 in the Any Rifle Match, two points below the top score. Adelaide, Nov. 21. From July Ist to November 16th the railway revenue amounted to £41,100, which is larger than the corresponding period of the previous year.