TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1353, 16 June 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, June 10

The general opinion on the Continent in reference to the lefeac of Mr Gladstone is not one of sympathj with him, but there is a distrustful feeling prevalent in regard to the probability oi the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Ran dolph Churchill coining into power. The younger members of the Tory party are urging that it tlnir party take office they should do away with the Coercion Act, and that loans should be raised instead of imposing fresh taxation on the people. The tenders for the Westport and Greymouth Harbor loan of £150,000 and £IOO,OOO respectively were opened to-day. The Westport loan was covered twofold and the Greyraouth threefold. Tenders at £95 10s will receive 36 per cent., above thut amount in full.

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The North German Gazette in an article on the Samoan question considers the clainiß put forward by New Zealand in regard to that Island are uutenable,

Official papers have been issued which define the difficulty there U in the way of creating a colonial navy. The (Suez Canal has been blocked by a sunken dredger, It will be fully a week before tUe obstruction can be removed and traffic resumed.

June 12. The Queen is expected to leave Balmoral for Windsor ito mediately.

The limes this morning states that Her Majesty the Queen has declined to accept the resignation of Mr Gladstone and his colleagues without being furnished with further reasons for their retirement.

The Marquis of Salisbury has been summoned to Balmoral by Her Majesty the Queen. The frozen meat ex the Canterbury is selling at s|d.

It is considered unlikely that .tbe Suez Canal Commission vrill agree as to the report to be drawn up.

Germany is equipping a scientific expedition to proceed to New Guinea and New Britain.

The Indian Museum at South Kensington has been destroyed by fire. Moat of the collectiocs were saved, am! only a few of the inventions were damaged. '

The Right Rev. Dr Webber, Bishop of Brisbane, was consecrated to-day at the Cathedral by tbe Biehop of Canterbury, assisted by a large number of prominent clergy. The ceremony was wit nessed by a large congregation. Paris, June 13.

News is to hand from Thiers, a town in the Department of Puy de Dome, that a shocking accident occurred there to-day. A large number of people dad aesembled at the local Courthouse, when the staircase of the building suddenly collapsed, precipitating the occupants to the ground. Fully 200 persons are known to have been killed or seriously injured by the disaster. Madrid, June 12.

Reports from the South of Spain show that cholera is increasing in virulence, and has already extended over a considerable area.

Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriter' Association :—Arrived —Ai'cshaw, from Timaru (left Feb, 26th).

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Sydney, June 12,

The Australasian G team Navigation Co.'s s.s. Cahors, which was wracked yesterday, was uninsured. The loss is estimated at £42.000. Heavy rains have fallen throughout the colony, and the drought is practically ended. The Union Company's s.s. Tekapo arrived here last night. A telegram has bei'n received from Albany to the effect that Veterinary Surgeon Willow*, of the conHngen*, died, and was buried at gea. The'telegram further states that 19 men are invalided. The formal reception of the troops will take place oh Monduy week, the 22nd iust. Melbourne, June 12. A conference of Ni"W Zealaud and j , Melbourne Fire Underwriters is sitting ]

here with the object.of trying to secura uniformity as regards the practice ot insuring in both colonies. The police are still actively engaged in searching for the proceeds of tbo Simpson's road Bank robbery. A bottls was unearthed by them in Studley Park yesterday, containing about £2OO ill nctee. Albany, June 12. Thf transport Arab, with the New Souh Wales Contingent aboard, arrived here to-day. During the voyaga one death oecurred. The troops are in excellent health and spirits. The Arab expects to reach Sydney on Sunday, June 21st. ... r Adelaide, Jane 12. Arrived, last night Orient b.s„ Cuzco, from London. The motion of want of confidence,' introduced by Mr Downer, wag carried by a majority of four. The Ministers have resigned, and the Hon. J. W. Downer, mover of the vote, has be«n charged with the formation of a new Miuistry. June 13. The following items of Mauritius commercial are taken from Messrs Ireland, Fraser and Co.'s circular to hand. per Mi j ssageries steamer Caledonia,, which arrived this morning :—Mauritius, May 28th. The total yield of tba new season's crop is estimated at from 100,000 to 1) 0,000 tons, The month'* clearances tor New Zealand ports are: Dunedin 300 tons, and Wellington 200 tons. The total exports to New Zealand during the season have been 8000 tons, and the stock now in hand is 17,000 tons. Exchange ,)0 days. Bank credits on New Zealand, 13£ per' cent premium ; Australia, 15 per cent. June: 14. A shocking tragedy took place here yesterday. A man named Lines shot his wife and her paramour, killing them both, and then shot hirasdf dead. <___ U 1! ' ."' ' 'I 3