TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2645, 12 April 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 9. The Bimutaka left Plymouth to-day for New Zealand with 100 passengers and 2500 tons of cargo. Port Chalmers is first port of call in the colonies. Sir Julius Yogel says that the Australasian colonies are willing to contribute to the cost of maintaining the Imperial Navy, provided that they are given a voice in controlling the expenditure. The Statist says that silver would soon rise above 2s 6d if the Indian mints were reopened. Lindas, who shot his wife and her solicitor in London, was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment. April 10. Augustus William Myers was to-day charged with forgery, Relative to -d.o«rof Margossian, factory owner. Prosecutor declared that Myers said that he was a rich physician from Adelaide, and a lucky speculator at Broken Hill. On the face of laudatory credentials he borrowed £3OO pending the arrival of remittances. Prosecutor added that in 1891 it was ajranged to start Margossian stockbroking in Adelaide, and that after obtaining the sum £2OOO prisoner vanished. He has been remanded. Sir Charles Ruseell, one of the British delegates to the Behring Sea Conference, declares that the Behring Sea Fisheries Bill gives no impunity for ships sailing prior to the publication of regulations, as alleged by American fishermen. News has been received that 20 acres of crops, and brick-making and other trades in New Australia, are flourishing. Obituary.—Lord Bowen. , A serious mutiny has broken out among the men of the Dorset Regiment stationed in Belfast, as a protest against the numerous parades. Many arrests have been made. The Dowes protected bullet-proof cuirass has been subjected to a test. The inventor submitted himself and was shot at, but felt nothing, A horse similarly protected was not hurt. The Appeal of the Australian Star versus Bennett, of the Evening News, Sydney, was allowed with costs. The appeal was against the decision of the Supreme Court, granting a new trial in the libel case News versus Star, in which the latter obtained a verdict. Paris, April 9. It is expected that there will be an almost total failure of the grain crops in France owing to the prevalence of drought. Rome, April 10. King Humbert warmly assured the representative of La Figaro that the, profound sympathy that Italy felt towards France would be manifested some day. Italy, he said, complained of the French tariff. The Empress and himself wished peace. The King and Queen visited Her Majesty Queen Victoria to-day. During their meeting at Venice the Emperor of Germany told King Humbert of Italy to reduce military expenses without entailing loss of prestige. Vienna, April 8. In toasting the health of the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of Germany said that their best friend was a united trust in the brotherhood of arms. Buda Pbsth, April 6. Owing to the exclusion of reporters from the lobbies of the House of Parliament, the press in the city boycotted the proceedings of the Assembly and declined to publish reports of the speeches of members..

April 9,

The Hungarian Assembly has yielded to the demands of the press, and the reporters are again admitted into the lobbies of the House.

Sx. Petersburg, April 8. The Russian deficit amounts to £13,000,000. Cairo, April 9.

The English residents ia Egypt complain of the defiant attitude of the natives, and are afraid of an outbreak of fanaticism. In consequence of the unsettled state of affairs they are urging Great Britain to control the administration of the Ministry of the Interior. New York, April 7.

The sum of £SOOO has been stolen from the counter of the South Paynes Bank, American sealers complain of the duplicity of Great Britain putting a clause into the Behring Sea settlement to enable ships leaving port before the regulations are published to engage in sealing with impunity. The Watkins Land Company, of Kansas, has suspended payment with liabilities amounting to nearly 6,000,000 dollars. Musselmans in the Matabar district have murdered several Hindus and destroyed their temples. The troops were called out and are pursuing the offenders.

A hotel and theatre in Milwaukee vere destroyed by fire, and sixteen persons killed. The estimated damage is 500,000 dollars.

A. fireworks factory at Petersburg, in Virginia, exploded, and the debris afterwards caught fire, the explosion and conflagration resulting in the loss of twelve lives.

Rio de Janeiro, April 8. Adiniral Hello’s forces blew up the citadel at Santa Borg a, and the whole garrison was killed.

April 10. Two hundred Brazilian refugees have escaped to Argentina, where Portuguese warships are about to sail. St. John’s, April 10. The Newfoundland Government have resigned.

Zanzibar, April 0, It is reported the a 1 fairs iu Uganda will be administered loc.i ly.

AUSTRALIAN CAULK

Sydn'ky, April 9.

The Sydney ?«!•.ruing Herald, referring to the proposal of the Prohibition party in Now Zealand that a plebiscite should bo taken on the direct issue of whether alcoholic liquor should bo sold in tho colony or not, says that judging by tho ordinary history of events it may be expected that rapidity in pressing the views of extremists will lead to reaction, and temperance reform may bo thrown back instead of hastened by precipitate action. Power to reduce the number of licences by one-fourth, repeating tho process every triennial election, should be substantial enough to satisfy every uasonablc icpjircnicut,

A new reef showing excellent gold h aß been discovered six miles from Wyalong. The death is announced of Mr Edwin Jofinston, Under-Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction.

The Government have asked Mr O’Connor, late Minister of Justice, to represent New South Wales at the Canadian - Australian Conference in Ottawa.

The Railway Commissioners anticipate a saving of £20,000 by the restrictions of the hours of working in workshops. ' April 10. Three hundred applications have been received for passages on the next trip of the Royal Tar toNew Australia, but accommodation can be provided for only two hundred, and preference will be given to married couples. Melbourne, April 9. In the libel action Hayes v the Australasian, evidence, was given that the plaintiff on one octfasibu' dfiring a race leaned over and caught the bridle of the horse which was going in front, thus preventing it from winning. April 10. The value of the programme for the Spring Meeting of the Victoria Racing Club has been cut down by £8250. The money for the Melbourne Cup is reduced to £6OOO, while the trophy is abolished, and the value of the Maribyrnong Plate is reduced to £IOOO. No alteration is made in the money for the Forbury. The Commissioners of the Saving Bank have completed details in connection with the cheap money scheme. They have decided to lend not less than £2OO on freehold, security, which must have double the value of the money advanced. The lowest rate of interest will be 5 per cent., and the duration of tenure five years.

The Government are preparing a Bill to place the annual vote for charitable aid purposes under the control of a central council, and make it compulsory on municipalities to contribute a certain minimum percentage of rates for charitable purposes.

Brisbane, April 9.

A heavy gale at Cooktown demolished the State school and many other buildings. The greater portion of the jetty was also washed away. April 10. Heavy floods have been experienced at Townsville, Geraldton and Cairns. Much of the surrounding country is submerged, and near Cairns the railway line is damaged in many places. Fourteen inches of rain fell in 24 hours. One life was lost at Geraldton, where many houses were unroofed during the gale.