TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2739, 17 November 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London* Not. 14, A young man named Koddy became insane while praying in the Dundalk Cathedral, and stabbed a woman with a knife in a most horrible manner. She was found lying in a pool of blood in the nave, and is in a very precarious condition. , , / , The Duke of York has been elected vice-president of the Colonial Institute. Lord Brassey, referring to colonial expansion in a paper read at the Institute, said that personally he should feel ashamed unless Great Britain handsomely assisted Huddart’s steamers. Miss Shaw, who also read a paper on the subject, ;urged that a Pacific cable' and Huddart’s line should be encouraged. She foresaw the day when intercolonial shipping would be scarcely less numerous than British ships trading to the colonies. The bomb found in the London Law Courts was not charged and was therefore harmless. The Admiralty intend to dispatch thirty-two Nordenfeldt guns with complete appliances and ammunition to Sydney for the use of merchant cruisers in case of emergency. The Times publishes data showing that the Colonial Office was informed of the proposals of the New Zealand Government with" repect to Samoa, and invites the Premier to withdraw his charges. A Liberian gunboat fired on an English steamer which was landing cargo at Pettrakan and killed 26 of those on board. The captain had been previously warned. . Mr Balfour in addressing a meeting of six thousand at Newcastle ridiculed Lord Rosebery’s stage revolution, which he claimed had failed to excite the country. Nov. 15. The barque Kenmore, bound from Melbourne to London, is posted as missing. A severe hurricance in the Channel wrecked a number of coasting vessels, with considerable loss of life. ■ Floods in the south-west counties of England have caused an immense amount of damage. _ A deputation waited on the Home Secretary yesterday and asked him to suppress the massage houses which have been established in London. It was asserted by the speakers, amongst other things, that masseurs sent circulars to members of clubs practically inviting them to immorality. It was urged that it was desirable to quietly suppress the institutions with as little publicity as possible. Mr Asquith replied that the police were not guardians of morality, and that no evidence had been adduced to show that there had been a breach of i&o Ift w* Obituary,—Admiral Symonds is dead. Mr Balfour, speaking at Sunderland, said that the destruction of the House of Lords meant the entering by the democracy upon a perilous path. He believed that the native instinct of the British people would prevent so dangerous a course being taken. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Glasgow, said that the anxiety of the Lords in the last session to discuss social questions seemed like a deathbed repentance. The next election would scotch them or give them new life. He declined to take part in any attempt to abolish the Upper House, but he desired to readjust the relations between the Lords and the popular chamber. The first Bill of next session would be the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. The Times says that the conference projected by the Pope for the purpose of uniting the Roman and. Greek Catholic Churches has completely failed owing to the hostility of the Eastern Church to the idea. Paris, Nov. 14. M. Hanotaux, Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked for a credit of of £2,6000,000 for the despatch of an expedition of 15,000 men to Madagascar, which it was intended to make a French colony. The army would march straight on the capital, and there was no prospect of foreign interference. This statement was rereceived with applause. General Duchasse would have command. In the debate on Madagascar in the Chamber of Deputies, the Government asserted that England recognised France’s right to assume a protectorate over the whole island. It was impossible for the Powers to intervene, as France was defending her own interest and honour. Rous, Nov. 15. A band of one hundred brigands, in military order, attacked and plundered the town of Tortohi, in Sardinia. The police who opposed them were defeated. Several were killed and many wounded. Christiana, Nov. 13. The strength of parties in the present Storthing are, Right and Moderates 55, Radicals 59. In the old Storthing the numbers were 50 and 64 respectively. Calcutta, Nov. 14. A battalion of the Rifle Brigade has been ordered from Calcutta to H'Vnjr Kong. g SAK f ?.ancisco, Nov. 13. The Hawaiian election resulted in favour of union with the United States

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Sydney, Nov. 14. A report states that H.M.S. Dart removed 80 natives from the vicinity of the volcano at Ambrym Island, most of them belonging to Dr Lamb’s mission station. They were conveyed to a place comparatively safe at Banon, and afterwards taken back to Dip Point, when the danger had passed away. A great portion of a cliff at Dip Point has fallen into the sea. The French trader has removed his belongings to Port Sandwich. In the Legislative Assembly a motion tabl d by Sir Llenry Parkes “ That it is desirable that Parliament without loss of time should resume consideration of Federation,” was after a long debate carried by 55 to 10. The Premier is of opinion that the best way to deal with the subject is the election of a Convention by the people officially. The Local Government Bill introduced by the Government is a comprehensive measure providing that all endowments shall cease in 15 years in the case of boroughs, 20 years in municipal districts, and 30 years in shires, a decrease being effected on a sliding scale every five years. The Land and Income T;>x Assessment Bill merely provides the

the necessary machinery for collecting the tax. without fixing the amount. ’ Nov. 15, Admiral Bowen Smith has been promoted to the Vice-Admiralty. Mr Reid, the Premier, m reply to the appeal for assistance, said that the Government could not see its way at present to grant aid to seventy New Australian emigrants t 6 return to the colony. At a meeting of the Dairy Farmers’ Association the report showed a heavy deficiency on the year’s transactions. Practically, it was decided to wind up. Melbourne, Nov. 16. The Rolomahana, from the Bluff, experienced tempestuous gales between the Bluff and Hobart. Owing to a thick haze she had to slow down for two days. Mr J. P. Maxwell, one of the late Railway Commissioners in New Zealand, is to be invited to act as president of the Board of Enquiry into the working of the Victorian railways. The Premier has infoimed the Premier of South Australia that he declines to recognise that the latter colony has any legal or moral claim to the disputed territory, and that if the South Australian Government is still determined to test the question he must allow them to proceed with their legal action. Brisbane, Nov. 14. The Council rejected the amended Payment of Members’ Bill by 24 to 2. Nov. 15. The Government propose to introduce measures providing for a reduction of the number of railway commissioners from three to one, and also for the investment of funds now lying in the Government savings bank. Hobaet, Nov. 15. The exhibition was opened to-day with great ceremony. A procession numbering ten thousand marched through the streets to the building, where the Governor formally declared the exhibition open. He hoped that it would lead to closer commercial relations by a full and free interchange of the products and manufactures of Australia.