TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2644, 10 April 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 6. Mr Gladstone, whose sight is impaired through cataract, will undergo an operation in Juno. Scott, the missing witness in the Ardlamout murder case, has surtended to the police. Probate has been granted of the will or lae 1 ite Sir Henry G. Elliott, on an ■<•■ monor of £oU),OUO, in ■ sni Wuiioigroii which left Picton, for L ->uc( i. •<.! May i2c!i, but, Had to put into Rio no Janeiro en X’Oute to repair severe damages suat.d-.ed through a collision with an iceberg, has arrived at London. The steamer Duke of Westminster, which put into St, Vincent in Gape Verde LJaud in consequence of breakdown in her machinery, is being towed to London. Sir T. Mcllwraith, in addressing theColonial party in the House of Commons, said that New Guinea was the best field for recruiting coloured labour. He urged that the colonies should be consulted before their Governors were appointed. The Queensland separation movement was, he said, virtually extinct. He thought that the Imperial Government ought to encourage an Emigration Bill, and to give effect to the award of the Behring Sea Commission, which had been a second time in the House of Commons. Admiral Colomb, writing to the Times, says that if the Imperial Goverment pay subsidies to Huddart’s new steamship line and to the Pacific cable, the Australian warships ought to be available for general service in the Pacific, and the laud forces of the various Australian colonies ought to be available for service between Halifax and Australia. The agent in Buenos Ayres for the Paraguay Central Railway Company, writing on March 18th, reports that eighty seceders from the New Australia settlement have gone to Gonzalez colony, where they are quite satisfied with their prospects, and the new settlement appears to be flourishing. Scott, of Ardlamout fame, informed the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette that in order to put an end to his existence as an outlaw, he went to Scotland Yard, but in the absence of a warrant the inspector refused to take him into custody.

April 7.

The English Press assert that the Argentine is opposed to the extradition of Jabez Balfour to London, on the ground that it is illegal. During March the imports show an increase of £1,200,000, and the exports a decrease of £1,300,000. Owing to Western Australia making no response to the Salvation Army’s proposal to establish an over-sea colony there, General Booth now contemplates setting it up in Paraguay, from the Government of which country it is said he has received encouragement. At the Colonial Institute, Mr Inglis, a New South Wales legislator, read a paper on the economic development of Australian enterprise. He dwelt especially on new industries and sub-tropical crops. He said that the influx of farmers into the central division of New South Wales and the opening of the mallee irrigation colonies, had been attended with great success, and he declared that co-operative dairying, frozen meat, and artesian wells, had added a new province to Australia as large as Matabeland, and without bloodshed. In reply to a deputation Lord Rosebery said that he recognised that great importance of the Conference on the extension of the Act of 1893 as suggested, but a very wide application might infringe the rights of foreign nations. Mr Reid, of Victoria, said that they might confine the concession to Canada, Australasia, and Cape Colony. Lord Rosebery promised that the question would receive the careful and earnest consideration of the Government at an early date. Paris, April 7. Obituary. —Paul Jabloshkoff, the wellknown electrician. Rome, April 8. The King of Italy and the Emperor of Germany had a brilliant reception at their meeting in Venice. In response to the demands of the crowd, they appeared on the balcony of the palace and bowed their acknowledgments. Berlin, April 3. Fifteen German officers have been dismissed the service for gambling. A shaft collapsed in a mine in Breslau, eleven persons being killed and a large number injured. April 7. The Chancellor has decided to mint additional silver to the value of 20,000,000 marks (£1,000,000). Washington, April G. The House of Representatives have agreed to the award of the Behring Sea commission. April 7. The President has signed the award in connection with the Behring Sea fisheries. South Carolina is quieting down, and the proclamation declaring martial law has been removed. New York, April 3. A fierco conflict took place in Uklohama between bauds of Indians and cowboys. Many wore killed on both sides. Buenos Avres, April 0. Owing to the insanitary condition of the Portuguese wai'ships the Argentine Government insists on the Brazilian rebels being quarantined, failing which the vessels must leave the harbour and take the refugees with them. Kio i.e Janeiro, April '•*. Tiio. s«ju:uiroii liavo fni'ced an entrance into J!io Giamin harbour. I'.u.r; i’T.\, April o. Bui'd IClgin, Viceroy of India, received (h:i Victorian delegates at Lucknow. They I - .; - .vo L.-mi ;• by the Government for the purpu-.c of developing Australian trade with India. . - A1 T STK ALI AN CABLE. Byonkv, April d, The Lank Nob):' Bill has passed both House-'. The 15 ail way Commissioners have decided to make a reduction of 1U per cent, mi ail salaries over £2OO. By this means a saving of £-1300 will be cll'eoted. It is also proposed to restrict the hours of lal-oijr railway workshops,

Anderson, who is “ wanted ” on a charge of fraudulent bankruptcy at Masterton, has been remanded to New Zealand. The Union Company’s steamer Hauroto has been chartered to convey a number of miners to Perth. The men intend to try their luck on the recently discovered goldfields in Western Australia. April 7. At the Womens’ Temperance Convention a gentleman and his wife presented Miss Ackerman with £IOOO as a personal gift. Almost daily new gold discoveries are reported, with splendid returns, from the To woug reefs in the Aibury district, and gold has been found at Gulgoug. An assay of the stone brought from Sudest, in New Guinea, yielded at the rate of 620 z-i to the ton. Melbourne, April 6. Speaking at a Mayoral luncheon at W illiamstowu the Premier said that unless the country was prepared .to trade with the world, the world would pot trade with it. ,; Nd section of the country really desired prohibitive duties, and there was nothing but mischief in the policy of prohibitive duties which they had begun comparatively recently. To undo the mischief and put an end to the extravagance of the past was the aim and object of the Government.

Some sensational evidence was given to-day during the hearing of a libel action brought by the jockey Hayes against The Australasian. Plaintiff claimed £SOOO as damages. The evidence of Tom Payton, horse trainer, showed that during the last year Hayes was guilty of foul riding, and besides preventing his horse winning he endangered the life of another jockey by crashing his mount on the rails. Huxley, a well-known, jockey gave corroborative evidence. One of the witnesses, who owned a racehorse, disclosed an arrangement entered into with Hayes to pull a certain horse, but admitted that Hayes ruined him by losing a race. The hearing of the case is proceeding. An application has been made for a writ of attachment against Mr Parker, publisher of tho Age, for alleged contempt of court in publishing the report of a speech made, by Mr David Syme, the proprietor, in replying to a recent presentation. It is claimed that the publication of the report is calculated to prejudice the trial in the libel action Speight v. Syme. Horarx, April 3.

The division taken in the House on the Laud Tax resolution resulted in a tie of 17 on each side. The chairman gave his casting vote in favor of the Ministry. The House then adjourned. It is understood that the Ministry will go on with the proposals. Newcastle, April 7. The Government dredge was severely injured by fire. Her deck and cabins were destroyed, and bet valuable machinery is seriously injured.