TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2674, 19 June 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 14. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, aged 73, is dead. It is believed that Lord Russell will succeed the late Lord Chief Justice Coleridge as the Lord Chief Justice, and Sir C. Rigby, the Attorney-General, will become a Lord pf Appeal. Mr Reid will take the Attorney-Generalship, and Mr Haldane will follow him as SolicitorGeneral. Sir William Vernon Harcourt has asked for a personal conference with the Agents-General on the question of the death duties. * Lord Jersey’s mission to the Canadian Conference is simply to report as to the tone of the various discussions, and he will be unable to bind the Government. Macrae, the New Sooth Wales athlete, who is now on a visit to America, ran half a mile in New York in Imin 59sec. He is being matched with Turner, Allen, and other leading pedestrians. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that the Bonapartiats are considering the appeal to the people. Mr Justice Williams has directed Mr Stewart,, the official receiver, to institute civil proceedings against the old directors of the Loan and Mercantile Co., to recover the amount of dividends paid out of capital. The Queen will stay at : the Duke of Teck’s at Richmond until the accouchement of the Duchess of York. Paris, June 14. An excited debate took place in the French Chamber on the subject of labour unions, and M. Dupuy narrowly escaped defeat, Rome, June 14, The Riforma states that Signor Crispi has decided to abandon a number of the proposed taxes aud ; agreed to economise more in harmony with the wishes of the Chamber. June 17. An anarchist fired a revolver at Signor Crispi while the, latter was driving to the Chamber of Deputies. Signor Crisipi escaped without injury, and alighting from his vehicle, arrested the would-be assassin. On arrival at the Parliamentary Buildings he received a great ovation. Berlin, June 16. A mine in Silesia caught fire, and it is feared that two hundred men, including the members of the rescue party, have met their deaths. Brussels, June 16, The Belgians are fortifying Yakaomsf, on tho Oubanghi river. It is said that 25,Q00 natives and a number of Europeans are prepared to take up arms against French encroachment in that district. Cairo, June 16. The Khedive has abandoned his intention to visit England. Hon a Kong, June 14. The Chinese residents threaten that if the China quarter of Hong Kong is destroyed on account of the plague, the British settlement iu Canton will be fired. The Corea rising is reported to have collapsed. New York, June 14. A great fire has occurred at Panama. One-third of the town was destroyed, and ths damage is £500,000. Ottawa, June 14. The opening of the Conference is postponed till the 26th inst. The Hon N. Fitzgerald, one of the Victorian delegates, is lying ill at Vancouver, aud the other two represeutativea of the colony have stayed behind with him, aud will probably start on Sunday, arriving at Ottawa on the following Saturday. Sx. John’s, June 17. The Governor of Newfoundland has refused to dissolve Parliament or issue writs for the seats rendered vacant by the court finding members guilty of bribery and corruption. The Revenue Act has not been renewed and serious diffi cu^y has arisen. Some traders so** fteoldr.ta of duty. ut the Opposition disapprove of this course. Tb*i result was that a mob surrounded the docks and in many instances goods were seized without passing the Customs. Sir W. V. Whiteway, the ex-Premier, addressed the crowd, urging them not to commit a breach of the peace. Tho police finally dispersed the gathering. Capetown, June 10. The Colonial Treasurer, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, in delivering the Budget said that the credit of the Cape was unequalled, aud in the eyes of capitalists it was the most solid colony of all. The Budget shows a surplus of £330,000. June 17. The Governor of Cape Colony urges President Kruger, of the Transvaal, to exempt British residents from military service. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, June 16. The stud sheep sales, which open on July 2nd, will be the largest ever held iu Sydney, the entries being three times greater than the average of the past four years. The Sydney Morning Herald says that Sir G. R. Bibbs’ unification scheme will never be anything more than a dream, that the whole scheme is a visionary one, and that it would be a waste of time to criticise the details. The Daily Telegraph looks upon the scheme as a practical annexation of Victoria. Its two distinctive features are originality and audacity; original, because no Federatiouist other than Sir G, R. Dibbs would dream of confusing unification with federation, aud audacious, because of its proposal to sweep the colonies out of existence and create a new one.

Atkinson and Morris, the promoters of the Mutual Freehold Distribution Society, were sentenced to 12 mouths’ and 9 months’, respectively, for carrying on a fraudulent lottery. A man calling himself Palmer, supposed to be an absconder named Bailey from New Zealand, was arrested in Dubbo. Ho had recently lodged £9BO in New Zealand bank notes in a bank at Orange. He afierwards withdrew it in notes and gold, aud then wont to Dubbo. (The Commissioner of Police at Wellington, has received a cable confirming the arrest of Bailey, the New Zealand absconder, in Dubbo with £9OO in his possession. Bailey was a stock drover and dealer, and iu April last suddenly disappeared after disposing of stock iu PaUueratuu North aud Hawke’s Bay, aud

a mob of cattle belougiug to small settlers in and around Taranaki district. A constable is to be sent to bring the prisoner back.] A deputation of women waited on the Premier to-day, and urged him to confer the franchise on their sex. The Premier, said that he was favourably inclined to the concession, and promised that it should be considered in Cabinet. The report of the Tariff Board has been presented to the Government. The, evidence taken by the Board indicates a general feeling in favour of intercolonial freetrade, and the Board suggests that an invitation be sent to the Government of each colony to join Victoria in establish-; ing a Customs Union. June 16. Two men named Cree and Lemon have been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for forging 4800 tram tickets. Melbourne, June 16. The Victorian Rifle Association has approved of the proposal to send a team! of eleven men to the Bisley meeting next: year. A nugget whighing 57ozs was found in ! an unworked part of a claim near Foster,, while a load of stuff from the same place gave 9iozs. Hobart, June 16, The young man Bryant, who shot his mother dead, has bean committed to the asylum. IMPERIAL POLITICS. London, June 14. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to Mr Hogan, said that he did not, desire to connect the death duties with the raising of money for naval defence. His remarks had been misunderstood. Sir J. G. Baden Powe'l suggested that. the Chancellor of the Exchequer should ! adopt a system of reciprocal deduction of death duties. June 16. The motion for the second reading of the Deceesed’s Wife’s Sister Bill was; negotived in the House of Lords by 129 to 120. The Prince of Wales, Lord Onslow, Lord Carington, the Duke of Fife, the Marquis of JRipon, and Lord Rosebery voted for the second reading of the Bill.

The Agents-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the death duties. Sir William Vernon Harcourt strongly maintained the right of the Imperial Government to levy death duties ou property held in the colonies by persons domiciled in England, but said that he was willing to discuss the question of modification. He objected to the South Australian plan of reciprocity, as it would, he said, involve differential treatment. The Australian AgentsGeneral denied the legality of the tax, but iu the event of tho Chancellor insisting ou its being imposed then reciprocity was the best compromise. Sir William Harcourt thanked the Agents-General for expressing their views on the matter, aud he explained that the conference was not to be regarded as an official one. Be suggested a further meeting and the AgendaGeneral agreed, tho Chancellor iutimatthat the House of Oonrmons did not intend to finally discuss the clause until the Bill reached the report stage.