TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2605, 9 January 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, Jan. 6. Heavy snow storms hare been experienced throughout England. Intense cold, with frequent blizzards, have been experienced in England and the Continent, especially in Vienna, where fifty accidents are reported. Heavy snowstorms are stopping traffic, and several persons have been frozen to death in Paris, Berlin, and Munich. Ice prevents the navigations of the German rivers.

The Vienna correspondent of the Standard says that France is sending large supplies of money to Italy and Bohemia with a view to undermining the Triple Alliance. Obituary Baron Solvyns, Belgian Minister in London; Lord Drowe; Duchess of Argyle. The Times correspondent reports that the United States deficit this year will be £15,000,000. The King of Italy's private fortune, amounting to £2,000,000, has been sent to the ttothschild's London Bank. It is expected that it will be invested in consols.

The Parish Councils Bill haß passed through Committee, except the new and postponed clauses. The following is the text of the reply sent by the Marquis of Bipon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the cablegrams received from the Governors of the Australasian Colonies, inviting the Duke and Duchess of Yom to visit the colonies : —" The Duke and Duchess of York have received with great pleasure the hearty and gratifying invitation to visit the colonies, which would be most agreeable to them, but it is with deep regret that after full consideration they fell obliged to reply that circumstances prevent the possibility of their now accepting a proposal which would give them the greatest possible pleasure. The Duke desires to add that he has most pleasant recollections of a former visit to the colonies, and sincerely hopes that it will not be his last."

Canon Danks, rector of Richmond, Yorkshire, has been offered the vacant Bishopric of Wellington, New Zealand. Canon Danks is willing to accept the vanant bishopric of Wellington, but before coming to a final decision he requires more details concerning the position. Mr Gladstone has decided to spend the recess at Biarritz, a watering place in France.

A Star Chamber enquiry at Dublin Castle revealed the murderers of the bricklayer Reid, who is believed to have been shot by members of a secret society which regarded him as an informer. The police authorities, however, consider it doubtful whether the evidence is sufficient to convict the men.

The cold in the South of England and in France is unequalled during the century. In Vienna the thermometer registered 34 degrees of frost. Forty degrees of frost were experienced in many parts of Germany. The weather is colder in London than for 30 years past. At Shornciffe, in Kent, the thermometer was zero. Many accidents are reported, and all traffic is seriously impeded. The Thames is frozen at Great Menlow, Windsor, and Teddington.

In connection with the death of Lieutenant Hamborougb, Moqbou explains that the missing witness Scott is really Sweeney, the bookmaker, who came to Ardlamont to induce deceased to settle wagers, Hamborough, requiring time, invited Sweeney to remain as a gueßt under an assumed name. Monson declares that Sweeney is still in London, and will probably anrrender. himself to the authorities if necessary. The Government intend building four battle-Bhipß like the Magnificent and Majestic; four station gunboats; twelve torpedo destroyers, like the twenty already ordered j besides two cruisers of the type of the Powerful and Terrible. During the month the imports of the United Kingdom decreased in value by £1,130,000 and the exports by £2,000,000. The Westminster Gazette, commenting on the Speight -Syme case, says that the Age is the one real force in Victorian journalism. The verdict i» practically one of acquittal. A striking feature of the trial is the ruinous expense of the litigation. Sir Kay Shuttleworth, Secretary to the Admiralty, states that it is intended during 1894 and 1895 to arm the Navy with magazine rifles.

Paris, Jan. 5,

It is officially announced that France is building forty-two battleships and cruisers.

Jan. 7

Couut Xavier Chappele has instituted proceedings for libel against General and Mrs Brown, residents of Nice, for alleging that he was an escaped convict from New Caledonia, and has acted as master of the ceremonies at public balls iu Melbourne. Bome, Jan. 5.

A conflict took place between troops and rioters who were attempting to storm the Marines town hall in Sicily. Thirty of the rioters were killed and 50 wounded. Fresh severe conflicts have ensued between the troops and peasantry in Sicily, and many of the latter were shot.

Three thousand of the Sicilian roiters are found to be armed with French rifles.

The Italian Government have applied to the British Government to extradite Signor Mongilli, a leading official of the Banca Romana, on a chnrge of fraud. His defalcations are said to be £2,500,000. VlJi.N'N.v, Jan. 5.

The snow dorm ha* ceased. Fifty persons are reported from Trieste to have been frozen to death. St Pkteksbttro. Jan. 4.

Fi; \v:is n. riu-siini ' '(iflt.i»i)i!i(i;ise oflicor uanit'd Klakwii/., stationed at Vilna, who exploded the infernal m-.chine. He had so contrived it that when the cover of a meat dish was raised an explosion followed. The notion is attributed to jealousy.

Hong Kong, Jan. 5

It is reported that bandits attacked the 3D in pent;- of China and his cavalcade in Pekin, and captured his jewels and several of the Court oiliciiils.

WAsuiNGToy, Jan. 5

The Foreign Committee of the Senate is making a thorough enquiry into the Hawaiian question, and is taking evidence adverse to the policy of President Clovewith regard ty the islands,

The value of the imports into the United States during the year was £262,000,000. The Secretar/ of the Treasury states that this amount iB the highest in the history of the Republic. A Tennessee clergyman, known as the Rev. Mr Jdoward, was fined £3OOO and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for defrauding Americana by means of a fictitious kinship agency which he had established in London.

New YobK, Jan. 6,

Two abortive attempts have been made to poison Mr Scanlan, the barrister who appeared for th9prosecution in trial of Coughlin for complicity in the, murder of Dr Cronin in Chicago. •'■&'"" News has been received, that .heavy fighting has taken place between; Honduras and Nicaragua, and the latter has captured Los Angelos. < <: Chicago, Jan>6... The Chicago gaols are crowded - with prisoners. Fifty are awaiting trial for murder, and altogether there are five hundred offences to be be disposed of.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Jan. 5.

Two miners were blown to pieces in a mine at Fernmount, owing ta the accidental explosion of dynamite. Jan. 6.

The Government intend to press on the Bank Notes Issue Bill when Parliament meets.

Storms experienced in the Wagga Wagga district are the heaviest for twenty years past. Nearly three inches of rain fell in 46 minutes. Considerable damage was done to standing crops. Mr Streeter, the well-known London diamond merchant, is at present on a visit to this colony. He is understood to be making inquiries with regard to the Bingera diamonds. The Mew South Wales swimming team left by the Mararoa to take part in the swimming contests in Auckland. Mr Valentine, the New Zealand dairy expert, left by the Tarawera for Wellington. He has just completed a visit of inspection in Victoria and New South Wales. Mr Valentine considers that although these colonies possess modern appliances there yet appears something wanting, and there is a great disregard to matters in detail. So far as his experience goes New Zealand has nothing to fear from competition with these colonies. With the advantage of climate New Zealand, he says, must come to the front, but while there is every hope of this, producers must not forget that uniformity in grading is absolutely imperative. In connection with the fraudulent sale of margarine mixtures as butter, which imposes serious loss on the producers of colonial butter, Mr Valentine suggests that the several colonies with their respective dairy associations should federate with a view of bringing pressure to bear on the Imperial Government to enforce the existing Acts, and if possible construct a new Act which would have a more repressive effect on the fraudulent dealers.

With respect to the fine imposed in Ghristchurch for the alleged wrongful lauding at Lyttelton of trophies won by the New Zealand cyclists in Australia, the Suburban Bicycle Club and Darlinghurst Harriers combined have subscribed the amount of the fine. In cycling circles here it is thought a pity that such a graceful act should have come from the local clubs instead of from New Zealand clubs interested, in the matter. Newcastle, Jan. 5. At the inquest on the man Hyde, the jury returned a verdict that he was shot by his wife in self defence. Melbouenh, Jan. 6.

A boy named Jose wbb irritating a man named Bennett in a street at Geelong when the latter procured a rifle and shot the boy dead. In the eourse of a speech the Minister for Railways said it was the intention of the Government to do with one Commissioner less, and they thought it would be better to send their own men to America to gain experience, than to import an American expert. Application has been made to the Minister of Customs for a bonus to establish a whaling fishery industry in the Antarctic Ocean. The applicants state that a steamer fully equipped will shortly arrive in colonial waters from Norway, and if sufficient inducement is offered she will make Melbourne her headquarters. The Minister has not yet decided whether it is best to give the applicants a grant of land, or pay them a bonus in cash. At the same time he thinks Dunedin or Hobart would be more favourably situated as the headquarters of the industry.

Adelaide, Jan. 6,

Walter Bentley, the well-known actor, has had to call a meeting of his creditors, owing to pressure from comparatively small creditors. In a statement he furnished to the meeting, his liabilities are set down at £7OO, and assets at £2400. The meeting decided that the small creditors should be paid within six months, with 5 per cent, interest added. Brisbane, Jan. 7.

The friction between the Commandant of the Forces, the Government, and the Hon. A. J. Thynne, Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the Volunteers, arising out of the appointment of an officer by the latter whom the Government approved but the former refused to recognise, has been settled by the revocation of the appointment.