TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2657, 10 May 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. ' London, May 3. Fitt, the defaulting secretary of the North London Building Society, was sentenced to five years for embezzling £38,000. Justice Hawkins, when sentencing the Anarchists, said that he was determined to rigorously punish foreign Anarchists convicted in Great Britain. Farandi boldly retorted that the Judges make laws to-day, but the Anarchists would make them later. News has been received that Kab Ariga, a noted slave-dealer in East Africa, has been defeated by a small force under Colonel Colvill. After the victory Colonel Colvill hoisted the British flag at Wadalai. The usual May Day and Eight Hours

meeting in Hyde Park and provinces passed off in an orderly manner, although in the Park the anarchists were hustled and hooted by the mob. May 9. Bubear beat Emmett easily by three lengths in the sculling match from Putney to Mortlake. Emmett lost the lead after the first six strokes, and never regained it. The time was 25min 26iec. Mr Pope, a former resident of Adelaide, writing to Sir J. C. Bray from Buenos Ayres, under date April 12th, reports that John Currie has just arrived from Paraguay with the news that Gilbert Casey was leading a movement to remove Lane from the leadership of the New Australian settlement. The letter also states that the people who went to Gonzalez colony in December are starving, and that a second batch of 20 men have left the settlement owing to the pressure of agrarian interests. Mr A. Chamberlain, M.P., for Bast Worcester, has been badly gored by a Guernsey bull. Bubear has challenged Sullivan to row for the Championship of England. An explosion has taken place at the cordite works, Waltham, including 1000 jars of nitrate and sulphuric acid. Every window iu the town was broken. Four persons were killed and 30 injured. The new comet discovered by Mr Walter F. Gale, of Sydney, on the Ist April, has been observed here in the morning in a north-easterly direction. The London Times congratulates the Australasian colonies on their endeavours in the direction of settling the people upon the land and fostering primary production, which means low and equitable freights. Rome, May 6. The Premier, speaking on the foreign policy of Italy, said that humanitarian questions were gradually replacing national questions. Peace should be the supreme aim of international politics. Vienna, May 7. Seven explorers who were entombed in a flooded cave in Gratz were rescued after eight day’s confinement. Athens, May 6. Earthquake shocks still continue to be felt throughout the country. Owing to a prophecy that Athens will be destroyed the populace is taking refuge in the fields and boats. The Hague, May 7. The Parliamentary Commission, which was set up to consider the matter, recommends the drainage of the ZUyder Zee at a cost of £16,000,000, and the reclamation of 500,000 acres.

St. Petersburg, May 7. The town of of St. Phaue has been destroyed by fire. Aftr the conflagration the debris was swept by a cyclone resulting in the total destruction of the goods and furniture which had been removed into the fields to escape the ravages of the flames. Washington, May 8. The decided to build twelve twenty-five knots torpedo destroyers at a cost of £500,000. Hundreds of amendments to the tariff proposals have been framed in the direction of increasing the duties throughout (though at a higher figure they will still be lower than the McKinley rates), substituting a specific for ad valorem duty, and retaining wool on the free list. New York, May 7. A coal famine is being experienced in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri, and factories are on the point of closing down.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, May 7. The Colonial Treasurer states that of the £3,000,000 authorised to be raised by funded stock, £2,300,000 has been taken up. He does not intend to issue the balance as there is no more money required at present. Melbourne, May 7. It is estimated that the railway returns for the year will show a deficit of £386,000, despite the reduction of expenditure by £214,000. It is understood that the Government programme for submission to Parli*”- en j. next session will contain d- la £ re . duce the railway f- hts - 0 / agricllltm . a i pro nee. » f or re( q uc ti o ii of the proniDition Customs duties (baaed on the report of the Tariff Committee), and the abolition of the stock tax except on cattle. May 8. A large number of diggers have returned from Perth. The general opinion is that the alluvial deposits are patchy and uncertain, and at best will provide lucrative employment for very few. Brisbane, May 7. The steamer Tainan, from Hong Kong, on passing Cooktown signalled that one of the Chinese passengers was sulleriug from smallpox.