TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1456, 19 January 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan, IS. A statement is made in the United Ireland newspaper that outrages will be perpetrated unless the evicting of tenants is stopped. Jan. 14, In reference to the protest entered against the returns of Mr Parnell for Cork, the Committee of Mr O’Hearne (bis opponent) recommend the petition which is being prepared should not be sent until a majority of the voters in the electorate have signed it. Fronde's book descriptive of his recent visit to Australasia advocates administrative reforms, which are considered likely to gratify colonists. Jan. 15. It is generally expected that a successor to Lord Carnarvon aa LordLieutenant of Ireland will not be nominated at present, but that that office will remain in commission until the political situation in Ireland becomes more defined. New Zealand frozen mutton has advanced in value, and now realises s£d to per lb. Jan. 16. It is expected that an Indian cricket team will visit England during the summer. The Council of the Royal Colonial Institute are urging upon the Government the pressing necessity for modifying the present tariff on wines. The Princess of Wales has been suffering from an attack of diptheria, but is now recovering. The weather is now much milder. The Daily Telegraph to-day announces that in consequence of the recent increase of boycotting in Ireland it has been resolved to re-enact the clause in the Preveation of Crimes Act, dealing with that offence, It is announced that Mr Edward Stanhope has been appointed Chief Secretary of Ireland, in place of Sir William Hart Dyke, and will be entrusted with executive powers. Jan. 17. The announcement of the appointment of Dr Moorhousa as Bishop of Manchester was received with feeling of gratification by the clerical authorities of England. Paris, Jan. 14. In commemoration of hia re-election, the President of the French Republic, M. Jules Grevy, has decreed an amnesty for all political prisoners. Berlin, Jan. 14. , The Emperor William, addressing the German Landtag to-day, expressed his confidence in the continuance of peace in Europe. Constantinople, Jan. 14, The proposals put forward for a settlement of the Balkan difficulty are proving distasteful to Greece and Servia, and those countries are in consequence coalescing to oppose the union of Bulgaria and Eoumelia. Jan. 15. The joint delegates appointed by Bulgaria and Servia to arrange the terms of peace between the two countries, meet at Bucharest on an early date. Jan. 16. It is announced that King Milan of Servia declines to accede to the request of the European Powers to demobilise his forces, on the ground that peace is not assured. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria has expressed bis willingness to disarm his troops when Servia does so, AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Jan. 15. The men brought over from New Zealand by the Waihora have been distributed among the various shipowners, there being only a few absentees when called upon. A general caucus of the Liberal party was held yesterday, when a continuance of the coalition Government was recommended. A strong feeling, however, in favor of a return to party Government was shown by some members of the caucus, Mr Deakin, who was present, agreed to abide by the decision of the parly, and the proceedings were adjourned until Tuesday next. The members of the Cooks' and Stewards’ Union decided to go out on Strike to-day*

A meeting of the Seamen's Union was held last night, when the men declined to agree to the appointment of a Board of Conciliation, and pledged themselves to resume work only when the demands of the wharf-laborers were satisfied. The Employers’ Union, acting in conjunction with the Trade#’ Council, is endeavoring to intercede for a settlement of the difficulty. H.M.S. Miranda is at present engaged resurveying the Straits in the neighborhood of Wilson’s Promontory, where the Gulf of Carpenteria was recently lost.

It is announced that the Right Rev. Dr Moorhouse, Bishop ot Melbourne, has accepted the offer made him by Lord Salisbury of the See, of Manchester, rendered vacant by the death of Dr Fraser,

The youth Pepper, who was treated for a ballet wound at the Melbourne Hospital on Tuesday, has been arrested, with three others, on suspicion of being in the attempted Bank robbery at Collingwood. The prisoners have not yet been identified by the Bank officials, and have been remanded for the production of further evidence.

The shipowners are making vigorous efforts to replace the crews, and are meeting with partial success. The engineers have followed the example of the seamen, and have issued a notice announcing their intention to strike work. They expressly stipulate, how--1 ever, that this action of theirs does not apply to the Union Company of New Zealand. Jan. 16. Negotiations between the Committee of the Employers’ Union and Trades’ Council for a settlement of the laborers’ strike are still proceeding, I'he Trades’ Council has adopted a drift arrangement to be submitted for the approval of the Board of Conciliation, the men in the meantime to receive Is 3d per hour while working. Later, The shipowners have accepted the proposal put forward by the Board of Conciliation, and the nm will resume work to-morrow morning provisionally at the rate ot Is 3d per hour until the diffiulty is settled. Sydney, Jan. 15. The Sydney shipowners are unanimous in their determination not to give way. Further developments of the dispute are anxiously awaited. THE STRATFORD FIRE. New Plymouth, Jan, 14. From inquiries that are being made it is thought the extent of tb© damage done by the bush fires round Stratford is not so large as at first estimated, owing to the prompt action of the volunteers from New Plymouth, numbering fully one hundred and fifty, who on Friday managed to stop the fires spreading, and saved much property. The fires are all out now. The ranger has gone out to ascertain the area over which-the fire had raged. AH those who were burnt out hare been liberally supplied with clothes, and the Council chamber is still full of clothes. It looks like a clothes shop. The fund raised is not intended to reinstate settlers, but merely to relieve cases of destitution that may hare occurred. Many of those burnt out say they will be benefited eventually by the fire clearing their land and decline to take relief, being of a selfreliant nature. The greatest extent of damage has been done to persons who do not require relief. Later

The Stratford bush fire relief fund is coming in, and the New Plymouth list shows nearly £BOO. This sum includes £l2l 2s 6d from Auckland, and £l7, collected at the New Zealand Times office, Wellington. Jan. 15.

The volunteer force that was left to watch around Stratford to prevent the spread of fixe has bean withdrawn as the fire is out. The relief of those burnt out is being proceeded with. Subscriptions are still coming to hand from outside as fo'- | o ws ; —Loan and Meicantile Agency Company, £ls ; Scandlers and Co., Nelson, £5 5s ; Neill and Co., Dunedin, £5 ; P. Galvan, Wellington, £1 Is. New Plymouth, Jan. 16.

Messrs Robinson and R. Bayley, who went over the district ravished by fire, have returned to town. From a report published by the latter in the Herald the damage is not half what it was originally estimated. At the utmost extent it has not been over £4OOO, and this includes horses, which were insured, and cattle, which’ are daily returning, log fences which vmre put up to burn, and paddocks of grapjp'n which the grass is already The whole matter is being thoroughly investigated by competent persons, and when finished a report will be published of bow the money is distributed, The Mayor of W anganui and Mr McGuire are now in New Plymouth, when no doubt the whole matter will be amicably arranged. The subscriptions received here up to date amount fcs 48820, including Sargood,

Ewen and Co,, Auckland, £5 6s. Tha above amount does not include the Wellington Post’s £IOO, nor that received at Wanganui and Marton.