TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1477, 9 March 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, March 4.

The Orient Company, who acquired Mr Edison's telephone patents, claim a royally from the South Australian Government for all the Edison telephones used in South Australia.

March 5.

An arrangement has been concluded whereby two bars will be opened at the forthcoming Colonial Exhibition exclusively for Australian nines.

In the House of Common? last night, the Right Hon. H. Holmes brought forward a motion, of which he had previously given notice, to the effect that the House decline to vote supplies for Ireland without further information as to the intention of the Government in regard to the country. After considerable discussion, a division was taken, with the result that the motion was negatived

The Directors of the Bank of Australasia have declared a dividend for the half year at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum, the Bum of £32,000 being brought forward and carried to the reserve fund.

The weekly report of the Bank of England gives the proportion of revenue to liabilities as 46 per cent., being 3 per cent, lower than last week. The total reserve in notes and bullion is £14,400,000, a decline of £900,000 during the same period. The Empire Club has been closed for lack of support. Godfrey Egremont, late Secretary of the Adelaide, Kensington, and Norwood Building and Investment Society, Adelaide, who recently absconded to Stuttgart, Germany, having embezzled the funds of the Society, and who was extradited on the request of the English authorities, has been brought up at Bow Street, and remanded to Adelaide. Sir R. N. Fowler, referring to the proposal to establish a post card system with the colonies, considers that it would

A model of the statue of Her Majesty the Queen, by Mr Joseph Bolhin, R.A., who was commissioned to make it by the Government of New South Wales for their National Art Gallery, has been submitted to Sir Saul Samuel and Lord Rosebery, who have expressed their approval of it. The long-pending libel action Bryce v. Ruskin has been commenced. New Zealand frozen mutton is worth 4£d to sid per lb. March 6.

In the House of Commons last night, the question of modifying the rules of procedure came under discussion. A motion to enforce their suspension for one Bitting only, in case of disregard of the Speaker's ruling, was brought forward, but was negatived by a majority of E 6.

Mr Henry Labouchere, member for Northampton, brought forward a. motion having for its object the abolition of hereditary peerages in the House of Lords. Mr Gladstone, epeaking on the subject, stated her Majesty's Government recognised the necessity for reformß in the Upppr House. Paris, March 5.

In the Chamber of Deputies last night, a motion for the expulsion of tbe Princes was brought forward, and negatived Jv ° 1o«"b« rnnjoritv.