TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2723, 11 October 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, Oct. 6. The Minister of War refuses to permit British officers to take service with the Malagasys unless they have left the army. Obituary.—Sir Bupert Kettle. At Leicester races the Royal Handicap resulted as follows :—Soult, 1; Simony the Second, 2 ; Pomade Divine, 3. The Times declares that England will not allow France to annex territories within the British sphere in the East, or in Central Africa, as the expansion of the French empire near the source of the Nile would be dangerous to Egypt. There were great demonstrations at Parnell's grave yesterday. A long procession, including the Mayor and Corporation of Dublin, marched to the cemetery, and deposited wreaths upon Parnell's tomb. Fodislah, the chieftain of the Gambia slavers, is dead. Rome, Oct. 8. A plot organised by an anarchist named Albani, and spreading all over Italy, has been discovered. An attempt to dynamite the police station at Milan failed. Lisbon, Oct. 9. Portugal sends four regiments to Lorenzo Marquez. Sx. Petersburg, Oct. 7.

The Turkestan Gazette says that the Afghans have evacuated the valleys of the Gundshakh and Oxus rivers and the right bank of the Punjaub river, from Kala Wamar to Barapamjah, and reports that they have begun to evacuate the neighbouring district of Koshan. Athens, Oct. 2. The officers who were arrested on a charge of having wrecked the office of the Akropolis newspaper, in revenge for attacks made on the army, have been acquitted. The trial of the officers is regarded as a farce. They w ere acquitted simply through fear of depriving the army of its best commanders. Washington, Oct. 9. Dr Olliver Wendell Holmes died suddenly in an arm chair, while chatting to his son. A Dresden lady insisted upon going up in a balloon at Buffalo, New York, during a high wind. The ballon suddenly canted, and the unfortunate woman fell six hundred feet and was dashed to pieces. Buenos Ayres, Oct. 9.

It is reported that Jabez Balfour, whose extradition was arranged for, has escaped from Salta.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Oct. 9. Mr J. F. Hogan, M.P., has arrived from London by b.b. Warrimoo via Canada. There is some feeling over the Speaker declaring the action of an ex-Minister in calling for a division on the second reading of the Land Bill vexatious. The Speaker has intimated that in future he will not regard divisions on the second and third readings of measures of a vexatious character.

Melbourne, Oct. 8,

A rich gold find is reported near Muriongee, 7ozs being obtained from a bagful of dirt. A reef showing good gold was struck at 10 feet.

la the course of a speech Mr J. W. Taverner said that the Government would introduce legislation to establish a State Bank, and would formulate a true Credit Foncier system. Heavy rains in the northern and western districts have caused extensive damage necessitating costly repairs to the railway lines in the neighbourhood of Ballarat and Stawell.

Obituary.—The Rev. H. B. Macartney, Incumbent of St. James' and Dean of Melbourne; aged 96. The deceased preached on Sunday week, when he caught a chill, resulting in congestion of the kidneys. The towahawk and claw hammer discovered behind the skirting boards of Mrs Vennell's residence have been identified as the property of a former resident of the house. They had fallen where they were found, therefore they cannot have been the weapons used in the murder of the child.

In the Supreme Court to-day, the application by a gardener named McMahon to have his name removed from the list of contributors in the Australian City and Suburban Banking Company, now in liquidation, was heard. Plaintiffs contention was that he had been asked to sign a paper by Mr T. Bent, which he afterwards discovered to be the transfer of 36,800 shares in the company, which renders him liable for £40,000. Bent maintained that neither he nor McMahon were liable; that he had retained 1000 Bhares at the request of a certain financial company which was to pay the calls in order that he (Bent), could aot as chairman. The Judge considered the explanation absurd and incredible and gave judgment against Bent, The Cabiuet have decided to rsdflt2Q their own salaries to JEIOOQ each with * y exception of the Premier, w!k» - ." ue £I4OO, instead of £2oon receives The reduction will »<* as . formerly. £SOOO. -.uect a saving of over

_ae Crown authorities refuse to enquire into the state of mind of Mrs Needle, who is lying under sentence of death for murder, considering that the plea of insanity was not raised during the trial. Oct. 9.

The Government propose to reduce the salaries of members from ,-£3OO to £2OO. A seam of coal has been discovered at Jambuma, which, it is anticipated, will yield half a million tons. A number of cattle perished in the Carterton district and the police are engaged in rescuing families from the flood waters. Largo areas of crops are inundated, and the reservoir is overflowing into the township of Rupunyup. Groat gaps had to be cut iu the banks to let the water away.

At a meeting of the Executive Council to-day tho case of Mrß Needle, who is lying under sentence of death for the murder of Juncken, was considered, when it was docidod to allow tho law to take its course, and tho execution was fixed for tho 22nd inst.

Mr William Lanuie, a Now Zealand mining speculator, on returning from Coolgardio was assaulted by a man with a Bliug-shot and robbed of a trifling

amount. He sustained a compound fracture of the skull, necessitating trepanning. He is making good progress towards recovery. Perth, Oct. 8. Colonel North, purchaser of the Wealth of Nations mine, Coolgardie, and Mainland mine, Murchison, has obtained 289 ounces from the cruishing of seven tons of quartz. Oct. 9. The steamer Gulf of Siam, with a number of emigrants and servants on board, caught fire on the voyage from London. The fire raged for five days, and was only extinguished after a hard fight. A quantity of explosives among the cargo made the danger still more thrilling.