TELEGRAPHIC.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4769, 21 January 1887, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

LONDON, Jan. 20. Th? British and French Governments h.ivo mutually ro-called their respective Consuls at Zayla, the capital of the Somali country, Africa. It is expected that united action will be taken by the two Governments with regard to tho Somali coast. ThoCommiuoo of the Imperial Institute have decided to invite the colonies to organise plans for the obtaining of public and private contributions in aid of the fund for keeping tho Queen's Jubileo by founding the Institute. Tenders for the Victorian Government loan of three millions at four per cent. (minimum £102) were opened to-day. Tho total amount offered was ten millions. Tenders at £102 19s receive OJ per cent, on allotment, and those above that receive iv full. [SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO JAX. 19J. Irish farmers selling stock under Mr Dillon's " plan of campaign" are declared bankrupt. — The peasantry aro resisting eviction, and in consequence many arrests have been made. — \V. Redmond, M.P., has been committed for trial for conspiracy. — Gladbtone highly commends the intention of Churchill to enforce economy. — The French Press is drawing attention to what is termed Bismarck's brutality, and a les3 optimist tone now prevails. — The Vienna Neve Freie Press declares that the German alliance is at an end — Harsh evictions in Kerry are exciting the peasantry. — The official estimate of the American wheat crop is 457,000,000 bushels. — Mr Sturge, corn merchant of Birmingham, whose failure is just announced, will, it is expected, pay 10s in the £. — The Tories and National Liberals supported Prince Bismarck and tho Clerical and Radicals opposed him. The Socialists and Alsatians abstained from voting.' — Sir Saul Samuel will ship by tho Cuzco for Sydney, in order tv shown Australian growers the proper method of packing fruit, three cases of Valencia oranges. — The English Govern vent will shortly appoint a Consul to Raratonga. — Sir G. Berry is collecting data in connection with the working cf tho Telephone Exchanges in England. — The finance, building, and organising committees of the Imperial Institute have been appointed, — Mr O'Brien has paid Viscount Dillon £8000 being the amount of the rent collected by the Land League from his tenants.— The Belgian Government state that the trade with Australia has now risen to sixty million francs per annum, and urge that Belgians should exhibit largely at the Adelaide Exhibition. — Germans abroad have been warned to be prepared to re-join the reserves. — The Rev. F. W. Goodwin is unable to accept the Bishopric of Bathurst for public and financial reasons. — Dr Roberts, Bishop of Nassau, has been appointed Coadjutor to the Bishop of Manchester. — General Gourko has delivered a speech to his garrison at Warsaw, in which he assured them they would soon have an opportunity of revenging their past insults. — A panic has been created on the Paris Bourse owing to the action of the German Reichstag. The Press are endeavoring to minimise the causes which have led to tho panic. SYDNEY, Today. The new Ministers were formally sworn in yesterday. In tho Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon Mr Barton announced his resignation of the Speakership. A long time was taken up by a debate on granting supplies, during which Sir Henry Parkes stated that he would ask for supplies bo-day, and whether they were granted or not a dissolution would immediately follow. The departure of H.M.S. Nelson for New Zealand has been postponed till next week. MELBOURNE, To-day. Typhoid fever still continues prevalent in Melbourne. In Victoria since the beginning of the year 157 cases have occurred, 35 of which proved fatal. AUCKLAND, To-day. A prosecution for perjury is likely to arise out of tho Onehunga arson charge." A Thames lady has instituted proceedings for a divorce from her husband on the plea of adultery, cruelty, and deertion Bush fires are still raging. There are eight distinct firea in the Aratapu district. The damage in the whole district is estimated at £100,000. A gumdigger named Pipes has been remanded on suspicion of having caused the fire at Waimakau which destroyed £1000 worth of timber. John Hughes, a returned Kimberley digger, reports to the police that he was robbed of £15 and lOoz of gold last night. He had been drinking and found himself in a ditch. There is no clue to the culprits. WELLINGTON To-day. Waters' missing box has arrived here. It was taken out at Oamaru by the police by mistake and sent to Kurow. It has been in possession of the railway people since, and has not yet been tampered with. The Trust and Loan Company pay a dividend of 5 per cent, in addition to an interim one. Tho profit for the year was £10,500. The general city valuation is £30,000 more than last year, and £20,000 more for water rate valuation. The Premier delivers a speech at Dunedin on Wednesday next. He is expected to announce the policy of the Government for tho coming session. A commercial traveller named William Martin, lately employed by Dawson, ironmonger, has been found drowned in the Karori stream. On his lodgings being searched a piece of paper was found containing directions as to where the body would be found. It ia undoubtedly a case of suicide. Deceased was a widower with five children. His life was insured for £500. At the inquest a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind " was returned. Mr Fyson, the Australian millionaire, is now on a visit to Wellington. CARTERTON, to-day. Conradsen's boarding house was burned down this morning. Nothing was saved. NAPIER, To-day. A man named William Neil, a cabman, was arrested last night for firing a revolver at James O'Dowd. An altercation took place between tho men over a somewhat notorious woman at whose house they were. O'Dowd is not injured. INVERCARGILL, To-day. It is reported that a quartz reef has been discovered on Stewart's Island, and that a sample in Dunedin gave lOozs. to the ton. The locality is not made public. CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. Joseph Bowern, commercial traveller, Wellington, has filed a petition for divorce from his wife, Mary Bowern, who is charged in the abortion cases. He charges his wife with adultery with Thomas Kitchen of Christchurch. " I aim t<> speak the truth." Yes," interrupted an acquaintance ; " but you are a very bad shot." The greatest mental effort that a masher makes is when he has to detormine whether to ta':e out his cane or his umbrella. She : " And that scar, Major. Did you get it during an engagement. Ho (absently) : No, the first week of our honeymoon." "'A new English dictionary is coming out with 240,000 words. People who are ever bent oa having the last word shall subscribe at once.