TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2679, 30 June 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 27. ; The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company pay outstanding debenture interest on the 2nd July. The Rev. Mr Ottley, Vicar of Eastbourne, has declined' the Bishopric of Wellington. It is officially announced that the Dutch Government refuse to. pay compensation to Captain Carpenter and the owners and crew of the vessel Costa Rica Packet, for illegal seizure in Java waters. It is officially announced in the Gazette that the Queen allows Sir F. Dillon Bell, Sir Maurice O’Rorke, and Mr W. J. Steward to retain the title of Honourable by virture of their services as speakers of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. Sir W. B. Perceval gives a reception to Sir George Grey at the Imperial Institute on July 6. A thanksgiving service has been ordered for Sunday on account of the Duchess of York’s safe delivery. Three hundred dead bodies have / been recoverd from the colliery at Pontypridd. The St. James’ Gazette urges that the seizure of the Costa Rica Packet should be discucsed at the Ottawa Conference. It adds that it would be unfair to ask the colonies to contribute to Imperial defence if the Government is. unable to obtain redress for.such outrageous treatment by an insignificant Power. General Hewston, who killed a street musician with his umbrella, was acquitted of the charge of manslaughter. The new directors of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are petitioning the Board of Trade to stop the action against the old directors for the recovery of dividends paid out of capital. Madrid, June 27. Three men, armed with daggers, have been captured in the Governor’s residence. It is believed they intended to assassinate his Excellency. Hong Kong, June 27. China declines to intervene in Cores. The Japanese troops have occupied Seuil, the capital, and the king is a prisoner. June 28.' Japan refuses to withdraw from Corea. Li Hung Chang states that her action threatens a dangerous crisis. New. York, June 27. Mr Edison fell down a flight of steps in New York and received internal injuries. Buenos Aybes, June 26. Mr Jabez Balfour was nearly shot by a drunken sentinel who was on guard over him. Capetown, June 27. Sir H. Loch visits Johannesburg.; He has received an address from the British residents in Transvaal. Peetobia, June 26. Sixteen thousand British residents in the Transvael have signed a - petition setting forth their - grievances under President Kruger’s rule. June 28. The Volksraad is holding secret sessions to discuss the grievances alleged by the foreigners in the Transvaal. Sir Henry Loch states that many of them deserve speedy attention, though force will be the last remedy sought. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, June 27. . News has been received that the natives of New Ireland attacked and overpowered the crew of the German labour vessel Senta, and murdered the mate and two blacks, besides wounding ten others. The captain made a gallant defence, and ultimately managed with the assistance of recruits to get the vessel away, Melbourne, June 27. Kemp, secretary to the Victorian Treasury Tender Board, was sentenced to five years for embezzlement, June 98. At the inquest upon the fire on the American ship Habitant a verdict of wilful incendiarism by some person unknown was returned. Through a tree falling in the camp of some village settlers in Fern Hill Gully a man named Hagboom, together with his wife and child, were killed. Adelaide. .j- une 2g The Treasurer Jia»anuouncad that the subsidy on frozen meat will have to be paid out of the loan funds. BeI6BANB, June 28. Heavy floods W® reported in the northern districts. A prominent official in the accounts branch of the Lauds Department has been suspended in connection with his accounts, Perth, June 28. A now goldfield is reported at Peakhill, in the Goraldton district. Two men have arrived with a large quantity of gold, and they state that other men on the field are doing well but that the natives are very troublesome. Scab has broken out among the sheep in the eastern disti’ict. June 28. A case of supposed smallpox has been discovered on the steamer Sultan, from Singapore. Before the doctor reported it hundreds of people had visited the vessel.