TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2588, 30 November 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 27. Mr Tom Mann has definitely decided to enter the Church. Mr Dillon states that the annual cost of maintaining the evicted tenants in Ireland is £24,000. The Marquis of Breadalbane has been decorated with the Order of the Garter. Nov. 28. In the House of Commons, Mr Gladstone snubbed the House of Lords for what he termed the dictatorial proposal for a Joint Committee to inquire into the question of " betterments." He said that the House of Commons would not alter its decision. (Cheers). An unsuccessful attempt has been made to destroy Aldboro Barracks in Dublin. A dynamite bomb which was thrown at the building failed to explode. Paris, Nov. 27. The fall of the Cabinet was due to the absence of a policy on the part of M. Dupuy, who attempted to follow the Hues dictated by the President. Before the vote of want of confidence was carried three Ministers secretly resigned, and upon this becoming known the Chamber refused to proceed with the business. Berlin, Nov. 26. During the Emperor's journey to Kiel a number of carts got blocked on the railway line, and there was a narrow escape of collision. Belgrade, Nov. 26. The Servian Ministry have resigned owing to the tariff war with Austria. Athens, Nov. 27. M. Tricoupi3, the new Premier, has announced that Greece will be compelled to compromise with her foreign creditors. Rome, Nov. 27. The Italian Bank Committee's report inculpates twenty-five Deputies, including Crisipi, who owed the Banco Romana Nazionale 244,000 franca. Washington, Nov. 26. Mr McKinley contends that a reduction in wages will certainly follow the passing of the freetrado tariff by Congress, and that the latter is holding out a fearful menace to industries. Teheran, Nov. 27. Reports- from the scene of the earthquake state that 10,000 bodies have been discovered in the debris of Kuchau, Persia. Fifty thousand cattle are said to have been killed. Capetown, Nov. 28. It is reported that 4000 Matabeles are at Bulawayo under the command of Gumbo, Lobeugula's brother. New York, Nov. 28. The net profits of the Chicago Exhibition amount to 18,000,000 dollars. Goods to the value of £2,000,000 were sold by the exhibitors.

AUSTRALIAN OAIJLK. Sydney, Nov. 27. Mr C. Wragge has returned from Noumea, where he has established a meteorological station, and arranged for daily communication with Queensland. The schooner Meg Merrilees, on her arrival at Bismarck island, was seized by the German authorities and detained until a tine of £l4O was paid for taking coloured labor from the Howe Group without a license. Captain Tin had to soil his trading goods to raise the amount. He asserts that the men were ouly shipped as a crew and intended to enter the Island trade. He will represent the matter to the New South Wales Government. Nov. 28. The analysis of coal ontained from the Cremorne boring shows that it is a good household article, with excellent steaming properties. A Chinaman, who was a second class passenger on the mail train from jiourke, was robbed during the journey, and thrown out of the carriage window. He was subsequently picked up in an insensible condition. Three aTrests have been made in connection with the affair. it appears that tho Chinaman jumped from the train owing to having been robbed. He is in a critical condition. The other passengers were frightened to interfere. Another man has been arrested. Mr Woods, the Labour member, has requested the police to investigate the charge of bigamy which has been made against him. The authorities are communicating with the English authorities on the matter. The Government have decided to construct a new tunnel through the Blue Mountains at a cost of £259,000, thus doing away with the great zigzag there, which, through a stupendous engineering feat, is the reverse of ecouQinical from a railway point of view, The Cabinet have considered the petition of the condemned man Glasson, which states that the plea of insanity was set up against his will. He adheres, to the story he originally fcpjd. tQ the police that he was jn the''bank but was coerced by the others. The Cabinet have decided that there is no cause to interfere with the sentence, and the execution will be carried out to-morrow. The Legislative Aaseinbly is discussing the third reading of the ]*ank Notes Bill. Tho Southern Cross, a religious journal, handles Mr Spddon hotly, on the alleged ground that ho perverted tho opinion of the papers on the woman's frauchise in the course of his speech. Melbourne, Nov. 27. The woman Knorr, alias Thvvaites, is now being tried for child murder. The Crown Prosecutor, in opening the caso, said that sho had, written a letter t> a Uifai iiamed Thompson asking him U> Uv.ear what she wanted in regard ki a particular child she waa charged with murdering and not lot her get a life aantonce. Sh,e ula> asked him to endsavour to square counsel on the other side, and not let her own counsel know that she was manufacturing facts, as lie would not p.er.mit it. She further requested Thomson to procure a woman ty. give false evidence respecting the child. Warnoek, a resident of Camberwell s has failed, owing to the depreciation of his investment in stocks. His liabilities are £04,000, and assets £20,000. Nov 23. At the lliflo Association's meeting the Intercolonial Match, which will in future ha known as the Federation Match, was won by the Victorian team with a score of 1419; New South "Wales coming second with 1415. The other scores were : South Australia 13.37 j Tasmania. 1302 a

Western Australia 1328. Quesusland and New Zealand did not compete. There was excellent shooting between the two leading teams. Stack, of Sydney, made 49 out of a possible 50 at the 500 yards range. Adelaide, Nov. 28. As the result of the discussion on the importation of Chinese into Australia, the Orient Steamship Company has decided to introduce no more Chinese passengers from Colombo. Brisbane, Nov. 28. A severe gale swept over this city, and much damage was done at Goodua, where nearly every window was broken by hail and the crops in the district were severely damaged. Perth, Nov. 28. A police party have discovered magnificent pastoral country in the vicinity of Osmond River. It is well grassed, well timbered, and well watered. The blacks are the fiuest, v physically, in the colony, bnt extremely hostile. A halfcaste, supposed to be a descendant of one of Leichardfc's exploring party, was found among one tribe.