TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1010, 18 July 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(reuter’s telegrams.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. PARIS. July 16. In the Chamber of Deputies to-dav Mr Challemel Lacour, Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated, in reply to a question regarding the Anglo-French difficulty at Tamatave, that the French Government would aet with justice and make due reparation if it was found that the commander of the French squadron in Madagascar waters had committed an ei’ror in dealing with British authorities at Tamatave. BRISBANE. This Day. The Ministry have adopted a memorandum on the question of the Annexation of New Guinea, to be transmitted to the Secretary of State and all the Colonies. The document suggests that in the first place joint representations should be made by all the Colonies to the Imperial Government, urging further consideration of the question and a final decision in regard to New Guinea. It is further proposed that the Home Government should be invited to move in the direction of providing a Federal Governor for Australasia. LONDON. July 17. Tenders for the New South Wales 4 per cent, three million loon with a minimum of par were opened to-day. The total amount offered was found to be L 3,140,000. Tenders at par will receive 93 per cent of the allotment, and tenders above par will receive in full. Tenders for the Hobson’s Bay Harbor Trust Loan of L250‘000 at 5 per cent., which were opened to-day, amounted to L 334,000. Tenders at par will receive 45 per cent of the allotment, and those above par in full. In the House of Lords to-day, Earl Granville, in reply to a question, stated that the Government had found it impossible to make better conditions in the agreement for the construction of a second Suez Canal owing to the position of Count de Lesseps and the rights of the shareholders in the existing company. His Lordship added, Government were not prepared to admit that De Lesseps possessed a monopoly in connection with the construction of canals through the Isthmus of Suez. (United Press Association.) Wellington, Juno 17. ANNEXATION OF PACIFIC ISLANDS. The following report of the Pacific Islands Annexation Committee was read in the House The committee to whom was referred the consideration of the question of the Pacific Islands annexation have the honor to recommend the House to approve of the steps taken up to this time by the Government in conjunction with other of the Australian Colonies to promote the es tablishment of British rule in certain islands

in the Pacific, and consider that is the duty of the British Government, under existing circumstances to take steps for the establishment of its rule over all the islands in the Pacific which are not already occupied by or under the protection of foreign power, and that the annexation of any of the islands taking place care should be taken that provision be made for preserving the indisputable rights of the inhabitants ; also thatjin the event of the British Government making it one of their conditions of establishing its authority over any islands in the Pacific, it is hereby recommended that New Zealand, jointly with the Colonies of Australia, should contribute its fair proportion of the necessary expense, calculated on the basis of European populations of the British Colonies now comprised in Australasia, provided that the amount of such proportionate expenditure, when asccr- ■ tainel, dees not exceed the means at the disposal of New Zealand. The committee have also the honor to recommend that the Confederation and Annexation Bill, with the amendment proposed by the committee, bo passed by the House, and that the papers named in the schedule laid by the Colonial Treasurer before the committee relating to the annexation of the islands in the Pacific, together with such other papers relating to the subject as Government can supply, be printed for the information of Parliament. Last night, at about 11 o'clock, a tworoomed house on the Rangitikei line, near Palmerston North, owned by Mr Wilshire, and occupied by Mr Freeman, was burnt to the ground. Freeman lost everything, including LI4 cash. The house was insured for L4O iu the Union office. At the Supreme Court the case of Hunt v. Gordon was continued. The time for delivering the opening address of the leading counsel for the prosecution extended over eleven hours. Mr Hunt, the prosecutor, is now under examination. Among the witnesses to be examined before the Gaol Commission arc Messrs Conolly, Dick, and Macandrew. This Day. The Dunedin Gaol Commission continued taking evidence. Long sentence prisoner Garrett was examined, lie deposed to irregularities injthe gaol, and to having been frequently assaulted by Caldwell in the presence of a visiting justice and warder, lie had also seen Caldwell and warders on several occasions in a state of intoxication. Invercargill, This Day. Several cases of typhoid fever have occurred in this district, and two deaths have resulted. The shareholders of the Port Longwood Mining Company have resolved to test the reef, and it is understood efforts will bo made to sink upon it. Dunedin, July 17. By the Tarawera there arrived from Melbourne the lad Well, who lost his legs through frost bite. He has had a pair of cork legs supplied, and can walk with the aid of a stick. This Day. INTERESTING DIVORCE CASE. An interesting divorce case comes before Judge Williams next month. The petitioner, George Balliugall Stewart, of Victoria, sues to have his marriage with Lucia Stewart annulled on the ground of her adultery with William Hay Dickson, and claims L2OOO damages. The main issue is as to the custody of a child born of the marriage. Timahu, July 17. Private cable advices received from London states that the Privy Council has given judgment for plaintiffs in the appeal case, National Bank v. D. C. R. Ward, for LIOOO. Auckland, July 17. The damage done to the Railway whai’f through the outward ’Frisco mail steamer running into it is estimated at Ll5O. The steamer had one of her plates on the starboard bow injured. The Auckland football team will leave for the South next month, playing at Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. LoO FOR A HUSBAND. Gisborne, This Day. The Bromley episode has been amicably arranged, and the eases withdrawn from the Court. Defendant admitted he was lawfully married to the lady who came here from Sydney to see him. It was stated in evidence that Bromley was married to the woman he lived with as his wife in Gisborne, but there appears to be some difficulty in producing the register of such alleged marriage. Mrs Bromley, it is understood, accepts LoO and returns to her family in Australia.