TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2865, 7 September 1895, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 4. The Dean of Freemantle, speaking at the Grindelwald Church Congress, said that the Papal encyclical on the subject of re-union of the Anglican and Roman Churches was sincere. He believed that the Archbishops of York and Canterbury had conferred with the Pope in Rome last Easter on the subject. The Shahzada has started for the Continent.

Tchigorin took second prize at the chess tourney and Lasker third, not in the inverse order as first cabled.

Surrey won the cricket championship with 13 points; Lancashire is second, with 10 points ; and Yorkshire third, with 7 points. Sept. 5.

It is reported in Constantinople that Lord Salisbury informed the Turkish Ambassador that if the Sultan refused to allow the control of Armenian reforms by the Powers, a European Congress would be summoned to apply Article 6 of the Treaty of Berlin, with an international commission, and further that the opposition would be the signal for the dismemberment of Turkey. Consternation is said to prevail in the palace. Sir J. B. Thurston in a caustic letter to the Standard repels Mr Hogan’s attacks.

Russia and France are urging Japan to accept another 30,000,000 taels as an additional indemnity and evacuate Liatong; also to bring to a conclusion the commercial treaty with China. Paris, Sept. 4.

It is expected that the Chamber of Deputies will be asked for a further vote of 64,000,000 francs for the Madagascar expedition. Brussels, Sept. 4.

The Belgian Government have postponed the annexation of the Congo State till 1900 in order to give time for inquiry into the matter. Calcutta, Sept. 3.

Before retiring from Chitral the Indian Government appointed a Council of Regency during the minority of the young Mehtar Thuja, under the influence of the British Resident and garrison. Mahommedans routed a procession which was escorting sacred Hindoo bullocks at Dooba, and assaulted the British collector, who interfered. The police fired on the rioters, killing and wounding fifty. New York, Sept. 3.

A runaway engine collided with an excursion train on a sea beach line near New York. Fifty passengers were seriously injured. Sept. 4.

The Herald warns the promoters of the proposed Irish Convention in Chicago against making American soil a base for the dynamite movement.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Sept. 4. In the Legislative Assembly, the financial debate was concluded. The formal motion was carried on the voices. The Council have agreed to a special call of members, when the Council Reform Bill and Land and Income Tax Bill are to be discussed, A private member has tabled a notice to introduce a Bill providing for the abolition of capital punishment. £174 have been subscribed for division among the Chinese crew of the ill-fated Catterthun, in recognition of the manner in which they acted in the endeavour to save life. Mr Dean, who claimed £IO,OOO in the Redfern accident cases, has been awarded £3245. In consequence of the continued drought fodder and produce are becoming scarce and prices are advancing. Large quantities of fodder are being sent from Sydney to some districts which never before had to import them. Within the last two mouths meat has advanced Id to IJd per lb. The greatest storm on record was experienced in the Gambula district yesterday. Residents, fearing their houses would be demolished, fled to the fields; nearly all the houses were unroofed, and numerous chimneys were blown down. Verandahs and many of the structures iu town, which were none too substantial, came down. Sept 5. The Government have under consideration the necessity of assisting miners on some of the goldfields where there are no private batteries, by the erection of small batteries with a small fee for the use of them. Harrowing accounts as to the state of the country through bush fires and scarcity of food continue to pour iu. The bush fires are unabated. They are devastating large areas iu all pa»ts, assisted by prevailing high winds. The south coast dairying districts have been swept; Berry and other townships were encircled, and were only saved by the residents organising and fighting the flames day and night. Several outlying houses and schools were destroyed. Miles of the mountain ranges are blazing, presenting a magnificent spectacle. Fifty square miles wore devastated by bush fires in the Kempsey district. The fire iu Block 11 has so far subsided that it is intended to open one of tho shafts next week. Eflorts are also being made to roach the seat of tho fire from tho underground workings. At tho annual session of tho Presbyterian Federal Assembly, the Rev. Mr Fleming, of Brisbane, was chosen Moderator. In the Assembly Mr Rose moved to strike out tho exemptions of the Laud and Income Tax. Tho motion was negatived by 78 to 14. Discussion on exemption is still proceeding. Adelaide, Sept. 4. Tho Christian Endeavour Convention have decided to alter tho title to a limited society, so as to include Now Zealand, Sept. 5. Tho Legislative Council have thrown out the Employers’ Liability Bill by a majority of 1. Iu tho Legislative Assembly, tho Budget proposals are being debated. It is sta! I that tho substitution of nine hours ; .r day instead of eight on tho railways would result iu a saving of t £22,000 annually.

The Premier laid on the table correspondence with the Now Zealand Government respecting the treaty, Melbourne, Sept. 4.

The recent heavy rains have exposed a 3J feet seam of excellent coal near Cape Patterson, Gippslaud. Three other seams ranging from 2 feet to 3J feet were struck at a depth of 50 feet in the same locality. A large area has been taken up. The champion greyhound Blackbird has died of inflammation. A deputation from the Council of the Churches asked the Chief Secretary to legislate for the suppression of Sunday trading and gambling in tobacconists’ shops. He replied that the Government intended to deal with both questions. The police had been instructed that betting must be stamped out. The shops had been already suppressed, and a Bill would be introduced to put down betting in the public streets. Sept. 5. In the Legislative Assembly the tariff debate has finished. The Premier moved the second reading of the Bill to advance a sum of £50,000 of trust funds to municipalities without interest, repayable in ten years. The Bill met with a bad reception, but was passed through committee without amendment. The revenue for August shows a decrease of £28,000 as compared with the corresponding month of last year. Notwithstanding that the revenue returns include a moiety of the income tax, the first two months of the financial year show a net decrease of £IB,OOO. The Abrahams’ are in a state of collapse, and had to be carried from court on a stretcher. They are extremely weak and excited. Louis is in a critical condition, and apparently unconscious. The illness is the result of a persistent refusal to take nourishment. Louis and Emanuel Abrahams were sentenced to twenty months each, and fined £250 each. There has been heavy rain in Gippsland, and there have been several washouts on the Thorpedale railway. The crops on the low lauds were damaged. Brisbane, Sept. 5, A large public meeting here resolved in favor of an international exhibition in Queensland in 1896. The drought and bush fires are assuming a most serious aspect in the Logan district. Crops are being ruined, and many people are dying of starvation. Perth, Sept. 4. An immense reefing formation, 60 feet wide, has been discovered half way between Coolgardie and Harman’s. The surface stuff shows gold plainly. Three hundred acres have been pegged out already, Hobart, Sept. 5. In the Assembly the Electorate Beform Bill was read a third time. The Council refused to sanction a reduction of the University vote by £IOOO. The Legislative Council rejected the Constitution Amendment Bill, which gave the Assembly power to dissolve the Council in case of disagreement, and extended the franchise to women.