FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 4047, 27 September 1887, Page 2

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH c . A... 3 FOREIGN CABLE. (PBR Rf,BOrRIOTB!.EORAPU — OoVVRIOHT.) (Reuteb's Agency.) (Received 3.5 p.m., Sept. 2Gth.) A GREAT OUTRAGE. Paris, Sept. 25. A French lieutenant, with a game--1 keeper, while out shooting close to the Franco-German frontier, were shot at yesterday by unseen persons on the German side of the frontier, who are supposed to have been Customs officials. The keeper was killed and the Lieutenant bad his thigh shattered by a ball. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION. i Constantinople, Sept. 25. The Porte has suggested to Russia that an International Com mission should proceed to Bulgaria for the settlement of the affairs of that country. THE IRISH QUESTION. London, Sept. 25. Arthur O'Connell, member for East Donegal, and Sir H. S. Esmonde, Bart., member for Dublin County, have sailed for America to give lectures iu that country regarding Ireland. THE RUAPEHU. The It.M.S. Ruapebu sailed from Plymouth for New Zealand. (Received 11.10 p.m.. fi"p*\ 20th.) O'HKUOr.S V.\: :■; SUortly after his release from prison Mr O'Biicn, who was closely watched by the authorities, succeeded by a series of elaborate ruses in evading the police. Hu ;il dice proceeded to lLu address of a iiicciing of the National League, which the Government had proclaimed, but which took place outside Mitchelstowu. lu a speech O'Brien defied the Government. A RIOT. A meeting of Nationalists was held yesterday at Ferinahagb, County Cork. In endeavouring to disperse the gathering a severe conflict took place between the police and the people, the former freely using their batons. Fifteen of the crowd were injured. The mob retaliated by stoning the police.

FRONTIER OUTRAGE. Paris, Sept. 25. It has becu ascertained that the persous who shot at and wounded a French lLutenunt, at the saint; time killing a gamekeeper who accompanied him, are the keepers of a German estate on the frontier. They assert that they fired at the Frenchmen believing them to be poachers. The French Government has taken diplomatic action in the matter. (Special to the Press Association.) lEeceived 11,43 a.m., Sept. 2Gth.) ELECTRIC TRAM MOTORS. .London, Sept. 25. The Agents-General were present at a trial of the electric tram car purchased by Mr Walter Prince of Dunedin, and were perfectly astonished at its success. Sir Saul Samuel and Sir Graham Berry have asked for estimates and information on the subject for their respective Governments. THE WHEAT MARKET. Australian wheat has fallen 5s within a fortnight. (Received 1.55 p.m., Sept. 2GtU.) LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. Lord Churchill, speaking at Whitby, was jubilant that the cause of Unionism, law, and order, was already won. Mr Gladstone, he said, was responsible for the obstruction of the past session. Ho oondotnnod the ortrnvngnnt poTiKinn list, in which no less than £6,000,000 appeared. He deprecated any early attempt to buy out the Irish landlords which he considered would be certain to wreck the Unionist cause. ELECTRIC MOTORS. Sir Saul Samuel is strongly in favour of the adoption of electric tram motors. DEFYING THE GOVERNMENT. At a meeting in Dublin the Lord Mayor, Mr E. D. Gray, M.P., and others defied the Government to suppress the League. MORE RIOTING. Rioting has taken place at Fermoy. The police were stoned in an attempt to disperse a meeting, and had to use their batons. O'BRIEN'S TRIAL. During the trial of O'Brien, Dr Tanner, within the precincts of the Court, called the counsel for the Crown a ruffianly coward, aud hoped he would be vilely injured before leaving Mitchelstown. The bench offered to order his arrest if counsel pressed the matter. The crowd, who were indulging in menaces after O'Brien's release, were dispersed by the police, the priesta assisting the latter. INDEMNITY CLAIM. France is claiming an indemnity from Morocco for the assassination of Commander Schmidt. JIR JOHN MORLEY. Mr John Morley, in a speech at Newcastle, accused the .Government of shameless betrayal of their eleotion pledgee. He asserted that victory was certain if the Irish were patient.