TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2614, 30 January 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND| FOREIGN. London, Jan. 23. Mr Balfour, speaking' at Manchester, said that every party would welcome with heartfelt satisfaction the greatest discovery in political science, namely the plan for making Great Britain constitutionally and legally! one organism with the colonies. No witch plan, however, had yet been suggested. It is reported that the fTrench column have seized thus tapping British territory in West Africa. This movement is in response the demands of the aggressive colonial party in France. Sir Gerald Portal, who had just recently arrived from Zanzibar, has died from typhoid fever. The Rev. Canon Banks has declined the Bishopric of Wellington* Mr Thomas Pyne, who was recently decorated with the Order of India, will it is understood when visiting Afghanistan bear an invitation to the Ameer to visit England. A committee consisting of members of the House of Commons and others is being formed in Loudon with the object of educating public opinion for the naval de'ence scheme in connection with Imperial federation, leaving the Government to prepare a scheme for submission to the colonies. Pitt, secretary of the North London Permanent and Commercial Building Society, has been arrested for embezzling £38.000, the moneys of the society. The Parish Councils Bill has been read a second time in the House of Lords, and will be committed on Thursday. Jan. 20. A detachment of the Aldershot Military Mounted Police has been ordered to Egypt. In answer to the demand of Lord Cromer, the Khedive has published a proclamation praising the British army and the British Egyptian officers. He has also ordered the Under-Secretary for War to resign. At a meeting of Unionist Peers to-day it was decided to adhere to the Earl of Dudley’s “ contracting out ” amendment to the Employers Liability Bill, and also to insert an important modification in the Parish Councils Bill. Paris, Jan. 26. Yaillant’s appeal against his death sentence has been rejected. France says that the relations of the Italians killed at Aignes claim an indemnity of 420,000 francs. News has been received that a French native force has been massacred near Timbuctoo, Berlin, Jan. 26. Prince Bismarck reached the city today, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception. Jan. 27. Prince Bismarck had a perfect ovation on his arrival, and it is estimated that fully 260,000 people were present to welcome him. Crowds of those present threw bouquets to the ex-Chaucellor. The Emperor received the Prince with great distinction, kissing and embracing the aged statesman. Both were visibly affected. Prince Bismarck lunched alone with the Emperor and Empress, but owing to his enfeebled health he returned to Fredericksruhe the same night, after being entertained at a banquet. The Emperor escorted the Prince to the station, and repeatedly, kissed him prior to his departure. Prince Bismark visited the Dowager Empress Frederick. The Emperor on his way to the Royal chamber was accorded a hearty reception by the crowd, which expressed delight at the reconciliation of the Emperor and Prince. It is thought that there is no hope of Prince Bismarck returning to power. Rome, Jan. 25.

The Marquis Budni explicitly denies that he ever attempted to break up the Triple Alliance. Jan. 27. The Italian Government will pay the French an indemnity of 300,000 francs for the recent anthFrenoh riots in Home, Naples, and Genoa. Madrid, Jan. 26. Anarchists dynamited the harbour works at Barcelona, killing two and wounding several persons. An anarchist shot the Governor of Barcelona in the face. The wound is not mortal, and the assailant has beeu arrested. St. Petersburg, Jan. 26. Passenger and petroleum trains came into collision between Samara on the Volga and Oxenburg, and fifteen people were burnt to death. Belgrade, Jan. 25. The decree of exile against ex-King Milan and Queen Natalie has beeu cancelled. Jan. 27. King Alexander has granted an amuesty to the impeached Liberal Ministers, and has forbidden the Radical deputies now living in Belgrade to remain at the capital. Hong Kong, Jan. 26. Two Chinese warships will shortly visit Australian waters. Cairo, Jan. 26. The Khedive’s reply to Lord Cromer’s demands is unsatisfactory. Riass Pasha is trying to persuade the Khedive to retract the aspersions he cast on the frontier forces. Lord Rosebery is directing Lord Cromer’s action in the matter. The Khedive is likely to accept Lord Cromer’s ultimatum. Washington, Jan. 25. The House of Representatives has placed coal on the free list. Jan. 26. It is reported that President Cleveland has ordeied his Excellency Albert S Willis, Envoy Extraordinary of the United States in Hawaii, to demand his passports, unless President Lowe offers a full apology for the oliensivo letters sent to Washington on the an'>j ct of the cri-is in Hawaii. New Vd|!k, J.m 26. The light between Gorhott i.ini .Vlilvhell look place, but hn;!i the pugslLts wv.v afterwards anested. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Svonky, .January 20. Major C noral Hutton, Uorimiaiidaul of New Smith Wales, speaking r a dinner at Bathurst, strongly rcconiianude! federation of the Australian military on a scheme which harmonises entirely with that recommended by Major-General JitUvai'da.

Mr G. H. Reid, leader of the Opposition, has declined to treat Mr Hindle’s motion as a party question, and Mr Hindle has decided to let members deal with the motion as they think fit. The weather was showery for the holiday. At the races the Anniversary Handicap resulted as follows :—Trier, 1; Blue Peter, 2 ; The Captain, 3. Nineteen started. Won easily. Time, 2min 30fsec. Jan. 27. Major Isaacs, late of the New Zealand Militia, and formerly an old resident of Auckland, is dead. He was brother-in-law of Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales in Loudon.

Melbourne, Jan. 28

The police made a raid on totalisator shops in the city lost night, and arrested 33 persons. A deputation from the school teachers waited on the Minister of Education, and declared that the proposed stoppage of sick pay was degrading and humiliating. They said that they would rather have a reduction made in their wages. The proposal implied that the teachers were malingering. Tae Minister replied that they laboured under a misapprehension, and the exigency of the State required retrenchment. He pointed out that last year the amount paid to teachers for sick pay was £10,700. Brisbane, Jan. 27. The Kanabookar foundered forty miles from London on Friday during a terrible gale. Heavy seas washed away the deckhouse, wheel, and did other damage. The after-hold filled with water and the pumps were useless. A passenger named Gale perished on board, but the remainder got away from the steamer. One boat on nearing the shore capsized, and the men were rescued with difficulty. The steamer Kanabookar was owned in Sydney, where most of the crew belong. She was bound to Launceston with a cargo of guano. The captain and seven men in one boat, and the first mate and eight men in another boat, left the sinking vessel together, but during the night thay separated. On nearing the land the captain’s boat capsized in the dark, and one of the occupants perishedj but the rest managed to reach shore. The boat was washed ashore, and three of the men subsequently set out in her to obtain assistance, and were picked up by a steamer. The mate’s boat is still missing. The Kanabookar is the steamer which sank the s.s. Centennial in Sydney harbour a few years ago, and was insured in the Australian office for £4OOO.

Jan. 28

Two constables, after suffering great hardship, arrested Jaokey, the second Doradora black wanted on a charge of murder. While conveying him to Maokay he was allowed to get a drink, the two constables holding his belt, and despite the fact that he was handcuffed, he slipped through his belt, and, darting for the scrub, effected his escape. . Hobart, Jan. 26. At the Church Congress yesterday, the Bishop of Nelson read a paper on “ The Supply and Training of Clergy,” in which he inisisted that there was just as much necessity for keeping up a high standard of excellence in regard to the clergy in Australia as in England. ' Jan. 27. At the Church Congress yesterday the Bishop of Auckland read a paper on “ The Church’s duty to the heathen in Australasia and other lands.” Perth, Jan. 27. The boy Chipper, who drowned his younger sister by pushing her into the water off the wharf, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter.