TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1434, 28 November 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Nov. 24. Messrs J. T. Simes and Co., wool brokers, have suspended payment, owing to heavy land investments made by the firm in the colonies. Their liabilities are under L 200,000. The Sportsman, referring to negotiations for an Australian eleven to visit England next year, thinks it would bo better to postpone the visit until 1887. The British Government have de finitely decided to annex Burmab, The Frenjh Presidential election takes place on the 11th December. M. Jules Gravy is almost certain to be reelected. It is reported that the Premier of Canada will confer with the English postal authorities regarding the transmission of English mails for Australia by the Canadian-Pacific Railway to connect with a fast line of steamers, as proposed by the Dominion Government The firm of John Elder and Co., shipbuilders and engineers, Glasgow, has been converted into a Company. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Grand Master of the English Freemasons, has granted a warrant for the establishment of an Empire Lodge. A banquet of colonial masons now in England will be held in commemoration of the event. Nov. 25. The French troops in Tonquin, under General Braiks, have captured Langson. It is reported that the loss on the Inventions Exhibition will amount to L 17,000. The Bank of South Australia is applying to have an amendment made in the Act which will permit them to carry on business in London. Mr J. F. Garrick, Agent-Gsneral for Queensland, is on a visit to Copenhagen on an emigration mission. There is an increasing opinion that a revival of trade, which has been so depressed lately, is imminent. Nov. 26. The proposals of the Hawaiian Government to America and the European Powers, asking for local autonomy, relates only to the Marshall, Gilbert and Caroline Islands. Madrid, Nov. 25. King Alfonso has died of dysentery. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Nor. 25. The list of creditors of Henry Henly, whose failure was announced yesterday, includes, among other names, the National Bank of Australasia (who do not claim on the estate), L 73,000 ; Hon. William Campbell, L 45,000 ; and the National Bank of New Zealand, LIO.OOO. The Federal Enabling Bill was read a second time in the Legislative Council last night, but the final passing of the measure has been postponed, pending the ultimate action of the South Australian Legislative Assembly, which at present is somewhat uncertain, owing to the hostile attitude maintained on the subject by the Opposition. Nov. 26. It is announced that the reason why the National Bank of Australasia does not claim on the Henty’s estate is that it is fu'ly secured otherwise. Arrived, this morning—Waihorn, from the Bluff. Hobart, Nov. 25. The s.s. Coptic arrived this morning from Capetown,