TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2741, 22 November 1894, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 18. An expert named Fuller dived from the roof of the Tower Bridge, 250 feet, into the water. He was injured internally, and was drowned before assistance arrived. The Times, referring to the cablegram which was published to the effect that the remarks of the Hon J. G. Ward, in the closing hours of the New Zealand Parliament that Ministers would visit Samoa were intended to be taken jocularly, condemns the behaviour of the New Zealand politician. The Queen, after hearing what the Swaziland delegates had to say, regretted that she must refuse to alter the position. The delegates suggested to Lord Bipon that in the event of a refusal to declare a British protectorate, he should insist on the country being allowed to remain independent. He replied that owing to the Convention with Transvaal it was impossible to declare a protectorate unless the Boers assented. If the country remained independent the Boers would be certain to make it the object of filibustering expeditions. Mr Cecil Rhodes arrived in England yesterday. Replying to an address of welcome at Plymouth he said that he was glad to know that his countrymen approved of his policy, though a small section called Doctor Jameson’s men thieves and murderers, and seemed to regard the addition of a new province to the Empire as a criminal act. Nov. 19. Mr Ramsay, a Unionist, defeated Mr Robson, a Liberal, in Forfarshire by a majority of 288. The floods in the Thames valley are the highest for half a century. Eton College has had to be closed. Mr Alan Fergusson, son of Sir James Fergusson, pleaded guUty to incendiarism at Trinity College, in Glenalmond, near Perth, in Scotland. The fire destroyed eighteen rooms besides the museum attached to the schools. Sir 0. H. Smith succeeds MajorGeneral Tulloch, as oommandent of the military forces in Victoria. It has been ascertained that on the occasion of the sudden summoning of the English Cabinet on October 4th, when it was thought that diplomatic relations with France were strained, the Canadian Government offered to despatch and maintain a regiment wherever required. Rome, Nov. 19, Eighty persons were killed by the earthquakes in Sicily and southern Italy. During the earthquake, sixty persons fled in terror to pray in a church at Procopis in Calabria. The building, however, was destroyed, and the refugees were buried under the ruins. Batavia, Oct. 19. The Dutch have stormed the stronghold of the Balinese insurgents in the island of Lombok. Desperate resistance was offered by the natives, who a few weeks before had badly cut up the Dutch troops, but at length they were driven out with the loss of several hundred men, the assailants themselves losing 150 men. The Rajah was among those who escaped. Zanzibar, Nov. 17. Two hundred Somalies from Tana River approached the mission station at Witu with hostile intentions. They were attacked by the British, and forty killed, the station being saved by their promptitude of action.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Sydney, Nov. 19. The Herald, commenting on the New Zealand village settlement report, regards the system as an undisputable success, and compares it with the unfavourable results attained in Australia. Captain Vos, skipper of the William Manson, has been arrested in Sydney on a similar charge to the others. Melbourne, November 20. There is every prospect of drastic reforms in the Civil Service being recommended by the Committee appointed by the Cabinet. The Premier approves of the affiliation of the Customs and Finance Departments, also of those of Works and Railway Construction. Among other amalgamations discussed «> the inclusion of the Post Office Department under some other Minister. Brisbane, Nov. 19. A quantity of wreckage bearing the name “Coral Queen” in yellow letters on a blue ground, has come ashore at Mackay, situated on the south bank of the Pioneer river, 625 miles north of here. Nov. 20. Oliver, the Government Agent, and another seaman on the William Manson have been arrested. In the Legislative Assembly Mr Glassey has given notice to move for the appointment of a Royal Commission to obtain information respecting the relations alleged to exist between the Government and the Queensland National Bank. Hobart, Nov. 19. The attendance at the exhibition is not up to expectations.